Meanwhile, Dr Mary ("racehorse is not a diagnosis") Scollay announces that Kentucky recorded a record-low level of fatal breakdowns in 2014 ... only 1.1 per thousand. Today, Matt Hegarty quotes PETA statement on Twitter: "The [KHRC] has today distinguished itself for being as uninterested in horse welfare as the Syrian government is in human suffering." Uh, OK. No hyperbole there.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/89620/record-low-for-fatal-breakdowns-in-kentucky

And at Aqueduct, You Take the Cake euthanized after falling after the finish and breaking a neck vertabrae in today's 2nd.

Something tells me that if winter racing in NY was eliminated, NYRA would have little trouble in getting to a "1 per 1,000 starts" fatality rate. Such a rate is basically typical in the rest of the world, with the exception of Hong Kong, which sets the standard for safety.