Not an expert on racing but WHY................

To be honest Jade, I thought exactly the same thing last night. I don't know how the American dirt tracks compare with the UK all weather surfaces in terms of racibility in such dire conditions, but the track for the BC last night was awful
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Do you really think they would have run such a high profile race if it wasn't safe??
Losing GW is an incredibly sad tragedy and the conditions an obvious point of blame
 
It looks awful to me, but then again this injury isn't that rare... would the outcome really have been different on a dry track?
 
Probably, I don't know the statistics.

The real tragedy in my opinion is that there are so many horses getting fatal or career ending injuries as early as 2/3 or 4 in the racing world, because people are breeding only for speed rather than durability.
 
True, but the racing world is not the only equestrian sport that is responsible for career ending injuries or long term stress on horses. In fact, I doubt any equestrian sport can truly say that tragedy does not fall upon them on a regular basis
 
No but I would argue that its probably has the largest scale of breakdowns and premature deaths.

Every equestrian sport will have accidents, but most dressage/showjumper/eventers do not break down before they reach 5 years of age.

The percentage of racehorses who break down very early on is something that should be addressed - and people certainly shouldn't be breeding to these horses.
 
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