Latest figures show synthetic tracks are safer ... get ready for the argument to come full-circle again

"Horses running on artificial surfaces suffer fatal injuries at a statistically significant lower rate than horses running on dirt courses, according to epidemiologists who have analysed data collected for a project tracking equine injuries.
According to an analysis of 754,932 starts over a two-year period ending October 31, 2010, horses running on artificial surfaces suffered fatal breakdowns at a rate of 1.51 per 1,000 starts, compared to a fatality rate of 2.14 breakdowns per 1,000 starts on dirt...."