Horse euthanized after breaking down in race at Santa Anita

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A horse broke down in the last race at Santa Anita on Wednesday, the track’s first racing death of the winter-spring meet after a spate of deaths last year.
Golden Birthday took a bad step in the stretch and jockey Victor Espinoza fell off while trying to pull up the 4-year-old gelding trained by Jim Cassidy. Espinoza wasn’t hurt.
Veterinarians recommended that Golden Birthday be euthanized, although it wasn’t immediately clear what his injury was.