Studies of racehorse injury or fatality in various countries have identified common, and in
some cases conflicting, risk factors. We conducted a systematic search of the relevant …

AIM: To describe and enumerate conditions that interrupted training and racing in a
population of Thoroughbred racehorses in New Zealand. METHODS: A longitudinal study …

This article describes the development of epidemiologic analyses of racetrack injury in
racehorses. The risk or rate of fatal and nonfatal injury in racing and training around the …

For improvements to the safety and welfare of racehorses to be possible, it is essential to
have access to basic descriptive information about the veterinary incidents encountered …

Suffering is a state of mind that is difficult to measure and analyse in human beings and
considerably more so in animals. It is related to the environment in which we live and our …

The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of illness and lameness at different
anatomical sites in registered United Kingdom dressage horses and to identify risk factors …

Reasons for performing study: Overstrain injuries to the superficial digital flexor tendon
(SDFT) and suspensory ligament (SL) are among the most common musculoskeletal injuries …

Reasons for performing study: Musculoskeletal injury is the major cause of days lost from
training and wastage in Thoroughbred racehorses. Little scientific information is available on …

Objective To evaluate hoof size, shape, and balance as risk factors for catastrophic
musculoskeletal injuries (CMI), including suspensory apparatus failure (SAF) and cannon …

Objective—To identify race-start characteristics associated with catastrophic
musculoskeletal (MS) injury in Thoroughbred racehorses at 2 racetracks in Florida during …