Breakdowns on Big days

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i don't think it's more on big days, it's just that big name horses get more press.
most of the time, if it's not an a list horse, you don't hear about it. you only know if you're there to see a horse go down, or are viewing on t.v.

Really? Four breakdowns in the last five big days at Churchill, two of them fatal, and it's not more on big days?

[fpsoxfan]

Well, here we go again. Because the breakdown occurred on the big stage, both NBC and CBS have done stories on the evening news about the dangers of horse racing. The answer according to the "experts" is synthetic tracks.
The CBS report claims that horse racing deaths are down 25% on tracks that have converted to synthetic. How long do you give Churchill? A year? Two years? Seems like the only time our sport makes the news is when something like this happens. This is Bullshiat!!!!!!!

[Payson Dave]

There was I believe, a breakdown in the first at Belmont today....

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Really? Four breakdowns in the last five big days at Churchill, two of them fatal, and it's not more on big days?

i don't know that it's more, or less. there are more small days than big days, so i guess there would be more on small days...just because of the #'s involved. you'd also think that big horses would be taken care of better than the other horses, so they'd have less breakdowns. but they'd also get more coverage.
i just think, based on the fact that about 80% of the horses being raced are claimers, that they would also have more of the injuries-but less of the press.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i don't know that it's more, or less. there are more small days than big days, so i guess there would be more on small days...just because of the #'s involved. you'd also think that big horses would be taken care of better than the other horses, so they'd have less breakdowns. but they'd also get more coverage.
i just think, based on the fact that about 80% of the horses being raced are claimers, that they would also have more of the injuries-but less of the press.

What? I'm talking frequency, not # of breakdowns. Of course there are more breakdowns on ****ing small days.

[eajinabi]

Does souping up the track make it better? To me it offers a bias like in 2006 BC where the rail was like a conveyer belt.

Ever wonder why horses hardly break down on turf on big days? Because the track superintendent cant do anything to soup it up.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

What? I'm talking frequency, not # of breakdowns. Of course there are more breakdowns on ****ing small days.

oh...well damn joey, forgive me for not reading between the lines and understanding that when you said 'more' that you meant frequency and not number of.