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. 2020 Nov 5;10(11):2046. doi: 10.3390/ani10112046

Table 1.

The number of thoroughbred racehorses in training, the number of musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) per week, and the percentage of racehorses in training sustaining musculoskeletal injuries per week, stratified by age and training track.

Number of Horses in Training per Week Number of MSI per Week % Horses with MSI per Week
Horses of all Ages Median (IQR) Range Median (IQR) Range Median (IQR) Range
Eagle Farm 383 (381, 384) 375–388 2.5 (1, 4) 0–10 0.7 (0.3, 1.0) 0–2.7
Doomben 45 (43, 47) 38–52 0 (0, 1) 0–1 0 (0, 2.0) 0–2.6
Deagon 57 (54, 58) 49–60 0 (0, 1) 0–2 0 (0, 0) 0–3.7
Doomben and Eagle Farm 60 (57, 62) 50–69 0 (0, 1) 0–2 0 (0, 1.6) 0–3.8
Total 544 (538, 547) 530–559 3 (2, 5) 0–11 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) 0–2.0
Horses > 2 years old
Eagle Farm 288 (265, 311) 219–329 0 (1, 2) 0–5 0.4 (0, 0.7) 0–1.7
Doomben 37 (34, 40) 30–43 0 (0, 0) 0–1 0 (0, 0) 0–3.0
Deagon 45 (42, 48) 39–56 0 (0, 0) 0–1 0 (0, 0) 0–2.3
Doomben and Eagle Farm 45 (38, 49) 30–54 0 (0, 0) 0–2 0 (0, 0) 0–5.0
Total 405 (380, 444) 331–473 1 (1, 3) 0–7 0.3 (0.2, 0.7) 0–1.6
2-year-old horses
Eagle Farm 95 (71, 118) 56–165 1 (1, 2) 0–5 1.3 0.6, 2.4 0–5.7
Doomben 8 (6, 11) 2–14 0 (0, 0) 0–1 0 (0, 0) 0–50
Deagon 10 (8, 15) 0–19 0 (0, 0) 0–2 0 (0, 0) 0–16.7
Doomben and Eagle Farm 15 (12, 20) 9–27 0 (0, 0) 0–2 0 (0, 0) 0–10.5
Total 130 (98, 163) 71–210 2 (1, 3) 0–5 1.3 (0.5, 2.1) 0–4.3