According to the initial data analysis from the 16th year of reporting to the Equine Injury Database (EID), the rate of fatal injury in Thoroughbred flat racing in 2024 was 1.11 per 1,000 starts ...

Then, in April of 1978, eight key USAC officials were killed in a plane crash. Thus began the first of two “splits” in American open-wheel racing. The deaths of both Tony Hulman and multiple ...