When it comes to nationwide statistics on equine injuries, the veterinarian who helped shape the Jockey Club Equine Injury Database hopes state commissions rely on industry statistics.
In a panel on regulatory veterinarians at the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) conference on Wednesday in Lexington, Mary Scollay, D.V.M., equine medical director for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, said the consistency of the injury database should make it the preferred source for all national equine injury statistics.
RCI President Ed Martin said it is possible regulators could again be called upon by federal legislators to provide injury-rate statistics, as they were in June 2008 by a congressional subcommittee. Because each state collects injury statistics in a slightly different manner, Scollay said the Equine Injury Database should be the preferred source for national numbers. Read More…
