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Churchill Downs has suspended its racing operations beginning June 7 and continuing throughout the Spring Meet schedule, according to a release from the racetrack.
The decision comes following a month where 12 horses died at the home of the Kentucky Derby, including a cluster of horse fatalities in the week leading up to the event on May 6.
“What has happened at our track is deeply upsetting and absolutely unacceptable,” Bill Carstanjen, Churchill Downs Incorporated’s CEO, said in a statement. “Despite our best efforts to identify a cause for the recent horse injuries, and though no issues have been linked to our racing surfaces or environment at Churchill Downs, we need to take more time to conduct a top-to-bottom review of all of the details and circumstances so that we can further strengthen our surface, safety and integrity protocols.
