Racing Authority Reports Equine Fatality Rate Of 1.23 Per 1,000 At Tracks Under Its Jurisdiction – News18

LEXINGTON, Ky.: Horse racing’s federal oversight physique says racetracks underneath its jurisdiction skilled 1.23 racing-associated equine fatalities per 1,000 begins in 2023, a a lot decrease price than at tracks outdoors its watch.

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority report, launched Tuesday, additionally acknowledged that its fatality price was decrease than the Jockey Club’s nationwide price of 1.25 for 2022 and the 1.32 price reported on Tuesday in its 2023 Equine Injury Database. The HISA launch acknowledged that methodologies and standards for reporting charges are equivalent to the Jockey Club, however famous that the Jockey Club’s charges for the previous two years embody knowledge from U.S. thoroughbred tracks working outdoors of HISA’s jurisdiction.

Those tracks have a considerably larger price of 1.63 per 1,000 begins, the discharge added.

HISA’s fatality price report was the primary for tracks underneath its watch since a security program was enacted in July 2022. An anti-doping and drugs management program took impact final May.

HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus mentioned the group was happy to see the speed “trending in the right direction,” whereas including that vital work stays in making the game safer.

“HISA’s most important goal is driving down equine fatalities,” Lazarus mentioned within the launch. “The reduction in the rate of equine fatalities at tracks under our jurisdiction demonstrates that setting high standards for racetrack safety and anti-doping and medication control across the country makes Thoroughbred racing safer.”

HISA’s findings adopted a yr by which Churchill Downs, dwelling of the Kentucky Derby, and Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York skilled a spate of horse deaths final spring and summer season from observe or race-associated accidents.

Twelve horses died at Churchill Downs from late April to late May — together with seven within the run-as much as final May’s 149th Derby with two fatalities on the undercard. HISA convened an emergency summit with the observe and Kentucky racing officers, and the historic observe shifted the June portion of its spring meet to Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky, to overview floor and security protocols.

A HISA report launched Monday discovered no definitive trigger in 13 racing or coaching deaths at Saratoga in the course of the 2023 season — one other horse died in a barn stall accident — however added that rainfall “could not be overlooked” as an element.

The a hundred and fiftieth Derby is May 4 at Churchill Downs. Saratoga will host the third leg of the Triple Crown in June within the first of consecutive years.

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