A Retraction, And On To Trainer Studies

Sherlock continues his work after I note my mistake last post on Big Brown. I termed the heel bulb injury innocous and after posting noticed a different set of photos showing a fairly severe lacertation with possibly exposed laminae . It was a mistake to post they might have gone on with the horse at this time.

So, after these Breeder's cup seguays, its backto injury prevention and breezing frequency on the blog. First up consider available population studies/trainer studies to see how they're doing. We have available at least a rough schematic of the work of several noted trainers and reasonably conjured estimate of injury rates.

As examples, we know from his own training logs what Lukas was doing with his California stable in the late 1980s, and you may find an estimation of the injury rate for that same stable here:

http://ratherrapid.blogspot.com/2007/01/lukas-and-injuries-stats.html

Similarly the blog has traced Mandella's group that is presented in the DVD "On The Muscle", here:
http://ratherrapid.blogspot.com/2007/01/mandella-charts.html

though exactly how often Mandella breezes is somewhat guess work.

And, we have probably enough direct observation of Nick Zito, Dutrow, Eion Harty, Nafzger, Pletcher, and Larry Jones to reach some conclusions.

I'd like to take a brief look at each of these in terms of the frequency of their breezing/racing related to their projected injury rate to see whether this tells us anything, next post.

Training:
Tues. 10/14: Rain and the horses have their scheduled off day between cycles.