The Jockey Club announced March 5 that more than a dozen racetracks have committed to publishing their statistics from the Equine Injury Database through a new website set up by the breed registry.

"The Equine Injury Database recently completed the collection of a third year of data from participating racetracks, representing approximately 93% of the racing days in North America and more than 30,000 records," said James L. Gagliano, president and chief operating officer of The Jockey Club. "Keeneland, Woodbine, and the California racetracks have made a practice of publishing their injury and/or fatality data. This new website is designed to encourage other racetracks to follow their lead and make public their data in a standard, summary fashion."

The website will be maintained by The Jockey Club. Summaries of fatality statistics for a particular track will include the month, year, number of race days, number of starts, age and sex of the horse, distance of the race, and the surface on which the incident occurred.

Among the tracks that have agreed to have their statistics published are all of the New York Racing Association (NYRA) tracks–Aqueduct, Belmont Park, and Saratoga–and tracks operated by the Stronach Group–Santa Anita, Golden Gate, Gulfstream Park, Laurel Park, Pimlico, and Portland Meadows