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What struck me is studies have established that 1 horse in 500 starts in 
TB racing will die because of the race. We had 993 starters in 100's in 
2003 and 3 deaths - that's one in 331 for 100 mile endurance which is 
worse than TB racing.

Given all the conditional comments about small sample, etc. - this still 
should raise a huge red flag about the 100 mile distance.

Truman

Michael Maul wrote:

> In response to:"One thing that struck me, right off the bat, from the 
> table was the large number of 25 milers, in the equine fatality 
> stats.  I did think their number would be much lower.
>
> LD riders are about 36% of the total rider/horse entries today.  Their 
> completion rates are about 1% higher than the completion rates for 50 
> mile rides.
>
> 4 of 11 fatalities are LD events which is 36%.  If you assume that 
> they may be more inexperienced and perhaps less fit than the 50 milers 
> - this isn't unreasonable.
>
> The 100 mile fatalities are the most out of line with about 19% of the 
> total but only about 5% of the entries. Completion rates about 60% 
> compared to 86% for LD/50 mile rides.
>
> Mike


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