SAN DIEGO — Hundreds of elite thoroughbred race horses sprinted away from flames Thursday as one of California’s major wildfires tore through a training centre in San Diego County. McBride, who works at the Del Mar race track, said some horses were evacuated to the nearby track where many of them compete. Los Alamitos Race Course, the track where Southern California’s rotating thoroughbred circuit is currently running, cancelled all races Friday so that the racing community can mourn. Horse trainer Scott Hansen said he knows some of the 30 horses he had at the facility were killed. Another trainer, Cliff Sise, told KFMB-TV that he saw about 10 horses die, including his own filly.

Source: National Post December 08, 2017 06:33 UTC