Not known for 'heavy lifting,' Boston Herald uninformed!

Dave Wedge, in the article below, quoted Chip Tuttle, failing to ask about the statistics.

Dave, Could you do your homework, please?

Where did the positive drug tests and horse deaths originate?

Commissioners mum on visit to Suffolk Downs

By Dave Wedge

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1061156782

The current lab is not accredited, officials said.

Suffolk Downs’ chief operating officer welcomed the new oversight and said horse doping — which was recently the subject of congressional hearings — has not been an issue at the East Boston track.

“We’re very proud of our safety record here,” Chip Tuttle told the commission. “We take great pride in that.”

 

Chart below indicates 14 Drug Positive, 53 HORSES DEAD in Massachusetts!

Mangled Horses, Maimed Jockeys

The new economics of horse racing are making an always-dangerous game even more so, as lax oversight puts animal and rider at risk.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/us/death-and-disarray-at-americas-racetracks.html?_r=1

 

 

Tracks and Incident Rates

Five of the seven tracks with the nation's highest rates of breakdown and injury are in New Mexico. Four tracks are unaccredited, and enforcement of drug violations is relatively lenient.

Incidents per 1,000 starts
Albuquerque	10.0
Ruidoso Downs	13.9
Sunland Park	12.8
SunRay Park	9.8
Zia Park	12.6
Avg. of all tracks	5.2

Additional information:

chart

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/24/us/for-horse-and-jockey-risks-vary.html

article:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/30/us/breakdown-horses-series.html

killing horses

http://middlebororemembers.blogspot.com/2012/04/killing-horses.html

http://middlebororemembers.blogspot.com/2012/04/massachusetts-53-horses-dead-14-drug.html

A Survey of Horse Deaths

More than 3,000 horses died during racing or training from 2009-11 according to a New York Times survey of 29 racing states. Highlighted states do not require pre-race inspections of horses and do not perform post-mortem inspections on horses that die while racing or training.

State	Drug positives	Deaths
Arizona	107	50*
Arkansas	13	No data
California	296	635
Colorado	68	14
Delaware	53	90
Florida	366	150-160*
Idaho	No data	No data
Illinois	171	140
Indiana	58	65
Iowa	50	46
Kentucky	258	86
Louisiana	291	268
Maryland	69	79
Massachusetts	14	53
Michigan	71	14
Minnesota	222	34
Montana	5	10
Nebraska	64	47
New Jersey	105	106
New Mexico	115	349
New York	159	366
Ohio	406	122
Oklahoma	149	119
Oregon	64	45
Pennsylvania	195	243
Texas	168	108
Virginia	38	20
Washington	21	60
West Virginia	210	233

* Estimates. Actual practice and adherence to regulatory requirements varies widely from state to state.

 

 

From: Death and disarray at America's racetracks