A 3-year-old filly with no career races has died after suffering a training injury at Santa Anita Park, state horse racing officials said.
“Paprika Princess sustained an injury during training Monday morning at Santa Anita Park and was immediately attended to by an expert team of on-site veterinarians,” track officials said in a statement provided to City News Service on Wednesday.
“She was transported to her stall via equine ambulance, where she has been continually cared for and monitored by the team responsible for her care. This morning her condition changed and, sadly, the veterinary team recommended humane euthanasia. As is protocol, the horse will undergo a necropsy overseen by the University of California (Davis) School of Veterinary Medicine and the findings reported to the California Horse Racing Board.”
Paprika Princess is the third horse to die from a racing or training injury at the Arcadia track this year. Santa Anita had 14 horses die from racing or training injuries in 2024.
Amy Zimmerman, the track’s senior vice president and executive producer, said Santa Anita Park is “one of the largest racing and training facilities in the country, averaging 375,000 training sessions per year. It is also one of the safest, based on national statistics from the Equine Injury Database maintained by The Jockey Club and released just this morning.”