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There have been 26 racehorse death over the last 11 months at Golden Gate Fields, and the 67th statewide, statistics from the horse racing board show.

Expert Pick of the Week: 2021 Preakness Stakes May 12, 2021 John Mucciolo/TwinSpires.com Rombauer wins the El Camino Real Derby (Shane Micheli/Vassar Photography) Kentucky Derby runner Medina Spirit will set his sights on the second jewel of the Triple Crown in Saturday’s $1 million Preakness S. (G1) at Pimlico. A field of 10 sophomores will go postward in the historic 1 3/16-mile contest, and I think that an upset will occur at Old Hilltop. Rombauer is my selection and the Expert P...

Berkeley animal rights activists protest horse deaths at Golden Gate Fields Around 30 people protested outside Golden Gate Fields at midday on Wednesday to object to the deaths of nine racehorses this year and call for the racetrack to be shut down. The protesters arrayed themselves along the sidewalk facing the entrance to Interstate 580 at Gilman Street, dressed in formal attire and holding cardboard grave markers marked with the names of the dead horses. Some drivers honked in support of the...

The race to find vaccines for COVID-19 has dominated the headlines, but theres been less news about how to keep people with COVID out of the hospital. Tonight, were going to tell you a story about one possible treatment. Its called fluvoxamine. The generic drug was developed 40 years ago as an antidepressant and has been primarily used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now, a small but ingenious clinical trial and a series of coincidences have led scientists to look closely at fluvoxamine...

Protestors with Direct Action Everywhere organized at Golden Gate Fields Thursday, calling for the facility's closure following an uptick in horse deaths.

The neighs have it.

Vaccinations resume at Golden Gate Fields after temporary shutdown due to horse racing protest Appointments at the Golden Gate Fields vaccination site were stalled for about three hours due to the presence of animal rights protesters. Police vehicles at the Golden Gate Fields vaccination site shutting down the entrance due to an animal rights protest. Photo: Maksim Ioffe Update: 3:48 p.m. Up to 200 people who had COVID-19 vaccine appointments Thursday may not receive their doses due to the de...

Hundreds of vaccine appointments canceled at Golden Gate Fields following protest By Aja Seldon and Duncan Sinfield Published  Animal rights protest delays vaccine clinic, hundreds of appointments canceled Four Bay Area residents lay on the track at Golden Gate Fields Thursday afternoon to stop racing and to shut down Golden Gate Fields forever, according to Direct Action Everywhere, an animal advocacy group. But the protest delayed a vaccine clinic at the site where hundreds of appointments w...

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