Set the easily-swayed straight about Racing

[HaloWishingwell]

[i]Would anyone here be upset with PETA if they were strictly going after the medicating of the horses? Would this help with the breeding? Would we get strictly healthy horses on track?Or would cripple horses be sent to the track anyway by desperate trainers and/or owners?I]

[Riot]

In England, the breakdown rate is just about the same as the US on the flat (mostly turf racing).

In Australia, it's about half of England and the U.S. rate (flat, turf)

[sumitas]

I'd say there is room for improvement .

I rest my case.

[Riot]

There is always room for improvement. The point was to compare the breakdown rates from countries with different legal drug use laws.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by sumitas

I'd say there is room for improvement .

I rest my case.

Can you name 5 initiatives that have been undertaken within the past 20 years with the goal of making horseracing safer?

[sumitas]

I'm more interested in any initiatives now to make horse racing safer.

LOL, I rest my case.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by sumitas

I'm more interested in any initiatives now to make horse racing safer.

LOL, I rest my case.

There are indeed some initiatives "now" - can you name those?

In other words, do you know anything at all about what has been done in the past, or what is being done now, within the sport of horseracing to make it safer?

LOL, I rest my case.

[sumitas]

More needs to be done. And much faster.

[parsixfarms]

My intent is not to start a conversation on the merits of synthetic versus conventional dirt surfaces, but in light of this weekend's events, maybe it's not such a bad thing (from a PR perspective) to have the Breeders' Cup being contested this year over a synthetic racing surface (assuming that's the way SA goes).

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by sumitas

I rest my case.

I doubt it.

--Dunbar