Officials with the Equine Injury Database (EID) are seeking support from owners and trainers to start voluntarily reporting injuries to Thoroughbreds during training hours.

The EID, now in its second year, already has about 19,500 reports, Mary Scollay-Ward, DVM, equine medical director for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, said Oct. 19. But the information is for fatal and non-fatal injuries that occur during racing hours.

Scollay Ward provided an EID update during the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's first Safety and Integrity Alliance Professional Education Seminar presented by Keeneland and Pfizer Animal Health. Aftercare of retired racehorses and continuing education for trainers were among the topics.

Scollay Ward said the reporting of injuries during training hours is vital to the EID objective

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