HW has been filing annual “Killed” lists since 2014. We are the first to ever do this. Here are the 11-year (’14-’24) state totals, as well as the totals for some individual tracks. Please note, however, that these figures are at a minimum. More horses, surely, were euthanized off-site or simply fell through record-keeping cracks. Not reflected, either, are the horses killed at the nation’s 200+ private training facilities. And finally, these numbers say nothing of the tens of thousands who were bled-out and butchered upon “retirement.” In short, this – over 11,000 confirmed kills in 11 years – is but a partial reckoning.
Arizona
total all tracks: 435 Killed
Turf: 385 Killed
Arkansas
Oaklawn: 120 Killed
(state did not honor our FOIA requests 2014-2018, 2024)
California
total all tracks: 1,083 Killed
Del Mar: 122 Killed
Los Alamitos: 280 Killed
Santa Anita: 315 Killed
Colorado
Arapahoe (only track): 88 Killed
Delaware
total all tracks: 190 Killed
Delaware Park: 173 Killed
Florida
total all tracks: 912 Killed
Gulfstream: 472 Killed
Tampa Bay: 226 Killed
(state did not honor our FOIA requests 2022-2024)
Illinois
total all tracks: 303 Killed
Indiana
total all tracks: 269 Killed
Horseshoe: 227 Killed
Iowa
Prairie (only track): 156 Killed
Kentucky
total all tracks: 593 Killed
Churchill: 224 Killed
Keeneland: 147 Killed
Louisiana
total all tracks: 597 Killed
Maryland
total all tracks: 398 Killed
Laurel: 312 Killed
Pimlico: 65 Killed
Minnesota
total all tracks: 116 Killed
Canterbury: 112 Killed
Nebraska
total all tracks: 82 Killed
(record-keeping is particularly bad)
New Jersey
total all tracks: 233 Killed
Monmouth: 191 Killed
New Mexico
total all tracks: 800 Killed
New York
total all tracks: 1,148 Killed
Aqueduct: 159 Killed
Belmont: 424 Killed
Saratoga: 173 Killed
Ohio
total all tracks: 576 Killed
Belterra: 126 Killed
Mahoning: 184 Killed
Thistledown: 178 Killed
Oklahoma
total all tracks: 488 Killed
Remington: 319 Killed
Pennsylvania
total all tracks: 961 Killed
Parx: 476 Killed
Penn: 323 Killed
Texas
total all tracks: 338 Killed
Washington
Emerald (only track): 164 Killed
West Virginia
total all tracks: 893 Killed
Charles Town: 607 Killed
Mountaineer: 286 Killed
All Other States
318 Killed
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