Re: Cadillac Cruiser (753 Views)
Posted by:
bobphilo (IP Logged)
Date: February 05, 2007 07:04PM
I wouldn’t take the atypical results from only part of a meet at one track to be too significant. As with any problem, there is never any one magic bullet solution because there are always several causes involved. There is very good evidence from the U.S and from England, where Polytrack has been in use for more years than here, that the surface does significantly reduce injuries. However, until issues of breeding for speed instead of soundness and the use of potent painkillers allowing lame horses to race are also addressed more seriously, there will still be to too many catastrophic breakdowns. A genetically unsound horse pumped full of drugs can break down even if he races on pillows.
Safer racing surfaces are only one, though an important, part of the solution.
Bob
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