A 4-year-old gelding has died after suffering a racing injury at Los Alamitos Race Course, state horse racing officials reported Monday.
Mr Favorite Jess finished last in Saturday’s sixth race. The official race chart says he was “bumped start, crowded/steadied midway, equine ambulanced.”
His death is listed as “musculoskeletal” on the California Horse Racing Board website, but no further information about the injury was immediately available.
Mr Favorite Jess had 20 races in his career — all at Los Alamitos — including two first-place finishes.
He is the eighth horse to die from a racing or training injury at the Cypress track this year.