Horseracing

AS THOROUGHBRED DEATHS MOUNT, EFFORTS GROW TO BAN GAMBLING ON HORSE RACING

By Miriam Raftery

November 3, 2021 (San Diego) – California’s 2021 thoroughbred racing season is off to a deadly start.  So far, 62 racehorses have died, prompting animal rights advocates and the San Diego Democratic Party to call for a state constitutional amendment to ban gambling on horse racing.


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