An animal welfare group opposed to horse racing sounded alarm bells this week after a collision led to the death of a horse at the Pleasanton Fairgrounds Racetrack on Sunday.
The Kill Racing Not Horses organization said that the California Authority of Racing Fairs confirmed that the racehorse, a 3-year-old gelding named Goodbye Kai, died on the track “without euthanization” after a collision with another horse during the 10th and final race of the afternoon.
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