The number of horse deaths at Churchill Downs since April 27 now stands at 11 after another died on Friday.
Lost in Limbo fell to the ground during the seventh race at the racecourse on Friday and was unable to get up.
Video obtained by Fox News Digital, via PETA, shows an ambulance approaching the horse and employees putting up a curtain to hide it, presumably so medics can get it down. He was seven years old in his 35th race.
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A general view of Churchill Downs prior to the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby on May 6, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
He Los Angeles Times notes that a death from two weeks ago went unreported. When a horse died last Saturday, it was thought to be the ninth death. However, Bosque Redondo was «humanely euthanized» at a hospital after a race on May 13.
The Times notes that prior to the race, Lost in Limbo had ejected jockey Ricardo Santana Jr., but was still cleared to race.
From April 27 through the Kentucky Derby on May 6, seven horses died from injuries or crashed on the track. Two of those horses died on the undercard of the Derby, and another, Wild on Ice, was supposed to enter the race. that was won by wizard.
General view before the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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Coach Bob Baffert returned Saturday from his two-year suspension. He had been banned from the sport following a positive drug test on original 2021 Derby winner Medina Spirit. The horse was disqualified from the race and he died that december.
Upon his return, one of his horses was killed during the undercard of the Preakness Stakes.
Havnameltdown suffered an «inoperable left front fenugreek» lesion in pimlicoand the doctors made the decision to sacrifice the horse.
PETA previously called Churchill Downs a «death camp» and even called for the Baffert ban before the Preakness.
General view before the 149th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 6, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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More than 30 horses died in 2019 at the Santa Anita racetrack in California. The track closed racing when the death toll reached 21 and renewed its safety protocols. Since then, horse deaths have decreased by 55% in the state.