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Old 12-27-2007, 07:37 AM
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Golden Gate is a death camp for horses. Never seen as many horses getting hurt as Ive seen there this meet.
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Old 12-27-2007, 09:37 AM
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That is quite eeeerie...

But what's getting lost in it, are the jock and horse ok?

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Old 12-27-2007, 12:10 PM
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[quote=pmayjr]That is quite eeeerie...

But what's getting lost in it, are the jock and horse ok?


I have no source other than the replay, but it looked to me like the jockey did more of a dismount than being badly thrown. It also looked like the horse brushed the rail and likely was OK.

But again, those observations are just from seeing the replay at the beginning of the race.
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Old 12-27-2007, 11:05 AM
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Golden Gate is a death camp for horses.
Never seen as many horses getting hurt as Ive seen there this meet.
You mean to tell Michael Dickinson that Tapeta Footings is not working?
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Old 12-27-2007, 11:50 AM
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I know this will disappoint the alarmists who don't bother with facts, but fatalities are down on the new surface at GGF and it seems to have been well received by the horseman.

"There have been four fatal injuries during races from 2,159 starters in 32 days compared to seven from 1,907 starters during Golden Gate Fields' 31-day season in similar weather Dec. 26-Feb. 11."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl.../SPPEU495Q.DTL
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