Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2012 6:14 pm
by DDT
The winter meeting at Santa Anita ended today. As I posted earlier in this thread I collected data concerning the breakdown rate and the breeding of the horses that broke down during racing. In addition, I did the same for horses that demonstrated distress and had to be vanned off the course. The meeting covered 72 racing days with 4,910 starters. During the course of the meet there were 9 confirmed fatal breakdowns and 26 incidents that involved van offs. Of the 9 fatal breakdowns 5 were what Louis calls Non-Fashion Breds and 4 were Fashion Breds. Of the 26 van offs, 14 were Non-Fashion Breds and 12 were Fashion Breds. This is a small sample, however, it demonstrates that there was little difference between the number of Non-Fashion Breds and Fashion Breds that broke down or had to be vanned off.
72 racing days
4,910 starters
9 fatal breakdowns, 6 main track, 3 turf
26 vanned off, 19 main track, 7 turf.
Fatal breakdowns 5 NFB 4 FB
Van offs 14 NFB 12 FB
29 Dec 11 4th race main track Whats Up Betty, vanned off
4X5 Exclusive Native, NFB
01 Jan 12 4th race main track Faster Cat, vanned off
4X4 Northern Dancer 5X5 Nearctic, 5X5 Natalma,
5X5 Raise a Native, FB
05 Jan 12 5th race main track Coal Region Kid, put down*
4X4 Northern Dancer 4X4, Sir Ivor, 5X5 Nearctic,
5X5 Natalma, 5X5 Sir Gaylord, FB
06 Jan 12 4th race turf, Wild Rose, put down*
4X4 Mill Reef, NFB
08 Jan 12 1st race main track, Lady Lohr, vanned off
5X5 Bold Ruler, 5X5 Somethingroyal, NFB
08 Jan 12 7th race main track, Joker Face, put down*
4X5 Northern Dancer, 5X5 Tom Rolfe, NFB
12 Jan 12 3rd race turf, Shoo Gee, put down*
3X4 Storm Bird, 4X5 Northern Dancer,
5X5 Secretariat, 5X5 Nearctic, FB
12 Jan 12 7th race turf, Wrongful Suit, vanned off
4X5 Buckpasser, 5X5 Northern Dancer, NFB
13 Jan 12 6th race main track, Top Feeling, vanned off
4X5 Northern Dancer, 5X5 Turn-To, 5X5 Nashua, FB
13 Jan 12 6th race main track, Joyful Success, vanned off
4X5 Mr. Prospector, 5X5 Lucky Debonair, 5X5 Bold Ruler, NFB
19 Jan 12 7th race turf, Suance Flower, vanned off
4X5 Northern Dancer, NFB
20 Jan 12 3rd race turf, Shawklit Sundae, vanned off
3X4 Mr. Prospector, 4X5 Raise a Native, 4X5
Gold Digger, 5X5 Native Dancer, FB
22 Jan 12 6th race main track, The Director, vanned off
retired 23 Jan 12 due to ligament damage**
4X5 Bold Ruler, 5X5 Native Dancer, NFB
26 Jan 12 1st race main track, Teardrops On Fire, put down*.
4X5 Hail to Reason, 4X5 Princequillo, 5X5 Nashua,
NFB
02 Feb 12 2nd race main track, H.J.’s Kitty, vanned off.
5X5 Northern Dancer, 5X5 Secretariat, NFB
10 Feb 12 5th race turf, Tucky, vanned off.
Outcross, NFB
10 Feb 12 7th race turf, Pleasing Sunrise, vanned off.
4X5 Secretariat, 5X5 Bold Ruler, NFB
11 Feb 12 4th race main track, El Merito, put down*.
3X5 Northern Dancer, 4X4 Raise a Native,
4X5 Hail to Reason, 5X5X5 Native Dancer,
5X5 Nashua, FB
11 Feb 12 8th race main track, Pink Lollipops, vanned off.
5X5 Buckpasser, 5X5 Native Dancer, NFB
16 Feb 12 5th race main track, Party Mandate, vanned off.
4X4 Northern Dancer, 5X5 Nearctic,
5X5 Natalma, FB
20 Feb 12 1st race main track, Dang You Cactus, vanned off.
3X4 Seattle Slew, 4X4X5 Buckpasser,
4X5 Nashua, 5X5 Nearctic, FB
20 Feb 12 3rd race main track, Warren’s Anan, vanned off.
5X5 T.V. Lark, NFB
24 Feb 12 2nd race main track, Gambling Pokerface, vanned off.
4X4 Mr. Prospector, 5X5 Raise a Native, 5X5
Gold Digger, 4X5 Northern Dancer, FB
26 Feb 12 4th race turf, Moscato, vanned off.
4X5 Prince John, 5X5 Nasrullah NFB.
26 Feb 12 7th race main track, Details R Sketchy, vanned off,
4X5 Mr. Prospector, 5X5 Secretariat, 5X5 Northern
Dancer, 5X5 Raise a Native, FB.
3 Mar 12 2nd race, main track, Cat’s Enough, put down.*
4X5 Relko, NFB.
8 Mar 12 1st race, main track, Ms. Sweet Freedom, pulled up,
vanned off. Outcross, NFB.
11 Mar 12 5th race, main track, A Big To’Do, pulled up,
vanned off, 4X5 Nearctic, 5X5 Hyperion, NFB.
17 Mar 12 6th race, main track, Taylor Marini, pulled up, vanned
off, 3X3 Storm Bird, 4X4X5 Northern Dancer,
4X5 Secretariat, 5X5 Bold Ruler, FB
18 Mar 12 6th race, main track, Summers At Delmar, pulled up,
vanned off, 4X5 Turn-To, 4X5 Native Dancer,
5X5 Tom Fool, FB.
23 Mar 12 7th race, turf, That’s Dangerous, broke down,
put down, 5X5X5X5 Northern Dancer, NFB.
31 Mar 12 6th race, main track, Warrens Heartthrob, broke
down, put down, 3X4 Storm Bird, 4X5 Northern Dancer, 4X5 Secretariat, 5X5 Sir Gaylord, FB.
8 Apr 12 5th race, turf, Roman Chic,vanned off, 3X4 Danzig,
3X5 Mr. Prospector, 4X5 Northern Dancer, FB.
8 Apr 12 6th race, main track, Unusual Jewel, vanned off,
3X3 Northern Dancer, FB.
8 Apr 12 8th race, main track, Directors Room, vanned off,
4X4 Northern Dancer, 5X5 Nearctic, 5X5 Natalma
FB.
DDT