#Thoroughbred

Byron Rogers

Assortative Matings and Sire Production Class

I'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...

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Genetics and Pedigree Analysis - just names on a page

Without in any way belittling or demeaning those that struggle daily with substance abuse issues, I feel that I have to start this post...

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A Racing Post Viewpoint

We were asked to provide a viewpoint for Europe's largest racing paper in the Racing Post, talking about our services and how they can be...

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The Equine SNP Chip

In the middle of January on PLOS One, the paper that outlined the development of the Equine 50K SNP chip was released. The chip, or...

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The Mitochondrial Eve

The concept of a 'mitochondrial eve' is a concept that has been around in human terms for some time. The idea is that we as humans all...

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Two new important scientific papers on the Thoroughbred

Two really important scientific papers were published today (at least I think they are!). The first was a paper written by Matthew Binns...

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Recurrent airway obstruction and Genomics

Just yesterday we highlighted a paper that discussed the great progress that has been made in the equine genome, and how the thoroughbred...

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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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A few new studies of interest

There have been a few new studies release in the past week or so that are of interest. The papers are attached to the links This one is...