Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Thoroughbred Fatalities Study
An updated analysis of thoroughbred deaths has been released providing a look at fatal injuries to the animals over a two-year period.
The Jockey Club released the information on Wednesday. Veterinarian and epidemiologist Tim Parkin of the University of Glasgow performed the study, which includes two years' data in the Equine Injury Database, the North American database for racing injuries.
The analysis covered 754,932 starts between Nov. 1, 2008, and Oct. 31, 2010, and showed the prevalence of fatal injury dropped to 2.00 per 1,000 starts. Information reported in March showed a rate of 2.04 for the one-year period from Nov. 1, 2008, to Oct. 31, 2009.
Parkin says the cumulative two-year data revealed a statistically significant difference in the prevalence of fatality on turf and synthetic surfaces as opposed to dirt. The difference in the prevalence of fatality between synthetic and turf surfaces wasn't statistically significant.
The Jockey Club released the information on Wednesday. Veterinarian and epidemiologist Tim Parkin of the University of Glasgow performed the study, which includes two years' data in the Equine Injury Database, the North American database for racing injuries.
The analysis covered 754,932 starts between Nov. 1, 2008, and Oct. 31, 2010, and showed the prevalence of fatal injury dropped to 2.00 per 1,000 starts. Information reported in March showed a rate of 2.04 for the one-year period from Nov. 1, 2008, to Oct. 31, 2009.
Parkin says the cumulative two-year data revealed a statistically significant difference in the prevalence of fatality on turf and synthetic surfaces as opposed to dirt. The difference in the prevalence of fatality between synthetic and turf surfaces wasn't statistically significant.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:18 PM 
