From Jerry Bossert:
2004 (3)
2005 (9)
2006 (8)
2007 (11)
2008 (10)
2009 (12)
2010 (12)
2011 (10)
2012 (14) currently
From Jerry Bossert:
2004 (3)
2005 (9)
2006 (8)
2007 (11)
2008 (10)
2009 (12)
2010 (12)
2011 (10)
2012 (14) currently
13 since Jan. 1, says Jerry, most in one year since 2004.Originally Posted by algobbi
First rule: Try always to do what's right for the horse. The people part will work out. -- Josh Pons, Merryland, 2007
Would be interested to know at what levels are the breakdowns happening. Is this a case of bottom level horses being 'pushed' too much while chasing the inflated purses?
Never mind . . .
Last edited by second_glance; 03-04-2012 at 12:55 PM.
First rule: Try always to do what's right for the horse. The people part will work out. -- Josh Pons, Merryland, 2007
Number one, who is Jerry Bossert. Number two, numbers like that assume that the same number of races and the same number of starts were made each year, which is likely not true.
From the NYPost on Saturday
The winter meet at Aqueduct is not quite 13 weeks old, and there have been 11 fatalities over the inner dirt track: 10 by breakdown, one by cardiovascular collapse. The latest came in Friday’s second race when Bernie’s Love, making his fourth start for Nick Zito, fractured his right knee while racing around the far turn and had to be euthanized. Tough loss: The 4-year-old Bernardini colt was a home-bred half-brother to the top-class racemare Happy Ticket.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/horse...#ixzz1oBziVnzR
It's easy, just google his name....he's a race horse guy, has articles and analysis in the NY Daily News.
Jennifer
My kingdom for a horse.
Two breakdowns in the last two days.and about three or four had to be pulled up. i've been watching races from Aqueduct since 1974 and i never seen so many horses been either pulled up or breakdown as in the last 3-4 yrs. where is the track vet?
They should open the main track earlier than planned in this relatively light winter IMO.
That is such an obvious solution it almost begs the question why they don't. If not for this year, then maybe for next year, should the temperatures permit.
This is such an obvious solution it practically begs the question why don't they.
Apparently every aspect of NYracing, including the coloring of manes and tails, is highly regulated to the point where even suggesting the idea that change is possible is deeply frowned upon.
Just read a comment on DRF about the tighter turns of the Inner Track causing increased frequency of certain injuries, and have a question: If that is so, shouldn't the turf track (to the inside of the inner track) then be even worse?
Excellent point.
It was an uninformed comment that you read.
I just want to see them do something to fix the problem because it seems like the number of fatalities is getting higher every year..
Make the inner track tapeta....
You know more about Big A tracks than Richard Dutrow does, babe?
The Obama admin mantra -
The 1st 4 years - "It's Bush's fault."
The next 4 years - "I don't know nuthin'."
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I'd just like to note for the record that AQU never lists vet scratches on the Changes/Scratches sheet for EQB. Or at least hasn't during this meet.
First rule: Try always to do what's right for the horse. The people part will work out. -- Josh Pons, Merryland, 2007
This article states that the majority of the fatalities occurred in lower level claiming races. 4 in 7.5k races and 3 in state bred maiden claimers, 4 more in special weights including the zito trained son of bernardini and a 50k claimer.
I wonder how this ratio compares to the ratio of races run at aqueduct.
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