In the wake of nearly two dozen horse deaths at Santa Anita Park, state legislators are now looking at making it easier to suspend racing when there are safety concerns at a track.
The bill would allow the California Horse Racing Board to suspend a license temporarily until any health or safety concerns are addressed.
There are also plans to have a joint oversight hearing on horse racing safety in the next month in Sacramento.
Racing resumed in early April at Santa Anita Park, but there won't be any races on the track's hillside turf course, on which a horse suffered a fatal injury Sunday and became the 23rd equine death at the facility since late December.
The hillside turf course requires horses to briefly cross over the main dirt track.
It was on that crossover that 5-year-old Arms Runner stumbled during the Grade 3 San Simeon Stakes on Sunday, suffering a fatal injury to his right leg.