Churchill Downs horse death toll reaches 12

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For the second day in a row, and the 12th time since April 27, a horse is dead at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Kimberley Dream, running in her 61st race, was euthanized after she pulled up in the upper stretch. She was running in the first race of the day Saturday at the famous racetrack.

She suffered an "inoperable … ligament rupture to her left front leg," the track announced.

Her death comes less than 24 hours after Lost in Limbo tumbled into the dirt during the seventh race at the track Friday and was unable to get up.

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The 149th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs May 6, 2023, in Louisville, Ky. (Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Video obtained by Fox News Digital from PETA shows an ambulance driving up to the horse and employees putting up a curtain to hide him, presumably so doctors could put him down. He was 7 years old in his 35th race.

In her last five races, Kimberley Dream had lost by 19, 32½, 14½, 31 and 33 lengths, the Los Angeles Times notes.

From April 27 to the Kentucky Derby May 6, seven horses died from either injuries or collapsing on the track. Two of those horses died in the undercard of the Derby, and another, Wild on Ice, was supposed to run in the race that was won by Mage. Five have died after runs at the track since then.

"It is with absolute dismay and sorrow that we report this highly unusual statistic," Churchill Downs said in a statement Saturday. "Our team members mourn the loss of these animals as we continue to work together to discover a cause and determine appropriate investments to minimize, to the degree possible, any