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Originally Posted by ne to socal
Some ways I'd like to slice and dice the fatality data if I could:
1) age of dirt tracks the year before conversion to poly.
2) avg lifetime BSFs (and trends) for all fatalities...or some other well-used indicator of 'class'
3) trends on tracks where the material is nearing its service life and hasn't been replaced (unlike, say Hollywood Park which had its surface amended several times).
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don't forget to insert weather data-temps, moisture, etc.
time of day
was it in a race, or a work, or a gallop out after a work...or after a race?
were other factors involved-another horse in front went down, or one behind clipped heels. was it a bad step, difficulty changing leads...
who trained? were they back off an injury, did they have an injury that was only detected after the breakdown?
who was the trainer? what was their race history, soundness history?
was the horse familiar with the track, or was it a surface change?
good luck with all the info gathering to find the answers.