For the second consecutive year there were three equine fatalities during the race Competition , taking Causation the number of fatalities in the history of the race to eight and leading to Causation heavy criticism in the press .

fairplex also includes the sheraton fairplex hotel & conference center , the sheraton unk park , barretts sales and racing , a defunct horse racing track , the millard sheets art center , the child development center at fairplex , the fairplex railway exhibit , barretts equine ltd. , a thoroughbred horse racing auction facility and the wally parks nhra motorsports museum .