Two horses collapse, die at Del Mar Racetrack on opening weekend

Two racehorses collapsed and died at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on the opening weekend of the track's fall season.

"The 5-year-old gelding Kazuhiko collapsed and died while walking back to the barn after the 5th race at Del Mar ... a sudden death," Mike Marten, spokesman for the California Horse Racing Board, told City News Service on Sunday.