Horse and rider safety has been enhanced at Betfair Park (Sandown) with the installation of the revolutionary Mawsafe plastic running rail at Victoria’s most active metropolitan racetrack.
Its debut at Wednesday’s Betfair Park (Sandown) meeting comes four days after the Mawsafe rail system was credited with preventing serious injuries to riders and horses in a major fall at Flemington.
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Jockey James Winks and leading apprentice Jason Maskiell escaped serious injury in a fall which marred the running of the Veolia Environmental Services Handicap at Flemington on Saturday May 8th 2010.
Winks’ mount The Fugitive, travelling three wide, appeared to get onto the heels of the favourite Undeniably at the point of the home turn and dipped badly, dislodging the jockey and throwing him over the running rail in the 1410m event.
The incident caused a chain reaction of interference and was a great advertisement for the safety elements of the plastic running rail. Read More
