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Originally Posted by pandy
Based on what we know, I don't think that Santa Anita or California Horse Racing Board is handling this horrible problem well. This has been going on for over twenty years with many fatal breakdowns at Del Mar and Santa Anita in particular. And all they do is keep changing track surfaces. They had a safer surface with synthetic tracks, but they went back to dirt to get more Breeders Cups and possibly under pressure from trainer Bob Baffert, or others.
But this may not just be about the track itself. They should be launching an investigation with scientific testing of the horses, their bones, muscle and ligaments, the effects of long term lasix and other drugs. They should be conducting interviews with old time trainers, looking at the differences between the modern day thoroughbreds and the ones who raced years ago and raced more often and with less injuries.
They should also get unbiased data on comparisons with dirt vs synthetic.
In other words, they're not doing enough. And the industry has their head in the sand when it comes to lasix, which I personally feel could be a major problem.
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if you are not racing on dirt then from a triple crown and breeders cup perspective you are not relevant, and if you are not relevant you might as well not race in socal due to the cost to operate there.
why did keeneland change back?
