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Championing Change: Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit
Established in 2006, thanks to the efforts of The Jockey Club and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit provides a platform where genuine concerns regarding racehorse safety can be transformed into actionable steps. The first summit was a two-day workshop that brought together a wide cross-section of the breeding, racing, and veterinary communities to improve safety and soundness for the Thoroughbred racehorse. “We needed to examine all aspects of the horse’s environment to gauge the changes and challenges our racehorses were facing, and the summit was a forum for that exercise,” said Jamie Haydon, president of…
The Strides Taken: The Evolving History of the Equine Injury Database
For nearly two decades, the horse racing industry has witnessed a significant evolution in the way it addresses equine welfare and safety issues. Central to this transformation has been The Jockey Club’s Equine Injury Database (EID), a resource that has progressively shaped the landscape of horse racing since it was initially proposed in 2006. The inception of the EID was marked by a crucial need within the U.S. horse racing industry to mitigate the number of injuries that…