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By Laurie Fio
Times Community Newspapers Contributing Writer
Approximately 80 percent of the fatalities occurring on California thoroughbred racetracks are due to bone, tendon and ligament injuries. These injuries threaten the safety of racehorses and jockeys, cause economic and emotional hardship to owners and trainers, and attract adverse media attention to the sport of racing.
In an attempt to identify the causes of catastrophic injury and to develop preventive strategies, the California Horse Racing Board developed the Postmortem Program in 1990. This program requires that all horses that die at California racetracks be necropsied by the California Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System at facilities located on the University of California Davis campus and in San Bernardino.
The CVDLS pathologists work closely with equine specialists from UC Davis on a variety of research projects, especially those designed to identify risk factors associated with racing and training injuries.
Dr. Albert Kane of the UC Davis Veterinary Orthopedic Research Laboratory and a group of UC Davis veterinarians conducted a study to determine if some traction devices, particularly toe grabs, were associated with an increased risk of fatal injuries. •
Horsemen and farriers have long suspected
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