N.Y. Racehorse Fatality Database to Open to Public

The database will include information about racehorse deaths, injuries, and incidents in New York.
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Racing regulators in New York are set to release a comprehensive database, searchable by the public, of every equine death over the past three years at New York racetracks. The database, in the works for months before the recent equine death controversy at Aqueduct Racetrack, located in New York City, will be on the state Racing and Wagering Board’s website.

Racing board chairman John Sabini said during a March 28 board meeting that his agency will shortly be making public a "significant database" regarding equine deaths and board rulings against jockeys, trainers, and others in the industry. He did not elaborate.

A state source told The Blood-Horse that the new database is an attempt to bring information now held by the board internally and make it available to the public.

The new database is believed to be one of the only kind like it in the nation where anyone–from bettors to animal rights groups to lawmakers–can research every horse death the past three years in New York, whether occurring on track during a race or off-track during training. The database, expected to be released early next week, can reportedly be searched in any number of ways, including date of death, reason for fatality, and horse name. The database will also include all injuries and incidents involving racehorses

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Tom Precious also writes for The Blood-Horse, sister magazine to The Horse.

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