JC Releases Injury Stats
Apr 1, 2014 11:21:09 GMT -5
Post by cait on Apr 1, 2014 11:21:09 GMT -5
well - while it's true i prefer dirt and loathe synth, these #'s are not really correct - 1st of all there are almost 10 times more horses running on dirt in this chart than synth - of course there are more injuries - secondly, this does not include non-race injuries and there are a helluva lot of soft tissues injuries during training on synth
chart:
docs.google.com/file/d/0B0WapAsys2LiT0hPNjBfakNWZE0/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1
secondly - too many tracks are not participating - a lot of dirt tracks where horses are dumped into cheap claimers are however
so - i really question the "significantly fewer" phrase because the data is "select"
Database: Still ‘Significantly Fewer’ Fatal Injuries Associated With Synthetics
JC Press Release from PR
The Jockey Club today released the fatality statistics collected from the Equine Injury Database for the five-year period from 2009 to 2013.
The prevalence of race-related fatal injury for the timeframe from January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2013, was 1.91 per 1,000 starts. The data was based on analysis of 1,871,522 starts. For 2013, the prevalence of fatal injury per 1,000 starts was 1.90. Here is a five-year summary of statistics from the Equine Injury Database by surface, distance and age.
“The analysis shows that although the incidence of fatal injury on dirt and synthetic racing surfaces trended slightly upward in 2013, the incidence of fatal injury declined 20 percent over turf. Overall, synthetic racing surfaces continued to be associated with significantly fewer fatal injuries than dirt and turf,” said Dr. Tim Parkin, a veterinarian and epidemiologist from the University of Glasgow, who serves as a consultant on the Equine Injury Database and performed the analysis.
When comparing race distance, shorter races (<6f) saw a slightly higher injury rate versus middle and long races. This is consistent each year over the five-year span.
Similar to prior years, in 2013, the injury rate was higher in older horses, with 2-year-olds continuing a five-year trend of the lowest rate of catastrophic injuries.
The statistics include only injuries that resulted in fatalities within 72 hours from the date of the race.
A list of racetracks participating in the Equine Injury Database and detailed statistics from those tracks that voluntarily publish their results can be found here.
jockeyclub.com/default.asp?section=Advocacy&area=11[/div]o
chart:
docs.google.com/file/d/0B0WapAsys2LiT0hPNjBfakNWZE0/edit?usp=sharing&pli=1
secondly - too many tracks are not participating - a lot of dirt tracks where horses are dumped into cheap claimers are however
so - i really question the "significantly fewer" phrase because the data is "select"
Database: Still ‘Significantly Fewer’ Fatal Injuries Associated With Synthetics
JC Press Release from PR
The Jockey Club today released the fatality statistics collected from the Equine Injury Database for the five-year period from 2009 to 2013.
The prevalence of race-related fatal injury for the timeframe from January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2013, was 1.91 per 1,000 starts. The data was based on analysis of 1,871,522 starts. For 2013, the prevalence of fatal injury per 1,000 starts was 1.90. Here is a five-year summary of statistics from the Equine Injury Database by surface, distance and age.
“The analysis shows that although the incidence of fatal injury on dirt and synthetic racing surfaces trended slightly upward in 2013, the incidence of fatal injury declined 20 percent over turf. Overall, synthetic racing surfaces continued to be associated with significantly fewer fatal injuries than dirt and turf,” said Dr. Tim Parkin, a veterinarian and epidemiologist from the University of Glasgow, who serves as a consultant on the Equine Injury Database and performed the analysis.
When comparing race distance, shorter races (<6f) saw a slightly higher injury rate versus middle and long races. This is consistent each year over the five-year span.
Similar to prior years, in 2013, the injury rate was higher in older horses, with 2-year-olds continuing a five-year trend of the lowest rate of catastrophic injuries.
The statistics include only injuries that resulted in fatalities within 72 hours from the date of the race.
A list of racetracks participating in the Equine Injury Database and detailed statistics from those tracks that voluntarily publish their results can be found here.
jockeyclub.com/default.asp?section=Advocacy&area=11[/div]o
