Medical causes of poor performance and their associations with fitness in Standardbred racehorses

CM Lo Feudo, L Stucchi, B Conturba… - Journal of veterinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… ; V200) are considered good indicators of the level of performance. … Horses presenting with
signs of systemic illness, lameness, … on the athletic capacity of the horses, we investigated the …

Indicators of exhaustion and stress markers in endurance horses

S Đoković, L Marković, V Đermanović… - Medycyna …, 2021 - vet-erinar.vet.bg.ac.rs
… The negative impact of the event is especially noticeable if venues are demanding, ie bad
of leukocytes and leukocyte formula in racing horses presented that the number of leukocytes …

Hypercapnia and hyperlactatemia were positively associated with higher-grade arrhythmias during peak exercise in horses during poor performance evaluation on a …

VB Reef, EJ Davidson, J Slack, D Stefanovski - The Veterinary Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
… The horses in this study presented for poor performance and most of the … of horses presented
for poor performance or an URT noise and is significantly associated with exercising URT …

Evaluation of cardiac arrhythmias before, during, and after treadmill exercise testing in poorly performing Standardbred racehorses

E Alberti, L Stucchi, CM Lo Feudo, G Stancari… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
… The aims of the present study are to report the prevalence of … cardiac, and performance
indices on PCs in poor performing … with poor performance admitted to the Equine Internal …

The physical activity-dependent hematological and biochemical changes in school horses in comparison to blood profiles in endurance and race horses

M Maśko, M Domino, T Jasiński… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
exercise capacity in sport horses is routinely monitored using blood tests including hemogram
parameters and selected biochemical indicators… In the present study in endurance horses, …

Speed and blood parameters differ between Arabian and Žemaitukai horses during endurance racing

I Poškienė, R Gruodytė, J Autukaitė, V Juozaitienė… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
… in horse blood gasometrical and biochemical indicators. … into the vetting area to be presented
for its horse inspection. … concentrations might occur due to poor glucose utilization by the …

Associations between Medical Disorders and Racing Outcomes in Poorly Performing Standardbred Trotter Racehorses: A Retrospective Study

CM Lo Feudo, L Stucchi, G Stancari, B Conturba… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
… Lame horses were excluded from the present study as only … disorders and poor performance
were investigated. Similarly, … the present study, did not negatively affect racing performance

Impacts of adiposity on exercise performance in horses

S Pratt-Phillips, A Munjizun - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
… This documented that perhaps BCS was not a sensitive index … Based on the aforementioned
flat racing data presented … that the horse have sufficient fuel reserves to finish the race. …

Exercise-related changes in the anabolic index (testosterone to cortisol ratio) and serum amyloid A concentration in endurance and racehorses at different fitness …

J Grzędzicka, I Dąbrowska, K Malin… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… indicator of fitness status especially in racing horses. These … of overtraining and poor
performance. However, this … present inverse patterns in the change of the anabolic index in …

… performance in show jumping horses: validity of non-specific and discipline-specific field exercise tests for a practicable assessment of aerobic performance

K Kirsch, C Fercher, S Horstmann… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
fitness indicators by means of specific exercise testing protocols for show jumping horses
Another interesting finding of the present study was that older horses exhibited significantly …