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Originally Posted by castaway01
I don't disagree that breeding unsound horses has weakened the breed, but why would that only affect one racetrack? This is just happening at Santa Anita. If it's not someone bring out the data.
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It seems like it is a little bit of everything. Horsemen were getting pressure to run more frequently so there were fuller fields. This led to them overworking and running horses that could not handle it. They sealed the hell out of the track every time it rained which created a dangerous at times surface. Horses might have come out of the races or works over the surface with issues that either were not detected or not considered that bad and it was business as usual so they went back to the track sooner than they should. That doesn’t even address what roles the vets may or may not have had.
It’s a really bad situation that got worse today. Unfortunate Ritvo doesn’t seem bright enough to put out the fires and instead is added gas to them.
