saw this on espn...
if horse racing is going to survive, this needs to be changed.
A recent Associated Press survey found that thoroughbred racetracks in the U.S. reported more than three horse deaths a day last year and 5,000 since 2003, and the vast majority were put down after suffering devastating injuries on the track.
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/hor...ory?id=3455452