Controversy continues at Santa Anita Park, where 29 racehorses have died or been euthanized due to injuries sustained during racing or training since the Arcadia, California, track’s race meet opened. | Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt/The Horse

Controversy continues at Santa Anita Park, where 29 racehorses have died or been euthanized due to injuries sustained during racing or training since the Arcadia, California, track’s race meet opened. Last weekend, the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) recommended canceling the final days of the meet, which ends June 23. However, a statement from the track’s operators and two California Thoroughbred industry groups said racing will continue.

On June 8, 4-year-old gelding Formal Dude, running in Race 10, “came three-wide into the stretch, took a bad step nearing midstretch, (and) was pulled up and vanned off,” the Equibase chart said. The horse was subsequently euthanized due to his injury, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported.

After that fatality—the 28th since the meet opened Dec. 26, 2018—the CHRB recommended that Santa Anita management suspend the remainder of the race meet