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"The thoroughbred horse is one of the most fragile creatures on earth, an animal with a heart and a metabolism too powerful for his bones, digestive and respiratory systems, one too heavy and too strong for the structure supporting it.
That condition has taken decades of evolution. I don’t know what to do about it, except try to breed better ones to reverse the trend. The concern about the safety of our racetracks is also legitimate. People are trying to do something about that. It is indisputable that more catastrophic injuries occur on dirt surfaces — too often on the pitifully few days that the world is paying attention to our sport.
We can either make our tracks safer or continue to shock and dismay our audience and pay the consequences."
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