It's happened for as long as the sport has been in existence. Racing thoroughbreds die at a rate of 1.25 per 1,000 starts, according to a database kept by The Jockey Club. That is less than 1 percent ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Two more horses were euthanized during the lead-up to Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, raising the death toll to seven, officials said. Freezing Point suffered a left ankle injury in the ...

Two more horses died in the hours before 15-1 shot Mage won the Kentucky Derby Saturday, increasing this week's death count at Churchill Downs to seven. The alarming number of horse deaths cast a ...

Less than 24 hours after Churchill Downs had its 11th horse death in less than a month, a 12th horse died on the track in the first race Saturday. Kimberley Dream, a 7-year-old mare running her 61st ...

For the second day in a row, and the 12th time since April 27, a horse is dead at Churchill Downs in Louisville. Kimberley Dream, running in her 61st race, was euthanized after she pulled up in the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Another horse death at Churchill Downs has one animal rights group calling for the track to shut down to explore "lifesaving changes." The call comes after the 11th fatality ...

Another horse died after running at Churchill Downs on Sunday, raising the tally to eight fatalities at the track in the weeks leading up to and since the Kentucky Derby. Rio Moon was euthanized after ...