FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — The Big Fresno Fair lost another horse, this time because of injury.

On Friday, a six-year-old thoroughbred horse named ‘Acclider’ was taken off the track because it was hurt while racing at the fair, but was later euthanized due to the injury.

This comes not long after two other horses in the Central Valley died after races at the Big Fresno Fair.

Martha Sullivan from ‘Kill Racing Not Horses says’,

“To some extent, the condition of the track certainly is a big factor.”

“Often what happens sadly is that horses who have a fracture are euthanized.”

The California Authority of Racing reports that this is the second race-related horse death in 12 years.

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There has been a spotlight on horse racing recently since 2019 when 42 horses died in two seasons between 2019 and 2021 at the Santa Anita race track.

Since then, improvements have been made, and the focus is not only on that specific track but the whole sport in general around the entire country.

“I will say that four years is an extraordinarily long time for a racehorse to be in the same barn because most racehorses race one, two three years probably max.”

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‘Acclider’ previously raced at the big fresno fair on September 28th and appeared to be in good health.

The horse was relocated to a different barn, one month after arriving at the stable area.

Data suggests that it is not typical to move a horse from one barn to another and that moving a horse gives a 60-percent higher risk of deadly injury.