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For the reasons I mentioned, and others, do you really think this information is going to be conclusive. One meet? One year?
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I think so, ELA, because it will be an ongoing, continuous thing over the years, so enough data will be accumulated to give some definitive answers and show some true trends. I agree with you that "one track, one year" type of thing wouldn't give us good answers.
What I am talking about is Dr. Mary Scollay's track injury reporting system that started in 2007. Most tracks are participating, it will independently quantify the type of injury, outcome, weather, track surface, age/type/condition horse, field size, veterinary care, etc. (lots of variables). One early article on it is here in The Blood-Horse, there are more recent if you search for them:
http://www.bloodhorse.com/articleind...e.asp?id=39138
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I would have liked to see track management have people assessing, reviewing, and being a lot more proactive once these tracks were installed. I don't like hearing track management say "We aren't making any changes whatsoever until the meet is over" or something to that effect.
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I hear you. But I see their side, in that if I have a new product I purchased, and the manufacturer is telling me, based upon their previous experience with other installations, it's best to let things settle down to see what's really there, THEN tweek, I'd suspect I'd go with that recommendation, too.