About 20 protesters briefly toted signs outside an entrance to the track, calling attention to the deaths and condemning the sport.
Track ownership said Hollendorfer was "no longer welcome to stable, race, or train his horses at any of our facilities." That track will "gladly" provide stalls to Hollendorfer, whom track owner Edward Allred called "an unexcelled horseman." Racing at Santa Anita is set to resume Sept. 27. The track is scheduled to host the Breeders' Cup world championships on Nov. 1-2.The fatalities at Santa Anita since Dec. 26 have raised alarm within California and the rest of the racing industry. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently stepped in to direct the formation of the special panel to evaluate horses' histories before they race. Track and racing board officials implemented several changes involving exams of horses scheduled to train or race.
"The important thing is that they are accidents and accidents happen," O'Neill said. "I can you tell in the 32 years I've been back here I've never seen one case of an abuse." He lamented what he perceives as a lack of transparency by Santa Anita management about what's happening.
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