The document discusses various aspects of the horse racing industry including the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's focus on safety, integrity and animal welfare. It provides statistics on race-related fatal injuries between 2009-2012. It also mentions the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium, Thoroughbred Regulatory Rulings database, and safety initiatives of the Jockey Club including an equine injury database and aftercare programs.

2. Kentucky Horse Racing
Commission

3. KHRC
 The KHRC is a leader in both the safety and integrity
of the sport as well as the welfare of the horse. The
KHRC’s passion and commitment is evident in the
adoption of steroid bans, riding crop rule,
standardbred whip rule, higher standards for animal
welfare, and amended regulations for licensing and
racing associations.

4. Interview with Jimmy
Corrigan

5. Interview Questions
- What are your training techniques?
- How are the racehorses treated?
- What are your views on the horseracing industry?
- What are things you would change about the way
things are done in the industry?
- Why are the rules and regulations in place?
- What are your thoughts on certain racetracks and
how they are run?

7. Safety Statistics
 1,532,418 starts collected during a four-year period
(2009-2012) the race-related fatal injury was 1.92
per 1,000 starts.
 In 2009 the numbers were 2.00 for every 1000 starts
 In 2010 it was 1.88 per 1000 for 2010 and 2011
 In 2012 it was 1.92 per 1000

9. RMTC
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium
develops, promotes and coordinates, at the national
level, policies, research and educational programs that
seek to ensure the fairness and integrity of racing and
the health and welfare of racehorses and participants.
In doing so, it protects the interests of the racing public.

11. Thoroughbred Regulatory
Rulings
 Thoroughbred Regulatory Rulings is a searchable
database of Thoroughbred trainer regulatory rulings.
The database contains rulings related to
Thoroughbred horses for the time period beginning
January 1, 2005, to the present.

13. Jockey Clubs Safety
Initiatives
The Jockey Club is working to improve the safety health
of Thoroughbreds and rides
 Thoroughbred Safety Committee
 Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit
 Equine Injury Database
 Jockey Health Information System

14. Jockey Club Aftercare
The jockey club has a long history and commitment to
the welfare and safety after their career ends.
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance
Thoroughbred Connect

15. Works Cited
United States. Public Protection Cabinet. Kentucky Horse
Racing Commission. Kentucky Horse Racing Commission |
Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. Kentucky.gov, n.d.
Web. 02 Mar. 2014.
<http://www.khrc.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx>.
n. page. <http://www.keeneland.com/about/safety-statistics>.
JockeyClub.com
Interview with Jimmy Corrigan
RMTC.com