The horse reference genome from the Thoroughbred mare Twilight has been available for a
decade and, together with advances in genomics technologies, has led to unparalleled …

A horse's success on the racetrack is determined by genetics, training and nutrition, and
their translation into physical traits such as speed, endurance and muscle strength …

Simple Summary Horse breeds with alternative lateral gaits, such as the running walk, rack,
broken pace, hard pace, and broken trot, were important historically and are popular today …

Horses (Equus ferus caballus) have evolved over the past 300 years in response to man‐
made selection for particular athletic traits. Some of the selected traits were selected based …

This chapter provides an up-to-date review of knowledge of the responses of healthy muscle
to exercise and conditioning. The review integrates earlier studies with new information from …

Quarter Horses breed for rancing are able to run short distances faster than any other breed.
Although in Brazil the effective number of animals in the racing line is relatively smaller …

Abstract Knowledge of genes involved in the variability of performance of racehorses is, in
general, limited. In this study, six single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of five genes …

Horse selection is still associated with gait type, and this aspect is important for four-beat
gaited horses, a large group that is distributed around the globe with more than 140 breeds …

This article traces the origination, distribution, kinematics, function, and nature of alternative
lateral horse gaits, ie intermediate speed lateral-sequence gaits involving the …

هدف: طبق تعریف آژانس بین المللی ضد دوپینگ (WADA)," استفاده غیر درمانی از ژن ها و اجزای ژنی
و سلولی‏ ای که موجب افزایش ظرفیت عملکرد ورزشی حیوان شوند", دوپینگ ژنی محسوب می شوند. در …‎