A horse died on the Breeders’ Cup Saturday shortly after racing at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California.
Jayarebe, a 3-year-old from France, collapsed galloping off the observe towards the stables after operating the $5 million Turf, a 1½-mile race.
The Breeders Cup mentioned Jayarebe had a “cardiac occasion.”
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Jayarebe, ridden by Sean Levey, on his option to successful the Hampton Court docket Stakes on day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire June 20, 2024. (David Davies/PA Photographs by way of Getty Photographs)
“Throughout the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar, Jayarebe (FR) suffered what seems to have been a cardiac occasion on the gallop out. He was instantly attended to by a workforce of veterinary consultants led by Dr. Brent Cassady, however sadly handed away. His jockey, Sean Levey, was unhurt,” the race mentioned in an announcement.
“Our ideas and condolences exit to Jayarebe’s connections and the numerous followers whose lives he touched.”
The colt was educated by Brian Meehan and owned by Iraj Parvizi and completed seventh out of 13 horses.
Jayarebe walks throughout morning exercises forward of the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Championship at Del Mar Thoroughbred Membership. (Denis Poroy/Imagn Photographs)
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Upon the information, PETA launched an announcement, saying it needed a “full investigation” into the matter.
“One other useless horse on the most important racing day of the 12 months, and it should not be buried as a footnote within the outcomes,” mentioned PETA Vice President Kathy Guillermo. “PETA urges a full investigation into the dying of Thoroughbred Jayarebe within the $5 million Breeder’s Cup Turf in addition to the discharge of all veterinary data, remedies the horse had throughout worldwide transport and quarantine, and the complete necropsy report.Â
“He was simply three years outdated — not even bodily mature — and there must be no cause for a wholesome younger horse to drop useless.”
Horse security turned a sizzling matter once more final 12 months after quite a few deaths at Churchill Downs, the positioning of the Kentucky Derby, within the weeks, and even hours, forward of the occasion. The observe paused racing because of the staggering variety of deaths.
The state of California underwent a number of protocol modifications after greater than 30 deaths at Santa Anita in 2019.
Final 12 months, Sensible Transfer died simply days earlier than he was imagined to run in final 12 months’s Breeders’ Cup. He additionally was scratched from the 2023 Kentucky Derby.
Sean Levey and Jayarebe after successful the Hampton Court docket Stakes on day three of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse in Berkshire June 20, 2024. (John Walton/PA Photographs by way of Getty Photographs)
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Meehan’s Crimson Rocks and Harmful Midge received the Turf in 2006 and 2010, respectively.
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