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In This Issue: Undefeated Champion Essential Quality Headlines Saturday’s Blue Grass
My Girl Red Tops Keeneland Opening Day Beaumont Stakes
Tampa Bay Derby Winner Helium Among Nine Late Triple Crown Nominees
The Jockey Club Releases Data From the Equine Injury Database for 2020
Strangles Found in Palm Beach County
Florida-bred Medina Spirit/SANTA ANITA PHOTO Florida-bred Medina Tampa Bay Downs Charts Florida Stallion Progeny List Spirit Likely Favorite Florida Breeders’ List for Santa Anita Derby Wire to Wire Business Place BY BROCK SHERIDAN ______Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Featured Advertisers Reserve (G1) to be run May 1 at Churchill With the defection of the Bob Baffert- Downs when he was derailed by a bone Baoma Corp trained Life is Good from the Triple Crown chip in his left hind ankle that was detected trail, the Hall of Fame conditioner is following a morning work at Santa Anita Florida Department of Agriculture expected to turn to Florida-bred Medina on March 20. FTBOA Spirit as his main representative in Undefeated in three starts with wins in Saturday’s Grade 1 Runhappy Santa Anita Santa Anita’s Grade 3 Sham Stakes on Jan. Journeyman Stud Derby to be run a mile-and-one-eighth at 2 and Grade 2 San Felipe on March 6, Life the Great Race Place. is Good was sent to Dr. Larry Bramlage at Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Life is Good was the pre-race favorite Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Ocala Stud for the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby and Lexington, Ky., where he had surgery on the future book favorite for the May 1 Seminole Feed See SANTA ANITA DERBY on page 3
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Continued from COVER the injury on Friday. “The surgery went well,” Baffert said. “I received great reports on it. It was minor, so that was good and he should be back [rac- ing] a lot sooner than we thought he would.” Medina Spirit, who was second to Life is Good in both the Sham and San Felipe, won the Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita on Jan. 30 and appears to inherit favoritism for the Santa Anita Derby. Medina Spirit put in his final serious preparation for the Santa Anita Derby Sunday at the Arcadia, Calif., track when he worked four furlongs in :48 flat with jockey Juan Ochoa aboard. “He went very nice,” Baffert said. “I also worked Hozier [runner-up to unbeaten stablemate Concert Tour in the March 13 Rebel at Oaklawn Park, five furlongs Bob Baffert/ COGLIANESE PHOTO in 1:00.80], Charlatan [four furlongs in :48 [flat] and Gamine [five furlongs in 59.60].” From the first crop of sire Protonico out of Mongolian Changa, by Brilliant Speed, Medina Spirit was bred in the Sunshine State by Gail Rice and will attempt to give Baffert a record ninth Santa Anita Derby. Prior to the Sham Stakes, Medina Spirit won a maiden special weight by three lengths at Los Alamitos going five-and-a-half fur- longs on Dec. 11 in his career debut. Should Medina Spirit win the Santa Anita Derby, he would be the first Florida-bred since Buzzard’s Bay in 2005 to win the her- alded Kentucky Derby prep race. The last Florida-bred to finish in the money in the Santa Anita Derby was Comma to the Top, who was second to Midnight Interlude in 2011. Other Florida-bred winners of the race include Brocco in 1994,
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Back to Top Page 5 Santa Anita Derby page 3 Continued from More Santa Anita Notes Muttering (1982), Codex (1980), Affirmed (1978), Destroyer (1974), Alley Fighter (1968) and Rough’n Tumble (1951). Grade 1 Malibu Stakes-winner Charlatan and Eclipse Award Medina Spirit is currently ranked at No. 15 on the Run for the champion female sprinter Gamine are scheduled to run at Roses leaderboard with 34 points. The Santa Anita Derby offers Churchill Downs on Derby Day. Charlatan is scheduled to run in 170 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to be allocated to the top the Grade 1 Churchill Downs presented by Ford and Gamine in four finishers on a scale of 100-40-20-10. There are 18 starting the Grade 1 Derby City Distaff, both at seven furlongs. spots allocated for North American runners with one each offered The Runhappy Santa Anita Derby headlines six stakes next to the top point earners on both the Europe Kentucky Derby Saturday, four of them graded. leaderboard and Japanese Kentucky Derby leaderboards. The In addition to the Runhappy Santa Anita Derby, they are the Kentucky Derby has been limited to 20 starters in 1975. Grade 2 Santa Anita Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at mile-and-one- Medina Spirit has two wins and two second with earnings of sixteenth; the Grade 2 Royal Heroine for fillies and mares at one $164,200 of which $140,000 is unrestricted stakes earnings. mile on turf; and the Grade 3 Providencia Stakes for 3-year-old Proxy, who was most recently fourth in the Twinspires.com fillies at a mile-and-an-eighth on turf. Louisiana Derby (G2) won by Hot Rod Charlie at Fair Grounds on In all, the six stakes offer $1,750,000 in purse money. Entries March 20, also has 34 points on the Derby leaderboard but has for Saturday’s races at Santa Anita were taken Wednesday and can $160,000 in unrestricted stakes earnings in a tie-breaker with be assessed by clicking on the link on page 15. Medina Spirit if necessary. Medina Spirit is a better story however, as a $1,000 yearling at the 2019 Ocala Breeders’ Sales Winter Mixed Sale where he was consigned by Summerfield and purchased by Christy Whitman. Whitman pinhooked him back as a 2-year-old at the OBS Open Sale in July where current owner Zendan Racing Stables nabbed him for a still bargain $35,000. CLICK HERE for the latest No rider has been named for Medina Spirit in the Santa Anita Derby but Hall of Fame John Velazquez rode him to his second- The Florida Horse ONLINE place finish in the San Felipe, taking over for Abel Cedillo, who rode the bay colt in his first three starts.
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Back to Top Page 7 Undefeated Champion Essential Quality Headlines Field of Nine for Saturday’s $800,000 Blue Grass BY KEENELAND PRESS OFFICE ______LEXINGTON, KY—Godolphin’s undefeated homebred Essential Quality, the champion 2-year- old male of 2020, is the 3-5 morning line choice in a field of nine 3-year-olds entered Tuesday for Saturday’s 97th running of the $800,000 Toyota Blue Grass (Grade 2) going a mile-and-one-eighth on the main track. A major steppingstone for the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) to be run May 1 at Churchill Downs, the Blue Grass offers 170 points toward qualification to this year’s Derby on a 100-40-20-10 scale to the first- through fourth-place finishers. The Derby is limited to the top 20 point earners that pass the entry box. First post time for the card that features six graded stakes is 1:05 p.m. EDT. Trained by Brad Cox, Essential Quality debuted Sept. 5 at Churchill on Kentucky Derby Day and followed that six-furlong triumph with victories in Keeneland’s Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1) and the TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile presented by Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G1) to sew up the Eclipse Award as champion 2- year-old. In his lone start of 2021, Essential Quality won the Southwest (G3) at Oaklawn Park by four-and- a-quarter lengths on Feb. 27. On Tuesday morning, Essential Quality made his first appearance on the Keeneland main track since his Breeders’ Cup victory. He galloped about Florida-bred Essential Quality (left)/WENDY WOOLEY EQUISPORT PHOTO a mile-and-three-eighths under exercise rider Elver Highly Motivated returns to Keeneland, where he won the Nyquist Vargas. on the Breeders’ Cup’s Future Stars Friday undercard. Third in the Luis Saez, who has been aboard for Essential Quality’s past Gotham (G3) in his 2021 debut, Highly Motivated will break from three victories, has the mount Saturday and will break from post post position three. position four. Saez won the 2016 Toyota Blue Grass on Brody’s Brown and Castellano will be seeking their second Blue Grass Cause. victories. Brown saddled Good Magic for the 2018 triumph and a “Post position, it’s important. But I feel comfortable in the four year later, Castellano rode Vekoma to victory. hole,” Cox said. “Obviously Luis [Saez] is on him, and he knows A co-third choice at 8-1 on the morning line is Cypress Creek what to do away from there. We’re in a good spot with him. Very Equine, Arnold Bennewith and Spendthrift Farm’s happy with where he is mentally, physically. And the post is fine.” Keepmeinmind. “It’s very rare for a horse to be able to be four-for-four and have Trained by Robertino Diodoro, Keepmeinmind returns to different tactics. He’s won from three-quarters all the way to a Keeneland, where he ran second to Essential Quality in the mile-and-a-sixteenth at the Grade 1 level. I just think it speaks Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity and third in the Breeders’ Cup volumes to actually how good he is and how much talent he has. Juvenile. He closed 2020 by scoring his first win in the Kentucky We’re in a good spot with him. He’s just a very good horse.” Jockey Club (G2) at Churchill Downs. Brody’s Cause is the most recent of four horses to complete the Sixth in the Rebel (G2) in his 2021 debut, Keepmeinmind will Breeders’ Futurity-Blue Grass double. The others are Carpe Diem be ridden Saturday by David Cohen and break from post nine. (2014-2015), Dullahan (2011-2012) and Round Table (1956- Keepmeinmind is scheduled to arrive at Keeneland Wednesday 1957). night from Oaklawn Park. The second choice at 7-2 on Mike Battaglia’s morning line is “I like [post nine] Diodoro said. “I like being outside rather Klaravich Stables’ Highly Motivated. than inside; he’s a big horse.” Trained by Chad Brown and to be ridden by Javier Castellano, See BLUE GRASS on page 9
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page 7 Continued from Also at 8-1 is Team Valor International’s Untreated, a recent maiden winner at Tampa Bay Downs who will break from post two under Joel Rosario. Rosario won the 2011 Toyota Blue Grass on Brilliant Speed. “You always want to be toward the middle. We’re going to be in the back part of the race anyway, so hopefully it won’t have an impact on him,” Team Valor CEO Barry Irwin said. “We wanted to run him in a good race. There was an allowance that was an option. We kind of know the horses that are out there that are going to be looking at this. [The Blue Grass] is going to be a pretty tough race. We know he’s behind the eight ball in terms of experience and seasoning, but he can run a mile-and-a-quarter. The farther he goes, the more he likes it. He’s continuing to train well and we’re going to run him in here. If the horse was a speed horse, I wouldn’t do it. But a horse like this, a come-from-behind horse who can pick up horses, I feel it’s worth trying him here.” Three-time winner Todd Pletcher trains Untreated. Pletcher’s Blue Grass winners are Bandini (2005), Monba (2008) and Carpe Diem (2015). In addition to Saez, Rosario and Castellano, Rafael Bejarano will be seeking another Blue Grass victory. Bejarano will be aboard BBN Racing’s Hidden Stash (20-1) and break from post one. Trained by Vicki Oliver, Hidden Stash finished third in the Sam F. Davis (G3) and second in the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby (G2) in his two starts of 2021. In addition to Brown and Pletcher, one other trainer will attempt to add to his Blue Grass victory totals. Dale Romans, who will sent out Sittin On Go (30-1) for Albaugh Family Stables, has won the race twice with Dullahan and Brody’s Cause. Corey Lanerie has the mount on the winner of the Iroquois Keepmeinmind/COADY PHOTO (G3) last September and will break from post position eight. Essential Quality (Saez, 3-5), Rombauer (Florent Geroux, 15-1), The field for the Toyota Blue Grass, will riders and morning Leblon (Albin Jimenez, 30-1), Hush of a Storm (Santiago line odds from the rail out, is: Hidden Stash (Bejarano, 20-1), Gonzalez, 15-1), Sittin On Go (Lanerie, 30-1) and Keepmeinmind Untreated (Rosario, 8-1), Highly Motivated (Castellano, 7-2), (Cohen, 8-1). All starters will carry 123 pounds.
$800,000 Toyota Blue Grass (G2) 3-year-olds, 1 1/8 miles Keeneland Race Course, April 3
Post Horse Trainer Jockey Morning- Line Odds 1 Hidden Stash Vicki Oliver Rafael Bejarano 20-1 2 Untreated Todd Pletcher Joel Rosario 8-1 3 Highly Motivated Chad Brown Javier Castellano 7-2 4 Essential Quality Brad Cox Luis Saez 3-5 5 Rombauer Michael McCarthy Florent Geroux 15-1 6 Leblon Paulo Lobo Albin Jimenez 30-1 7 Hush of a Storm William Morey Santiago Gonzalez 15-1 8 Sittin On Go Dale Romans Corey Lanerie 30-1 9 Keepmeinmind Robertino David Cohen 8-1
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BY KEENELAND PRESS OFFICE____ LEXINGTON, KY—Erich Brehm’s My Girl Red, stylish winner of last summer’s Sorrento (Grade 2) going six furlongs on Aug. 7 at Del Mar, headlines a field of seven 3-year-old fillies entered Monday for Friday’s 36th running of the $150,000 Beaumont (G3) presented by Keeneland Select at Keeneland. Run over the Beard Course of seven fur- longs, 184 feet, the Beaumont offers 17 points toward the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) on a 10-4-2-1 scale to the first- through fourth-place finishers. First post time for Friday’s 10-race pro- gram that opens the 15-day Spring Meet is 1:05 p.m. EDT. Trained by Keith Desormeaux, My Girl Red will be making her 2021 debut on Friday. Since winning the Sorrento, the daugh- ter of Texas Red out of Morakami, by Fusaichi Pegasus has one unlucky start having been knocked into a rival in the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante on Sept. 6 after which she was pulled up by jockey Flavien Prat. However, coming into the Beaumont, My Girl Red has put in some solid works at Fair Grounds including a 1:00.20 move going five furlongs on March 27 which was the second fastest of 18 works that My Girl Red/BENOIT PHOTO morning at the distance. Including her maiden victory in her will break from post five under Corey debut, My Girl Red has two wins in three Lanerie. starts with earnings of $120,500. G. Watts Humphrey Jr.’s Farsighted, HELP WANTED James Graham will be aboard for the winner of the six furlong Any Limit on a first time and break from post one. sloppy and sealed track at Gulfstream in Barn Crew Two fillies coming out of Florida may her most recent start on March 6, returns to provide challenges to My Girl Red. Keeneland where she broke her maiden Seeking someone to West Point Thoroughbreds, John last fall before running second to Joy’s help keep our barns Ballantyne, William Freeman and Michael Rocket in the Songbird on the Breeders’ and grounds Valdes’ Lady Traveler finished second to Cup’s Future Stars Friday undercard. clean and stocked. Zaajel in the Forward Gal Stakes (G3) at Farsighted has won two of five career Gulfstream on Jan 30 in her most recent starts with a second while banking Must be comfortable start on dirt. After that race she was off the $118,490. She is by Bernandini out of working around horses board after pressing the pace early going a Elusive Fate, by Elusive Quality. and able to lift 50 lbs. mile-and-an-eighth on the grass in a first Julien Leparoux has the mount and will condition, $75,000 optional claiming break from post three. Pays $10/hour & allowance won by Always Lute on March The field for the Beaumont, with riders full benefit package. 10 at Gulfstream. and weights from the rail out, is: My Girl Red Lady Traveler is by Quality Road out of (Graham, 120 pounds), Slumber Party (Joel Please apply via email to: Ask the Question, by Silver Deputy and Rosario, 118), Farsighted (Julien Leparoux, [email protected] she has won one of eight starts with earn- 118), Amalfi Princess (Tyler Gaffalione, EMCO is an ings of $93,374. 118), Lady Traveler (Lanerie, 118), Cilla equal opportunity employer Trained by Dale Romans, Lady Traveler See BEAUMONT on page 12
Back to Top Page 12 Beaumont page 11 Continued from Transylvania with Air Support. (Colby Hernandez, 118) and Twenty Carat (Luis Saez, 118). The field for the Transylvania, with riders and weights from the inside, is: Scarlett Sky (Rosario, 118 pounds), Palazzi (Chris Landeros, 120), Breadman (Luis Saez, 118), Fire At Will Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Winner Fire At (Gaffalione, 123), Barrister Tom (Van Dyke, 120) and Earls Rock Will Headlines Transylvania (IRE) (Florent Geroux, 120).
Three Diamonds Farm’s Fire At Will, winner of last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf presented by Coolmore America (G1) Fauci To Give Palisades Turf Sprint a Shot here, will face five rivals in Friday’s 33rd running of the $150,000 Kentucky Utilities Transylvania (G3) for 3-year-olds going a mile- Lindy Farms and Ice Wine Stable’s Fauci, never worse than sec- and-one-sixteenth on the turf. ond in four career starts, will begin his 2021 campaign Friday Trained by Mike Maker, who saddled Field Pass to a victory in when he headlines a field of 10 3-year-olds entered Monday for the 2020 Transylvania, Fire At Will returns to the turf after finish- the second running of the $100,000 Palisades Turf Sprint going ing eighth in the mile-and-one-sixteenth Fasig-Tipton Fountain of five-and-a-half furlongs on the grass. Youth (G2) won by Greatest Honour at Gulfstream on Feb. 27 in Trained by Wesley Ward, Fauci ran second to stablemates Golden his most recent start. Tyler Gaffalione has the mount and will Pal in the Skidmore at Saratoga and Outadore in the Juvenile Turf break from post position four. Sprint at Kentucky Downs to close his 2020 campaign. Fire At Will also won the Grade 2 Pilgrim last year at Belmont Tyler Gaffalione has the mount on Fauci and will break from going a mile-and-one-sixteenth on the grass on Oct. 3 before the post position eight. Breeders’ Cup victory and won the Grade 3 With Anticipation Returning to Keeneland, where he won the Indian Summer pre- going seven furlongs on a sloppy and sealed track after being sented by Keeneland Select last October, is Kristin Boice and taken off the turf at Saratoga on Sept. 2. Marylou Holden’s Bodenheimer. By Declaration of War out of Flirty, by Kitten’s Joy, Fire at Will Trained by Valorie Lund, Bodenheimer closed 2020 with an has won three of five starts with earnings of $660,932. eighth-place finish behind Golden Pal in the Breeders’ Cup Top threats to Fire At Will could come from Bantry Farms’ Juvenile Turf Sprint (G2) here. Brian Hernandez Jr. will be back Barrister Tom, winner of the More Than Ready Juvenile at aboard and break from post two. Kentucky Downs last fall, and Stuart Janney III’s Scarlett Sky, The field for the Palisades Turf Sprint, with riders and weights runner-up in the Palm Beach Stakes at Gulfstream Park in his from the inside, is: Lookin for Loki (Mitchell Murrill, 118 most recent start. pounds), Bodenheimer (Hernandez, 120), Chasing Artie (Joel Trained by Michael Ewing, Barrister Tom will be making his Rosario, 118), Blameworthy (Florent Geroux, 118), Smokin’ Jay 2021 debut and break from post five under Drayden Van Dyke. (Luis Saez, 118), Rustler (Corey Lanerie, 118), Unitedandresolute Joel Rosario has the mount on Scarlett Sky and will break from (James Graham, 118), Fauci (Gaffalione, 118), Lock Up (Drayden post one for trainer Shug McGaughey, who won the 2011 Van Dyke, 118) and J C’s Champ (Emmanuel Esquivel, 118). Tampa Bay Derby Winner Helium, Gotham Hero Weyburn Among Nine Late Triple Crown Nominees
BY CHURCHILL DOWNS PRESS OFFICE ______LOUISVILLE, KY-D.J. Stable’s Tampa Bay Derby (Grade 2)-win- ner Helium along with Chiefswood Stables’ Gotham upset hero and likely Wood Memorial (G2) entrant Weyburn were among nine thoroughbreds made eligible to compete in the 2021 Triple Crown with a $6,000 late payment that was due Monday. With nine late nominees during the Jan. 23-March 29 late nom- ination phase (pending late mail), there are now 335 horses eligible to compete in the Triple Crown’s three race series. The 2021 Triple Crown opens Saturday, May 1 with the 147th running of the mile- and-one-quarter Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The 146th Preakness, its mile-and-three-sixteenth second jewel, is set for Saturday, May 15 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md. The 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes, the series’ mile-and-a-half final leg, is scheduled for Saturday, June 5 at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. Other late Triple Crown nominees: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum’s UAE Derby (Group 2) runner-up Panadol; Reddam
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Back to Top Page 13 The Jockey Club Releases Data From the Equine Injury Database for 2020
BY JOCKEY CLUB PRESS OFFICE _ The incidence of fatal racing injury website. The racetracks that publish their on dirt surfaces in 2020 was the lowest EID statistics reported racing fatalities An analysis of data from the 12th year on record at 1.49 per 1,000 starts. Races per 1,000 starts of 1.30 as compared to of reporting to the Equine Injury on the grass were 19% lower in 2020 ver- 1.47 for those that do not publish. Database shows a decrease in the rate of sus 2019 and the fourth lowest for that The 21 racetracks accredited by the fatal injury in 2020 (1.41 per 1,000 surface since 2009. Synthetic once again National Thoroughbred Racing Association starts) compared to 2019 (1.53 per 1,000 had the lowest incidence of all racing Safety and Integrity Alliance reported 1.32 starts), The Jockey Club announced. The surfaces at 1.02 racing fatalities per racing fatalities per 1,000 starts versus 1.48 2020 rate of fatal injury is the lowest 1,000 starts. for the 62 non-accredited tracks that raced number since the EID started collecting The incidence of fatal injury per 1,000 in 2020 and reported to the EID. data in 2009. The risk of fatal injury in starts for races shorter than six furlongs The Jockey Club thanks all participat- 2020 declined 7.8% from 2019 and (1.66) was again greater than other dis- ing racetracks for supplying these critical 29.5% overall since 2009. tance categories of six furlongs to a mile data and continues to encourage the Based on the 2020 data, 99.86% of (1.35) and longer than a mile (1.22). The reporting of all injuries and fatalities flat racing starts at the racetracks partic- incidence of fatal injury for both distance occurring during racing and during ipating in the EID were completed with- categories in excess of six furlongs were morning training hours. All data entered out a fatality. the lowest on record in the EID. into the EID goes through a multilevel Key statistics from the 2020 analysis “Overall, there was an 8% decrease in quality control process to ensure the data are as follows (figures represent the inci- the risk of fatal injury from 2019 to is completely and accurately reported. dence of racing fatality per 1,000 starts): 2020. Since 2009, risk has declined by The EID statistics are based on injuries 29.5% (P<0.001) or equivalent to 140 that resulted in fatalities within 72 hours • By age fewer horses sustaining a fatal injury from the date of the race. The statistics are o 2-year-old: 1.69 while racing in 2020 than would have for official thoroughbred races only and o 3-year-old: 1.57 occurred had there been no change in exclude steeplechase races. Summary sta- o 4+-year-old: 1.29 risk since 2009,” Dr. Tim Parkin said. tistics for the EID are subject to change • By race distance Parkin is a veterinary epidemiologist due to a number of considerations, includ- o <6 furlongs: 1.66 who has consulted on the EID since its ing reporting timeliness. o 6 – 8 furlongs: 1.35 inception. “We will dig deeper into the The list of racetracks participating in o >8 furlongs: 1.22 numbers in the coming months to better the EID and detailed statistics from • By track surface understand trends in the 2020 data.” those tracks that voluntarily publish o Dirt: 1.49 “Although we are thrilled to see their results can be found at: jockey- o Turf: 1.27 improvement in the numbers from 2020 club.com/default.asp?section=Advocac o Synthetic: 1.02 and commend the racetracks and regula- y&area=11. tory authorities in their efforts to reduce Throughout the course of 2020, For trends of the EID since 2009, injuries, other areas require closer study,” approximately 99.7% of all thorough- please visit: senior counsel and administrator of the bred starts were included in the EID. jockeyclub.com/pdfs/eid_12_year_tab EID Kristin Werner said. “The recording The Equine Injury Database, con- les.pdf $ $ $ $ of additional$ $ data $ through $tools like $ the ceived $ at $ the Grayson-Jockey $ Club Juveniles have consistently been asso- Electronic Treatment Records System Research Foundation’s first Welfare and ciated with$ the lowest $ incidence $ of $rac- and $the Management Quality System of Safety of the Racehorse Summit, was ing fatality since the EID began in 2009. the Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory launched by The Jockey Club in July In 2020,$ the incidence for 2-year-olds will give regulators, racetracks, and 2008 and seeks to identify the frequen- was 43% higher than in 2019. Horses 3- researchers a better understanding of cies, types, and outcomes of racing years-old$ and 4-year-olds $ $ and $older saw$horse $ health $ and $ $racetrack safety, $ allow-$ $injuries $using a standardized $ format $ that 8% and 14% declines, respectively, in ing for additional scrutiny and research generates valid statistics, identifies the incidence$ of $ racing fatality $ per$ 1,000$aimed $ $ at preventing $ injuries.”$ $ $ $ markers$ for$ horses at $ increased risk of starts versus 2019. None of the differ- Since March 2012, racetracks have injury, and serves as a data source for ences in incidence$ among $ age$ groups $ been$ able$ to voluntarily$ publish $ their $ sta- $research directed $at improving$ safety $ and were statistically$$$$$$ significant. tistics $ from the EID $$$$ on The Jockey Club preventing $ injuries. $$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
Statistical Summary from 2009 to 2020 (Thoroughbred Flat Racing Only)
Calendar 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Year Back to Top 2.00 1.88 1.88 1.92 1.90 1.89 1.62 1.54 1.61 1.68 1.53 1.41 Rate
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