A truly unlucky race track, or did the "perfect" formula finally cause enough death and destruction to be noticed?

Picking up right where we left off; it quickly became apparent that this year at the Santa Anita Race Track is shaping up to be just as deadly as the previous years. Between poor footing, obscene number of starts, and pressure coming from management. It's clear those who own Santa Anita care only for gambling and couldn't care less as to which horse dies next. 

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Resources

https://web.northeastern.edu/gameplan/2019/10/30/are-horse-racing-deaths-at-santa-anita-statistically-out-of-the-ordinary/

https://en.as.com/en/2021/12/07/other_sports/1638855620_335149.html

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-02-28/jockey-hospitalized-horse-euthanized-santa-anita

https://aaep.org/sites/default/files/issues/proceedings-10proceedings-z9100110000405.pdf

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/report-stronach-group-considering-sale-of-some-assets/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stronach_Group

https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/sports/2022/05/15/second-horse-dies-in-two-days-at-santa-anita-park

https://www.chrb.ca.gov/veterinary_reports/CHRB-Santa-Anita-Fatalities-Report-3-10-20.pdf

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/238315/chrb-report-on-equine-fatality-rates-criticized

https://jockeyclub.com/pdfs/eid/SantaAnita.pdf

https://www.sgvtribune.com/2012/03/14/hbo-suspends-filming-with-horses-at-santa-anita-park-on-luck-drama/

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/238830/racing-executive-ritvo-leaves-the-stronach-group

https://www.robesonian.com/archive/67701/view-full_story-1653602-article-fire_at_fex_plant_still_burning

(we have so many more resources we used, please reach out and ask for them! simply could not fit them all in the text box)