I'm not a big horse racing enthusiast, but I usually watch the Triple Crown races and a few other big derby races.
I didn't realize until I did a little research just now how common it is for horses to die as a result of racing:
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At Bay Meadows Racecourse in San Mateo, 25 horses died during the 55-day season that ended in April, a spike over the 16 fatalities recorded for all of 2006.
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The California Horse Racing Board compelled its member tracks to shell out millions of dollars to replace dirt with softer, more forgiving synthetic surfaces following consecutive nightmarish years marred by grisly death counts:
320 for the 2004-05 fiscal year and 317 in 2005-06, an increase of 32 percent from the average number for the previous eight years.
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