A survey on characteristics of injuries in racing horses

Yang, Young-jin; Kim, Jae-hoon; Cho, Gil-jae; Nam, Tchi-chou

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 2001;41(2):253-260.

Young-jin Yang¹, Jae-hoon Kim¹, Gil-jae Cho¹, Tchi-chou Nam²

¹Korea Racing Association
²College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University

경주마의 경주중 사고 발생동향

양영진¹, 김재훈¹, 조길재¹, 남치주²

¹한국마사회
²서울대학교 수의과대학

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the characteristics of 335 injured racehorses that had rested over 6 months or were retired in Seoul racecourse from 1994 to 1998. We surveyed 62,117 racing horses and incidence rate of injured horses was 0.54%. Of 335 horses, 322 horses(96.1 %) were associated with musculoskeletal disorders. The musculoskeletal disorders observed with high incidence were fracture and luxation(53.1%), tendinitis and desmitis(17.7%) in category, forelimb(92.5%) in location, below metacarpus/metatarsus(73.0%) in lesion. The prevalence rate of male, 5 years old or Ireland origin was higher than any other individual. These data would be useful standard reference for control of injuries in racing horses.

Key Words: injury, horse, racing, seoul racecourse