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View Poll Results: What factors have negatively impacted racehorse careers most?
Weakening of the breed overall 36 40.91%
Training methods 31 35.23%
Lasix and similar medication reliance 21 23.86%
Owner economics 22 25.00%
Trainer statistic/client awareness 18 20.45%
Under-racing/training of 2yo's 14 15.91%
Over-racing/training of 2yo's 7 7.95%
Track surfaces/Ambient backstretch conditions 1 1.14%
Campaign decisions based on 'bounce' theory 18 20.45%
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Old 12-03-2010, 10:54 PM
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It is interesting that basic field size has remained the same despite the drop in number of starts per year per horse.

The thing that always baffles me is how the period of the 70's when there was an unprecedented jump in the number of horses produced always seems to escape people when they talk about the "weakening" of the breed. You dont have to be an expert to understand that the average horse in a foal crop of 60000 is "weaker" than the average horse in a foal crop of 25000. This is even more pronounced when you remember that the breed is selected, not naturally occurring. Lesser breeding stock was allowed into the gene pool in order to increase the numbers so dramatically.
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