Thoroughbred horses have been selected for racing performance for more than 400 years.
Despite continued selection, race times have not improved significantly during the past 60 …

Horses were domesticated from the Eurasian steppes 5,000–6,000 years ago. Since then,
the use of horses for transportation, warfare, and agriculture, as well as selection for desired …

Archaeological and genetic evidence concerning the time and mode of wild horse (Equus
ferus) domestication is still debated. High levels of genetic diversity in horse mtDNA have …

The Y chromosome directly reflects male genealogies, but the extremely low Y chromosome
sequence diversity in horses has prevented the reconstruction of stallion genealogies [1, 2] …

Selective breeding for speed in the racehorse has resulted in an unusually high frequency of
the C-variant (g. 66493737C/T) at the myostatin gene (MSTN) in cohorts of the …

The Thoroughbred horse is a highly valued domestic animal population under strong
selection for athletic phenotypes. Here we present a high resolution genomics-based …

The paternally inherited Y chromosome displays the population genetic history of males.
While modern domestic horses (Equus caballus) exhibit abundant diversity within maternally …

This book provides a holistic view of the relationship between heritage and sport. It
examines four types of sport heritage: tangible immovable sport heritage (sports venues …

Thoroughbred horses are finely-tuned athletes with a high aerobic capacity relative to
skeletal muscle mass, attributable to centuries of genetic selection for speed and stamina …

The Thoroughbred breed was formed by crossing Oriental horse breeds and British native
horses and is currently used in horseracing worldwide. In this study, we constructed a single …