22nd horse suffers fatal injuries at Santa Anita

A filly broke both front legs at the end of a workout on the main dirt track at Santa Anita and has been euthanized, becoming the 22nd horse to suffer catastrophic injuries since Dec. 26.

Trainer and owner David Bernstein says the 3-year-old filly named Princess Lili B broke down just past the finish line yesterday morning.

Santa Anita had reopened its main track for limited workouts on Monday, with horses limited to jogging and galloping while the surface was monitored for any irregularities that may have caused the deaths of 22 horses since the winter meet began on Dec. 26.

This week's workouts were the first conducted under the track's new training protocols, which include two veterinarians observing each horse going to and from the track.

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