Horse Racing Quot Safety Hurdles Examined

Health and safety at work to improve standards to reduce the number of riders injured or killed in Australia horse racing industry, says a new study. In an Australian first, researchers from the Menzies Research Institute in Hobart studied falls, deaths and injuries among riders in races over four years. They found jockeys had a higher risk of death compared with skydivers, motorcyclists and boxers. The study, published in the latest Medical Journal of Australia, has found the number of falls are more and more each year.