Another horse has been euthanized after an injury at Ellis Park

For the second time in about a month, a horse had to be euthanized after suffering an injury during a race at Ellis Park.

According to a steward's report from the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, a 3-year-old named Holy Moly Abraham was running in the eighth race on July 30 when he "appeared to suffer an injury approaching the three furlong pole and unseated his rider."

"The horse ran another 1/16(th) of a mile before being caught, and required the assistance of the KHRC veterinarians and the horse ambulance," the report reads. "After evaluation, it was determined that the horse had suffered a catastrophic injury to his right foreleg and he was humanely euthanized."

The Courier & Press has reached out to Ellis Park for comment.

Holy Moly Abraham's death came less than a month after a gelding named Im a Modest Man sustained an almost identical injury. The gelding was running in a race during Churchill Downs' meet on June 24 when he also hurt his right foreleg and had to be euthanized.

Im a Modest Man's injury came during Churchill Downs' spring meet. The famed Louisville track moved racing to Ellis this year after a spate of deaths at its home base. Between Between March 30 and May 27, 12 horses were euthanized after injuries, often to their legs.

Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen said the track needed more time "to conduct a top-to-bottom review of all of the details and circumstances so that we can further strengthen our surface, safety and integrity protocols." But multiple track surface experts said the racing ground was "consistent" with previous years, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported.

The July 30 race was Holy Moly Abraham's fourth-career start, according to Equibase. Three of those were at Ellis Park, but his best finish came before the temporary shuttering of Churchill Downs, when he finished seventh in a May 21 bout.

Local animal rights group Evansville Animal Advocacy will join national outfit Horseracing Wrongs to protest at Ellis Park on Saturday.

"Instead of blaming the tracks, the age of the horses, or the trainer, we need to blame horseracing itself and focus on ending it," EvAA president Sandy Jey said in a Tuesday night new release. "How many more victims need to die before we put an end to this brutal 'sport'?"