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While his suspension was set to be over after this year's Derby, Churchill Downs announced on Monday that it would be extending it.

By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr., who was suspended after two of his horses died in the lead up to last month's Kentucky Derby, h...

While Joseph was reinstated, Churchill Downs executives seem to still have some concerns surrounding the trainer.

Churchill Downs rolled out three initiatives designed to keep its athletes safe. What are they; how do they work; who do they help and hurt?

The 2023 Fall Meet at Keeneland is just a few months away, and this year’s Fall Meet will award a record amount of money across 22 stakes races.

The move appears to have paid off, with a much improved safety record at the track in Henderson, Kentucky.

Following a number of horse deaths at Churchill Downs in May, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission announced it is adding a safety steward to oversee safety procedures.

A new mortality report shows that a 13th horse died after racing at Churchill Downs during the Spring Meet.

Churchill Downs suspended racing at its track and moved the remainder of its Spring Meet to Ellis Park after the death of a dozen horses.

That is contributing to the equine deaths, but in belmont, over 670 horses from run in the spring meet, but these latest two deaths is the fourth at the track, the third and fourth. so according to the racing association, that is equating to 0.2% which is a lower figure, but the sport has long needed and is working towards centralized regulation when it is coming to the therapeutic treatments and drugs administered to the horses and mismanaged or contributing to the deaths of the horses, and it ...