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Logistic regression models examined the association between incidence of fatal injuries and risk scores within the previous 120 days, gender, age, race distance, and track surface. The Tukey adjustment assessed differences across risk score groups, track surfaces, and genders.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>74 horses were fatally injured. Risk score and probability of fatal injury were exponentially related. The most at-risk horses had risk scores of 6 and 0.4% of starts, but 4% of the musculoskeletal fatalities. Their probability of suffering a fatal injury was 44.6 times greater than horses with a risk score of 1. Age was not associated with injury risk. Males were at higher risk of fatality than females. Horses racing shorter distances had a greater risk of incurring a fatal injury. The fatality rate was higher on dirt and turf than a synthetic all-weather track.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Horses receiving a risk score of 6 were at significantly greater risk of suffering an FMI than other horses.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical Relevance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Identification of the most at-risk horses with data derived from inertial measurement units followed by thorough lameness examinations and, when indicated, advanced diagnostic imaging should decrease the FMI rate.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.25.04.0268","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,17]],"date-time":"2025-09-17T19:46:26Z","timestamp":1758138386000},"page":"81-88","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Thoroughbreds deemed to be most at risk by inertial measurement unit sensors suffered a fatal musculoskeletal injury at a higher rate than other racehorses"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"264","author":[{"given":"Denise","family":"Mc Sweeney","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Scott E.","family":"Palmer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY"},{"name":"New York State Gaming Commission, Schenectady, NY"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mikael","family":"Holmstr\u00f6em","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"StrideSAFE USA, Midway, KY"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4423-6296","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Kevin D.","family":"Donohue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"StrideSAFE USA, Midway, KY"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kelly D.","family":"Farnsworth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6565-9947","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Macarena G.","family":"Sanz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"David H.","family":"Lambert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"StrideSAFE USA, Midway, KY"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1403-6245","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Warwick M.","family":"Bayly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"article-title":"Equine injury database","author":"The Jockey Club","key":"ref1","unstructured":"The Jockey Club. 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