Byron Rogers3 days ago9 minTHE COMMERCE OF GENETICSThere’s an underlying and unavoidable truth to the Thoroughbred Industry. We have tied a considerable amount of economic output, or commerce, to a sport. We ...
Byron RogersMar 65 minComedians, Death and racehorse selectionPredicting racehorse outcomes revolves around specialization of the data in order for data science to do its work.
Byron RogersFeb 37 minVideo Recognition and Cardiovascular parameters in prediction of Thoroughbred RacehorsesUsing Google's AutoML Video recognition to learn what the cardio of an elite thoroughbred racehorse is
Byron RogersFeb 38 minStallions, the Sexy Son and SelectionHow we value stallions generally comes down to not only how quickly they sire stakes winners, but also how quickly they sire a superior son
Byron RogersFeb 7, 20191 minThe Science of Pedigree AnalysisI had the opportunity to write a short article on the science behind pedigree analysis for the Australian publication BlueBloods. If you have the time to rea...
Byron RogersSep 3, 20186 minMitochondrial DNA haplotypes and mating outcomesA few years ago I did a lot of work on mitochondrial DNA. This is the DNA that is inherited matrilineally - that is - the female passes it on to her sons and...
Byron RogersJun 29, 20181 minHow to rate stallions - Elite above ExpectationFor some time, probably as long as I have been in this industry I have thought that the metrics that the industry uses to measure stallion success or genetic...
Byron RogersMay 19, 20183 minMarkerless biomechanics in yearling racehorse selection - stage 1.In addition to creating a deep learning neural network to understand what a 'good cardio' looks like I stumbled across a neat bit of work out of the Mathis M...
Byron RogersMay 15, 201811 minA.I. and Racehorses: Can you teach a computer to understand what a 'good cardio' looks like Creating a convoluted neural network that when combined with biomechanical features and DNA markers results in a state of the art prediction
Byron RogersApr 24, 20184 minHow inbreeding affects racing performance in ThoroughbredsHow does inbreeding affect racing performance in Thoroughbred racehorses. A study of 135,000 horses is completed to find out
Byron RogersMay 6, 20172 minA Kentucky Oaks winner! Congrats to client Clearsky Farm.The Kentucky Oaks (Gr.I) has been run and won by the Clearsky Farm bred filly Abel Tasman. A daughter of the high class stallion Quality Road, out of the Dep...
Byron RogersMay 4, 20172 minA New Paper on the PPARGC1a GeneAlong with Daniel Polasik and his colleagues from the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Poland, I was a co-author on a paper on a SNP in the promot...
Byron RogersMar 7, 20173 minAnnouncing BreezeUpIQ.comToday I am pleased to announce the launch of BreezeUpIQ.com This project is the culmination of years of work, gathering data at major two year old in trainin...
Byron RogersMar 5, 20172 minAssortative Matings and Sire Production ClassI've been working on some new data models for the yearling sales season. The goal being that if the average sale has 3% Elite racehorses to all horses, and t...
Byron RogersFeb 11, 20173 minThree Group Winners in a week for Performance Genetics Clients!It has been a week in racing that were sure to remember for some time with three highly rated yearling purchases all winning group races in Australia for our...
Byron RogersDec 21, 20164 minMtDNA and Stud Book Errors - an interesting find.The mitochondrial haplotype of thoroughbred racehorses often disagree with stud book records. Thoroughbred performance may depend on the mit
Byron RogersNov 15, 20168 minAn Analysis of Leading Hong Kong Trainer John Size's training methodsAn Analysis of the training methods of John Size, a leading racehorse trainer in Hong Kong.
Byron RogersSep 6, 20163 minThe Sales OrphanCraig Bernick, the President of Glen Hill Farm, a racing & breeding business based in Ocala, Florida penned a timely tweet on the eve of the September Yearli...
Byron RogersJul 31, 20164 minWhen 50 is better than 50,000….Last week Equinome – now badged as a division of PlusVital – announced the latest iteration of their "Elite Performance Test", version 3.0. One of their most...
Byron RogersJun 22, 20163 minUsing Artificial Intelligence in Horse TrainingThis morning my RSS feed alerted me to an article appearing on New Scientist titled "Wearable device for racehorses could help prevent fatal injuries" After ...