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Does sex of the jockey influence racehorse physiology and performance. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 The racing industry is supported by a predominance of female stablehands and work riders, but few become professional jockeys. Female jockeys have recently had notable race success.
Charlotte Schrurs +3 more
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National genomic evaluation of Korean thoroughbreds through indirect racing phenotype [PDF]
Animal Bioscience, 2022 Objective Thoroughbred horses have been bred exclusively for racing in England for a long time. Additionally, because horse racing is a global sport, a healthy leisure activity for ordinary citizens, and a high-value business, systematic racehorse ...
Jinwoo Lee, Donghyun Shin, Heebal Kim
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Racehorses are getting faster [PDF]
Biology Letters, 2015 Abstract Previous studies have concluded that thoroughbred racehorse speed is improving very slowly, if at all, despite heritable variation for performance and putatively intensive selective breeding. This has led to the suggestion that racehorses have reached a selection limit.
Sharman, P, Wilson, Alastair J.
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Animals, 2023 The aim of this study was to evaluate the sprint racing performance of Quarter Horses in Brazil. Estimating genetic parameters, trends and correlations were obtained by single- and two-trait analyses using Bayesian inference (earnings to 2 years of ...
Ricardo Faria +2 more
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A Scoping Review of Non-Structural Airway Disease as a Cause of Poor Performance in Racehorses
Animals, 2023 The association between poor performance and respiratory disease in Thoroughbred racehorses that do not have a structural abnormality of the respiratory tract, is often based on anecdotal evidence.
Ann Cullinane +4 more
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Treatment and outcomes of horses with acute synovitis in the racing season: a 167 case series study [PDF]
The Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology, 2022 Among the causes of lameness in horses, those of arthrogenic origin, especially synovitis, which can progress to advanced joint damages, such as osteoarthritis, are of importance in clinical practice.
Emine Catalkaya
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Methadone Screening of Racehorses [PDF]
Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 1999 The misuse of opiates in racehorses relates to their effect of increasing locomotor activity. Because methadone, a narcotic analgesic, has been suspected of use as a doping compound in the past, it was added to the list of banned drugs and should be considered in doping control.
H W, Hagedorn +3 more
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2018 Background The aim of the present study was to evaluate clinical efficacy of constant rate infusions (CRIs) of medetomidine–propofol combined with sevoflurane anesthesia in Thoroughbred racehorses undergoing arthroscopic surgery.
Hirotaka Tokushige +6 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 Inflammatory airway disease (IAD) is a commonly diagnosed but variably defined syndrome of equine lower airway inflammation. The most recent American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) consensus statement, informed by research evidence ...
Tierney Kinnison, Jacqueline M. Cardwell
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Dietary Iron Unlikely to Cause Insulin Resistance in Horses
Animals, 2022 Racehorses are often supplemented extra iron with the expectation that the iron will improve overall performance and health. A survey of 120 U.S. Thoroughbred trainers, representing 1978 Thoroughbreds from various regions of the U.S., was conducted to ...
Nancy L. McLean +2 more
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