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 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...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Byron RogersFeb 18, 20152 minRelationship between body weight and racing classUsing anecdotal evidence, many racehorse trainers will tell you that bigger horses might tend to be less sound horses but they tend to be...
Byron RogersSep 16, 20141 minAgeism at Yearling SalesWith the help of data from the Blood Horse Marketwatch I wrote an article for the Australian magazine Bluebloods on the subject of the ag...
Byron RogersJun 23, 20143 minAustralia, Al Naamah and the challenge of buying a full sibling to a Classic WinnerLord Derby and his brother the Hon. Peter Stanley of New England Stud are in a position that just about any owner/breeder in the world wo...
Byron RogersMay 15, 20143 minThe relationship of Service Fee to Yearling Sale AveragesIn my earlier post on using Machine Learning for Yearling Selection I mentioned that we looked at both the service fee that the stallion w...
Byron RogersApr 28, 201412 minUsing Machine Learning to "Short List" at Yearling SalesWatching the purchasing process that buyers undertake when they are at yearling sales is as much an observation of human prejudice and pa...
Byron RogersMar 18, 20142 minCumulative Prospect Theory - Overestimating Success and Underestimating Risk in Thoroughbred SelectiIn any market where there is buying and selling, there is overestimation and underestimation of risk and reward by humans. The Thoroughbr...
Byron RogersFeb 17, 20144 minWhat a good Thoroughbred Cardio looks likeFollowing my post last week on lessons learned on genetic testing of thoroughbreds, it was suggested by a well known equine exercise phys...
Byron RogersNov 3, 20132 minA New Year's Day for the Breeders' CupThe Breeders' Cup races have been run and won for another year and we are really happy to say that we had the good fortune to have some i...
Byron RogersOct 10, 20131 minThe International ThoroughbredWe were asked to pen a column for the International Thoroughbred magazine on some of our thoughts on using statistics and genetics in tho...
Byron RogersAug 15, 20132 minX-Rays at yearling sales - a continuing challenge for VeterinariansA couple of recent scientific papers have shown the challenges of veterinarians in making calls on x-rays at yearling sales as it relates...
Byron RogersFeb 2, 20131 minVerrazano on the Kentucky Derby trailLet's Go Racing Stables, managed by Bryan Sullivan and Kevin Scatuorchio, have found themselves a 'live one' in the shape of the undefeat...
Byron RogersJul 19, 20124 minThe High Scoring HorseWe are often asked the question....'if you were using these tests to buy your own horses, which ones would you buy?" Not a bad question t...
Byron RogersFeb 5, 20122 minThe Optimal Distance TestPerformance Genetics is pleased to announce the launch of its “Optimal Distance Test”, a genetic test that uses multiple variations in th...
Byron RogersNov 22, 20114 minShots on GoalA client asked me a question the other day which really struck home at what we are about here at Performance Genetics. After explaining h...