Effects of race conditions on racing injury in Thoroughbred horses

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

Korean Journal of Veterinary Research 2001;41(2):261-267.

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

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

경주환경이 경주사고에 미치는 영향

양영진¹, 조걸재¹, 양재혁¹, 남치주²

¹한국마사회
²서울대학교 수의과대학

Abstract

This research was conducted to investigate the effects of race conditions on racing injury in Thoroughbred(TB) horses. A total 335 horses were investigated the relationship between race conditions and racing injuries. The main environmental factors of racing injuries were spring season, rainy weather and sloppy racetrack. In the race types, high incidence of racing injury was found in special weigh, stakes, middle class and long length race. This results suggest that the racing injury can be effected to both individual body condition and various racetrack conditions.

Key Words: Thoroughbred, race condition, race injury