A 4-year-old colt with one career race has died after suffering a training injury at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, track officials confirmed.
“Ransom Call sustained an injury following a workout Sunday morning at Santa Anita Park and was immediately attended to by an expert team of on-site veterinarians. Given the severity of the injury, surgical repair was not an option, and the veterinary team recommended humane euthanasia,” Amy Zimmerman, Santa Anita’s senior vice president and executive producer, said in a statement provided to City News Service.
” … As is protocol, the horse will undergo a necropsy overseen by the University of California (Davis) School of Veterinary Medicine and the findings reported to the California Horse Racing Board,” she added.
Ransom Call was owned by Henie Racing and trained by Cesar DeAlba. His jockey was Diego Herrera. He is the 10th horse to die from a racing or training injury at Santa Anita in 2024.
Racing returns to the Arcadia track this Friday after the most recent season concluded in June.
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