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How many Fatalaties would that save a Year please?
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more fatalities over hurdles than chases, due to more hurdle races than chases and higher speed when jumping
Over the 13-year study window, there were 242,486 hurdle starts compared to 141,922 steeplechase starts. Because hurdles are the standard entry point for young jump horses, the sheer volume of runners results in a higher annual death toll (~1,096 total hurdle deaths vs. ~836 steeplechase deaths over the study period
Must be easy to ride a horse ....if deucy got paid for 40 years wages to do it
I was not brave enough to go over a Hurdle or Fence Freddie.
Chepstow Friday and Saturday 15 Races and zero Chases.....Just saying.
How many jump horses in training have never run in a chase
Oct 8, 2026 -- 3:00PM, TameTheTiger wrote:
Over the 13-year study window, there were 242,486 hurdle starts compared to 141,922 steeplechase starts. Because hurdles are the standard entry point for young jump horses, the sheer volume of runners results in a higher annual death toll (~1,096 total hurdle deaths vs. ~836 steeplechase deaths over the study period
per start, chase deaths are higher
probably best to check Chepstow's reasoning for this.
I forgot Sunday was on no Chases on that Day either.
Drying ground? but could be a taste of things to come.
Chepstow's Welsh Racing Festival, the traditional jumps season opener, will be run without chase races as the track continues to feel the effect of an extreme summer drought.
The three-day meeting staged between October 9-11, all live on Sky Sports Racing, is at the centre of a major fixture reshuffle in response to a prolonged dry period which has left the ground unseasonably dry and hard.
The three-day meeting staged between October 9-11, all live on Sky Sports Racing, is at the centre of a major fixture reshuffle in response to a prolonged dry period which has left the ground unseasonably dry and hard.
Lets face it when you watch a packed Chase Field you just know something bad is likely to happen or is it just me?
It's the same arguments about it though acey - these horses wouldn't even exist if there wasn't the racing for them.
Most are well looked after, cared for, and retire from racing having loved what they do.
Most are well looked after, cared for, and retire from racing having loved what they do.
The Grand National is still my favourite Race stu does that make me a hypocrite?
We all would be, if we claimed we couldn't accept some bad injuries in the runners yes. But as racing folk, we have to either accept it or walk away.
Additionally, if we (punters) are supposed to feel bad about the issue, what should we say of people who do this for their living - trainers for example, or jockeys?
how many people die in traffic accidents every year?
...ban vehicles?
you could go on & on
...ban vehicles?
you could go on & on
Oct 8, 2026 -- 3:48PM, wondersobright wrote:
how many people die in traffic accidents every year? ...ban vehicles?you could go on & on
The antes would say that cars are needed far more in modern life than horses running round a field in the name of sport.
Just playing Devils Advocate.
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