CYPRESS, Calif. (KNX) — Two race horses were reported dead over the weekend after suffering injuries at Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress.
Stolen Lives was injured in Sunday night’s ninth race. The horse later died after finishing the race in last place, according to the state Horse Racing Board. He was five years old and boasted 20 career starts, with three first-place wins.
The day prior, three-year-old Fastidious suffered a fatal injury at the Cypress track.
"The three-year-old filly Fastidious pulled up before the wire in the seventh race Saturday at Los Alamitos. The injury required euthanasia," Mike Marten, public information officer for the CHRB, told City News Service.
Eleven horses have died from racing or training injuries at Los Alamitos in 2021, and the track was briefly placed on probation by the CHRB in 2020 after another string of deaths. At that time, at least 20 horses had died at the track after suffering racing or training injuries.
Los Alamitos officials have not publicly commented on either horse’s death.
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