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Two horses die in Del Mar training accidents Horses come into the finish for the first race of the 2021 season on opening day at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Friday, July 16, 2021.
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By Bill Center
DEL MAR
For the past three years, Del Mar has been ranked the safest major racetrack in the nation according to numbers compiled by the Equine Injury Database.
But in the span of an hour Sunday morning, July 18, Del Mar lost two horses during workouts, according to track officials.
A 3-year-old filly named Needless to Say succumbed to an apparent heart attack around 7 a.m., dropping to the ground on the backstretch. She had raced twice last year, winning a maiden race at Del Mar and running out of the money in a stakes race at Santa Anita.