Race-Level Reporting of Incidents during Two Seasons (2015/16 to 2016/17) of Harness Racing in New Zealand

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dc.citation.issue4
dc.citation.volume12
dc.contributor.authorGibson MJ
dc.contributor.authorRoca Fraga FJ
dc.contributor.authorBolwell CF
dc.contributor.authorGee EK
dc.contributor.authorRogers CW
dc.contributor.editorMcDonnell SM
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-17T02:24:55Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-25T06:48:30Z
dc.date.available2022-02-11
dc.date.available2024-01-17T02:24:55Z
dc.date.available2024-07-25T06:48:30Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-11
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to describe the incident and non-incident reporting of harness racing in New Zealand, the primary injury and reporting outcomes, and to examine horse- and race-level variables associated with the odds of these outcomes. Retrospective stipendiary stewards' reports of race day events during the 2015/16 to 2016/17 racing seasons were examined. The number of incident and non-incident events and binomial exact 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated per 1000 horse starts. Most reports were for non-incidents and an examination was requested for poor performance (11.06 per 1000 starts (95% CI = 10.23-11.89). Races with more than eight participants were 1.9 (95% CI = 1.13-3.4) times more likely to have an incident than races with eight or less participants. The low incidence of significant injuries such as fractures (0.13 per 1000 starts (95% CI = 0.03-0.23) reflects the lower risk of injury in harness racing compared to Thoroughbred racing. The high incidence of poor performance reports highlights the steward's role in maintaining animal welfare to a high standard.
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dc.edition.editionFebruary 2022
dc.format.pagination433-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35203141
dc.identifier.citationGibson MJ, Roca Fraga FJ, Bolwell CF, Gee EK, Rogers CW. (2022). Race-Level Reporting of Incidents during Two Seasons (2015/16 to 2016/17) of Harness Racing in New Zealand.. Animals (Basel). 12. 4. (pp. 433-).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ani12040433
dc.identifier.eissn2076-2615
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2076-2615
dc.identifier.numberARTN 433
dc.identifier.piiani12040433
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/70927
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/4/433
dc.relation.isPartOfAnimals (Basel)
dc.rights(c) 2022 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectequine welfare
dc.subjectharness racing
dc.subjectincident
dc.subjectinjury
dc.subjectnon-incident
dc.subjectpoor performance
dc.subjectsteward
dc.subjectstipendiary report
dc.titleRace-Level Reporting of Incidents during Two Seasons (2015/16 to 2016/17) of Harness Racing in New Zealand
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id451302
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