Horse racing, already under intense scrutiny over horse deaths, suffered yet another very public display of the sport‘s troubling side.

New York Thunder was far in front toward winning the Grade 1 $500,000 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes at Saratoga when he fell in the homestretch, suffering a fracture of the left front fetlock, and subsequently was euthanized.

It was the second death of the day at Saratoga as Nobel, the favorite in an allowance race at the upstate New York track, suffered a life-ending injury to his left front leg while galloping out after finishing fifth in an allowance race.

There have been 12 fatalities at Saratoga since racing began July 13.