Didn't they scrap AW jumping because of the number of injuries caused by the impact on the hardcore underneath the sand?That would depend if the hard core below the dirt surface gave way due to some water issue. I would say I have seen more horses break down on the turf than the All Weather, no evidence for that, just from watching races.
i I can't remember now tbh. I do remember watching something on how they make all weather surfaces, I think it was Lingfield years ago. It is a bit similar to making a footpath, hard core then the AW surface on top. That would suggest that it couldn't be a good thing for jumps, basically it's like a firm surface with sugar on top.Didn't they scrap AW jumping because of the number of injuries caused by the impact on the hardcore underneath the sand?
Puts the horses value at $184million apparently. Undisclosed client according to the agent.
When Grass comes on here and gives a flat horse some credit, I might believe that.:blink:
As I suspected:I watched the race a moment ago.
I look forward to seeing if SR does a sectional analysis. It looked to me like Flightline wasn't ridden to best effect, chasing an over-fast pace. The leaders were about 12 lengths clear towards the end of the back straight but the chasers had closed Flightline down to about six lengths at the furlong pole. He was going too well for it to have been a concern but if he had been ridden more conservatively in the first half of the race he could have won by a long, long way.
Montjeu sired some good hurdlers.
Are horses more likely to be injured running on dirt than turf? I only wondered because I find it a bit scary seeing horses running on dirt/all weather tracks.
According to this report from the US Jockey Club, synthetic surfaces produce the fewest fatal injuries in flat races (0.75 per thousand starts). Dirt produces twice as many (around 1.5 per thousand), with turf producing 1.25:
https://equimanagement.com/news/2021-equine-injury-database-report-for-u-s-thoroughbreds/
I imagine that the average US turf race takes place on firmer going than is typical in Europe?