Gibson Michaela J, Legg Kylie A, Gee Erica K, Rogers Chris W
School of Veterinary Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand.
School of Agriculture and Environment, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Nov 3;12(21):3028. doi: 10.3390/ani12213028.
In the 2019/20 Thoroughbred racing season, the paper-based reporting process of stipendiary steward reports was upgraded to an online system ('Infohorse database') to allow for the rapid entry of precise event and injury data. The objectives of this study were to describe the incident and non-incident examinations during the 2019/20, 2020/21, and 2021/22 Thoroughbred flat racing seasons in New Zealand and describe the primary injury and reporting outcomes. The introduction of the online system was associated with fewer miscoding events with horse identification (0.1%). An improvement in the definition and prompts in reporting within the online system compared with the previous paper-based system resulted in a greater frequency of non-incident examinations being undertaken. The increased frequency of reporting the clinical outcome, 'no observable abnormalities detected' (NOAD), demonstrates the role of stipendiary stewards to carry out routine screening. The frequency of most clinical findings, such as musculoskeletal fractures (0.5 per 1000 starts, 95% CI = 0.3-0.6), remained similar compared to previously reported data using the paper-based system. The online system provided a more structured dataset compared with the paper-based system, making it a useful tool for the monitoring of incidents, injuries, and potential risk factors within Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand. Therefore, evidence-based changes to the management and structure of racing can be undertaken to ensure the industry meets its duty of care for racehorse and jockey welfare.
在2019/20纯种马赛季，受薪赛事监察员报告的纸质报告流程升级为在线系统（“信息马数据库”），以便快速录入精确的赛事和伤病数据。本研究的目的是描述2019/20、2020/21和2021/22赛季新西兰纯种马平地赛赛季期间的赛事及非赛事检查情况，并描述主要伤病情况和报告结果。在线系统的引入使马匹识别编码错误事件减少（0.1%）。与之前的纸质系统相比，在线系统在报告定义和提示方面有所改进，导致进行非赛事检查的频率更高。报告临床结果“未发现明显异常”（NOAD）的频率增加，表明了受薪赛事监察员进行常规筛查的作用。与之前使用纸质系统报告的数据相比，大多数临床发现的频率，如肌肉骨骼骨折（每1000场比赛0.5例，95%可信区间=0.3-0.6），保持相似。与纸质系统相比，在线系统提供了更结构化的数据集，使其成为监测新西兰纯种马赛事中的赛事、伤病和潜在风险因素的有用工具。因此，可以对赛事管理和结构进行基于证据的变革，以确保该行业履行其对赛马和骑师福利的照护责任。
