Byron Rogers
Relationship between body weight and racing class
Using anecdotal evidence, many racehorse trainers will tell you that bigger horses might tend to be less sound horses but they tend to be...
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Byron Rogers
- Oct 11, 2014
- 3 min
The Lasix debate: the Scientists muddy the waters
The debate over the use of race-day medication, in particular the use of Lasix in North America has been heating up over the past year or...
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Byron Rogers
- Mar 18, 2013
- 2 min
A Population Study on Thoroughbreds
In recent months Brandon Velie, a PhD student at Sydney University has published three very interesting population studies on horses in...
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Byron Rogers
- Nov 29, 2012
- 1 min
Fat-Free Mass and Performance
Fat-Free mass is one of the tests in our Sales Select test that we use to identify elite thoroughbred talent. Basically our findings have...
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Byron Rogers
- Feb 14, 2012
- 3 min
The 2YO Death Spiral
A death spiral is potentially awaiting us. Internationally, there has been a decline in the annual thoroughbred crop with thoroughbred...
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Byron Rogers
- Nov 7, 2011
- 1 min
EVJ weighs in on how genomics can help the thoroughbred.
While they do not mention performance, a paper has appeared in this months Equine Veterinary Journal (click here to read it online)...
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