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Posted: 2023-06-02T23:28:33Z | Updated: 2023-06-03T15:07:23Z

Churchill Downs Racetrack, home of the Kentucky Derby, announced Friday that its suspending racing at its facilities following the deaths of a dozen horses.

The Louisville track will cease operations from June 7 through the remainder of the Spring Meet, which is scheduled to end July 3, and races scheduled there will be moved to another location.

Churchill Downs Racetrack has seen an unusual number of horse injuries over the previous month resulting in 12 equine fatalities, the company said in a statement , noting that in multiple investigations into the horses deaths, no single factor has been identified as a potential cause and no [discernible] pattern has been detected to link the fatalities.