According the this site:
https://www.horsedeathwatch.com/background.php they have seen more than 2000 deaths in around 5500 days. Most of the horses die during the match as well, they also have instances where they are exploited using drugs (doping).
Are you aware that most of the horses go through slaughter as well? Some of them have very bad injuries making them not even the least bit useful for the business therefore they are killed without second thought. I do hope people would get more aware and try and steer away from *horse racing*.
Oh wow that's insane, I had no idea that things were so bad in horse racing. To me it sounds like animal cruelty. That's really sad, how is the sport not banned yet? I never watched a horse race on TV or went to a live event. Near my home town there was such a place, but it closed down years ago. The sport doesn't seem very common anymore in my country. In England it still seems popular, but even among my English friends I never meet anybody who would go there or even bet money on it. It always seems ridiculous in movies to see all these rich people betting millions on horses. And then seeing horses die on the race track is really disturbing, how can people go back after seeing something like that. To me horses are beautiful animals, like dogs or cats, I could never eat horse meat. And if they make their owners rich in horse racing, they should atleast own the right to live their last years in peace.