I do not think 'Time Runs' would make it too much safer.
Looking at the incidents this year.
1 Horse died of 'heart attack' like symptoms while running - Time Runs would not of changed this.
1 Horse broke his leg mid run with no interfearance - Time Runs would not of changes this.
1 Horse got into accident due to another drive - Time Runs would help this.
3 Horses died during the start barrel turns when the lead broke his leg - Time Runs would not help this.
So even if they had moved to Time Runs this year, you could argue 5/6 of the deaths would sadly still of happened.
I do not think that would be the drastic change to help as much as needed
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