RESOURCES & NEWS
Safety is a collaborative effort, and we’re working every day beside Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and horsemen and women to further build out our ecosystem of care. Review some of our latest efforts below.
News
Blood Test Offers New Window Into Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death • July 27, 2026
Kentucky Funds Advanced Imaging Study Of Vet-Scratched Horses • July 21, 2026
Study Identifies New Genetic Clues To Fracture Risk In Thoroughbreds • July 16, 2026
What Racehorse Mortality Reviews Reveal About Risk • July 1, 2026
Safety Summit Highlights Racehorse Data Revolution • June 30, 2026
Beyond The Jog: How The Modern Pre-Race Exam Has Evolved • June 30, 2026
How HISA’s 7 Million Veterinary Records Help Shape Racehorse Risk Scores • June 29, 2026
Regulators On Vet Scratches, Value of Pre-Race Exams • June 29, 2026
Equine Injury Database Leads to Next Generation Tools • June 29, 2026
HISA Reports Racing-Related Fatality Rate Of 0.95 For First Quarter Of 2026 • May 12, 2026
AAEP Research Study Demonstrates Wearable Biometric Sensors Show Exciting Potential for Injury Detection in Racehorses • April 21, 2026
Heart Monitor Worn During Jog Can Detect Arrhythmia Risk • March 31, 2026
The Jockey Club Releases Data from the Equine Injury Database for 2025
New York And NYRA Support Three Year Cornell Study To Protect Horses
Measuring Risk: How Veterinary Data Impacts Racehorse Safety
New Gulfstream Park Rule Requires Annual Nuclear Scans For Older Horses
From Fragility To Foresight: Big Data Boosting Racehorse Safety
Stats Suggest Reg Vets Protecting Vulnerable Horses
TDN: A Way To Screen And Diagnose At-Risk Runners?
Regulatory Vets In Three Major Racing Jurisdictions Now Using ‘Gait Analysis’ App
Biometric Sensor Study Nearing Completion; Results To Be Announced Before 2026 Kentucky Derby
HISA Reports 10 Percent Decrease In Training-Related Fatalities
Britain Using Equine Heart Monitors In Thoroughbred Races
Blea: Post Parade Scratches, Voided Claims Working Well
HISA: New Findings Released On Exercise-Associated Sudden Death
Santa Anita: Equine Safety Improved By Veterinary Team, Investment In Diagnostic Equipment
Del Mar Summer: A Safer Claiming Game For Horses And Owners
Kentucky Downs To Debut Next-Generation Timing, Welfare Sensor
HISA Publishes 2025 Second Quarter Metrics Report
Del Mar Summer: Maintaining Racetrack Safety An Around-The-Clock Job
'My Vision For This Sport Is One Of Growth': New Chairman Of The Jockey Club Talks Racing's Future
Research In Action: Finding The Hints Hiding In CT Scans Will Be Key To Preventing Racehorse Injury
'Zero Fatalities Is Our Next Goal': Turf Paradise Celebrates Safest Meet On Record
‘Good People Doing Their Jobs Very Well’: Impressive Indiana Safety Record A True Team Effort
TDN: Dale Romans on StrideSAFE Sensor Technology
HISA Releases 2024 Annual Metrics Report
More Than 700 Racehorses Wearing Biometric Sensors As Part Of National Study
Equine Injury Database Continues to Prove Invaluable
AAEP Begins Study on Injury Detection by Sensors
Racing-Related Fatality Rate at HISA Racetracks Hits Historic Low in 2024
Racing Fatalities Down 15.9 Percent In 2024
AI, Algorithms Helping to Improve Drug Testing in PA
Lambert Says an End to Common Fractures in Sight
Racing fatality rate at U.S. tracks at all-time low in 2024
Vet Scratch Data: “I Guess I'm Still Stunned by the Attrition Rate”
Dollars & Cents: Integrity Critical for Racing’s Future
Equine Safety Remains ‘The Single Biggest Challenge’ Facing Racing Industry
HISA Pens Letter in Support of NYRA Synthetic Decision for Belmont Winter Racing
Research In Action: A Stallside CT? The Day Could Be Coming
Second Quarter Statistics Reinforce Reality that Thoroughbred Racing Are Race - And They’re Rarer At Tracks Regulated By HISA
All-Weather Tracks Can Make Sense for Safety, Business
View from the Eighth Pole: Significant Progress on Racehorse Safety
Welfare and Safety Summit: Tools Available to Close the Safety Gap
Research in Action: Wearable Tech for Horses is Science Evolving Before Our Eyes
Santa Anita Concludes Winter-Spring Season with Near Perfect Safety Record
TDN: Horse Racing Has Come a Long Way Towards Addressing Safety
Keeping Pace: New Proof Federal Regulators Have Made Thoroughbred Racing Safer
Times Union: Horse Racing industry is working hard to improve safety and it’s succeeding
HISA Publishes 2024 First Quarter Metrics Report
PET Technology Available at Rood & Riddle in Saratoga
BloodHorse: Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit Taking Shape
SBJ: How StrideSafe's wearable sensors helped monitor horse safety during Kentucky Derby
Equine Safety a Highlight of Kentucky Derby Week
AAEP Project For Wearable Biometric Sensor Development Advancing To Next Phase
The Jockey Club Scheduled to Launch ‘Traceability’ Initiative This Summer
The Jockey Club Traceability Initiative Moves Forward
BloodHorse: Detailed Information Key Tool in Boosting Equine Safety
BloodHorse: Racing’s Many Efforts Shape New, Safer Environment
Paulick Report: Keeping Pace: 'Horse Racing Deaths Are Down' Is A Headline We All Ought To Embrace
BloodHorse: StrideSAFE Shows Technology is Key for Equine Safety
BloodHorse: On Safety Side, HISA’s Uniform Standards
AAEP Seeks Proposals for Development of Wearable Biometric Sensors
Press Release: Thoroughbred Racing Launches New National Safety Campaign
Resources
Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority
Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit
Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation
American Association of Equine Practitioners
Grayson-Jockey Club Research
Racing Medication & Testing Consortium
UC Davis Center for Equine Health
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance
Retired Racehorse Project
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program
Old Friends
Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center
Canter
Thoroughbred Charities of America
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