8 horses in 9 days

Deb and Ed M wrote:
This seems like a particularly high "toll" for a track - but as long as they keep racing BABIES (a 2 yr old horse is NOT mature, particularly in a large breed like Thoroughbreds), these senseless deaths are going to happen.

X10.

Yup. Their growth plates are not closed at that age. My horses do not go into training for riding until they are 4 years old.