Santa Anita Injuries; Trainers meet, complain

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Originally Posted by Riot

I completely disagree.

I don't understand how you can say on one hand research is underfunded and needed, then dismiss it out of hand saying one will never be able to reach any useful conclusions.

Dr. Mary Scollary is trying to collect detailed information, but some won't participate.

All the examples I listed are topics that sportsmedicine has looked at, and within each topic one path leads to increased breakdowns, and taking a different path doesn't. Yes, sportsmedicine has helped decrease breakdown rates.

You are right, breakdowns have multiple causes. That doesn't mean we can't start to figure out the contributors.

Yes, I'm glad KHRC is releasing the numbers, and being open about how many occur. I sure don't look at them as "experts" on breakdown causality.

I think (and this just my opinon) that the biggest contributing factor to horses breaking down is racing them . Ha I solved the problem.
Seriously , accidents happen but the thing I see the most is people not being diligent caretakers , when I see certain trainers sitting at clockers corner all morning being more interested in visiting with their friends than going back and forth to the barn and actually looking at the horses it is hard for me to feel bad for the trainer when they have one break down. I know that trainers have several strings and rely on assistants to look at the horses daily (guys like Whitey that works for Pletch goes back and forth with each set ) but I cant help noticing the one's that never seem to be at the barn in the morning and when they have one breakdown it really doesnt shock me as I think they really prolly have no clue whats going on in their own shed.