bigmack
05-30-2007, 07:05 PM
Holy Underwear - They've come up with an idea for disseminating information that doesn't include making a profit.
Just over a year after Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro shattered his leg in the Preakness, 30 racetracks across the country are set to launch a program to record on-track injuries to horses.
Under the new system, veterinarians at each track will fill out a standardized form to compile detailed reports of the injuries. The pilot program begins Friday at tracks from California to Florida, including three in Kentucky: Churchill Downs, Keeneland and Turfway Park.
Pimlico Race Course, where Barbaro suffered his ultimately fatal injury last May, hasn't yet signed on.
The monitoring system, one of the suggestions generated last October at an industry summit on horse welfare and safety in Lexington, will give tracks better information about not just how many injuries there are but also what causes them.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/horseracing/bal-racing530,0,3769051.story?coll=bal-sports-horse
Just over a year after Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro shattered his leg in the Preakness, 30 racetracks across the country are set to launch a program to record on-track injuries to horses.
Under the new system, veterinarians at each track will fill out a standardized form to compile detailed reports of the injuries. The pilot program begins Friday at tracks from California to Florida, including three in Kentucky: Churchill Downs, Keeneland and Turfway Park.
Pimlico Race Course, where Barbaro suffered his ultimately fatal injury last May, hasn't yet signed on.
The monitoring system, one of the suggestions generated last October at an industry summit on horse welfare and safety in Lexington, will give tracks better information about not just how many injuries there are but also what causes them.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/horseracing/bal-racing530,0,3769051.story?coll=bal-sports-horse