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That's pretty difficult to say. There have always been breakdowns. There 
have been some pretty nice looking and running horses in the past 10 
years or so. Cigar and Silver Charm raced for long careers and did quite 
well. There are a few geldings out there now doing well. The dirt tracks 
have also gotten more consistently harder over the years. If there are 
more breakdowns today than 30 years ago (which I don't know if there are 
any stats that point to that or not) it may have more to do with horses 
being trained and raced on rock hard dirt tracks today than any other 
reason.

One interesting study would be to look at the breakdown rate increases 
of turf horses vs. dirt horses. If the breakdown rage is increasing and 
if it is breeding they should be similar. If it is the hardness of the 
dirt tracks it will show up.

Truman

Gloria Adams wrote:
> Hi, my 2 cents for what its worth…
>
> There has always been the issue of “they race them too young” by 
> non-horsetrack people (which I agree with, & am one).
>
> However, I think there is */another/* disturbing trend going on in the 
> Thoroughbred &/or racing world (& I am backed up by Penny Cherney, 
> Secretariat’s owner & breeder)…
>
> Soundness/big bone is not being bred for by the TB racing world 
> anymore, only speed.


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