another major development at california santa anita racetrack. horse trainer jerry who willen dover banned after another horse died there today. now the 30th horse death at santa anita since racing gone at the end of des. the california horse racing board says he was training in mothers named american currency that died on in an accident on the track. the ban coming one day after cnn aired an investigation into horse deaths at staent nita and other race tracks around the country. i want to bring in nick watt in los angeles. you ve been leading the kregs of haven t cnn in santa nita horse deaths what are you hearing about the ban. listen, ana, jerry who willen dover is one of the most famous in american race attention and a successful traininger nearly
$200 million in career earnings. we were told this morning that a horse died, one of his horses died as you mentioned in a training run. that is now the fourth horse that jerry who willen dover lost at santa nita out of 30. another two up algolden gate near san francisco since november. six horses. we were told by santa nita authorities and he and other trainers were under scrutiny. looking into perhaps whether trainers were running horses too hard and this they claim is the key. ov overmedicating the horses. it might take medication. might not feel the injury. hundreds hard on the injury, the leg breaks and leads to the horse being euthanized we heard from the trainer this morning and saying we rekbret that his
ten race horses die in the u.s. every week. anti-racing active it claims the real figure is higher. we have documented over 5,000 confirmed kills on u.s. tracks just since 2014. we estimate that over 2,000 horses are killed racing or training across america every year. cnn has not independently verified the figures. i hope to think that even with some of the breakdowns be, the guys feel like the horse can run one more time and take too many risks. of three horses jerry who willen dover has bought in the eight months two of them are now dead, including cocheese. right about hear yar know feels them going wrong and bring him out safe. who willen dover bought the 8-year-old horse after a claiming race back in november. to enter, you put a provides on your horse and anyone can buy it. or claim it. when jerry who willen dov era claims a horse. you just cringe.