Byron Rogers
Age, and Frequency, Shall Weary Them
We have always said (to anyone that would listen!) that there is no one silver bullet to predicting racehorse performance. In distance...
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Byron Rogers
- Aug 21, 2013
- 5 min
The Sires of Sires Myth
Over on TrueNicks, I created a bit of a stir last week with the suggestion that the term "Sire of Sires", doesn't truly exist. You can...
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Byron Rogers
- Aug 19, 2013
- 9 min
The science of soundness in Thoroughbreds
For as long as I can remember – and admittedly it is not as long as some – there has been a continual question over the soundness of the...
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Byron Rogers
- Aug 15, 2013
- 2 min
X-Rays at yearling sales - a continuing challenge for Veterinarians
A couple of recent scientific papers have shown the challenges of veterinarians in making calls on x-rays at yearling sales as it relates...
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Byron Rogers
- Aug 13, 2013
- 2 min
Yearlings and High Speed Treadmills
A new study on treadmill use in conditioning has been released. You can read the full study by clicking here but it is an interesting one...
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Byron Rogers
- Aug 13, 2013
- 5 min
Grading the Elite Thoroughbred
For those of you who read this blog, you would be aware that I am not a great fan of the current graded stakes system as a framework for...
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Byron Rogers
- Jun 10, 2013
- 1 min
Rhodiola Another EPO booster?
We have previously posted about an "all natural" EPO supplement that is making its way around the industry at the moment. It has been...
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Byron Rogers
- Jun 6, 2013
- 2 min
Are racehorses born unsound?
A new study out of Hong Kong completed in conjunction with the Animal Health Trust in England and the University of Glasgow seems to...
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Byron Rogers
- May 20, 2013
- 4 min
A new study on EIPH and Salix
Abstracts have just been released for the upcoming Equine Science Society Symposium to be held in New Mexico at the end of May. Among the...
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Byron Rogers
- May 7, 2013
- 3 min
Hydrogen water and β-adrenergic receptors
There have been a couple of interesting scientific papers released in recent days, one on horses and the use of hydrogen-rich water and...
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Byron Rogers
- May 5, 2013
- 4 min
All Natural EPO.....is that possible?
First of all....a little lesson for some background. It is well established in exercise physiology that an increase in EPO production may...
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Byron Rogers
- May 2, 2013
- 1 min
Hypoxic sprint training
A few weeks back I posted about how the Australian Racing Board had seen fit to investigate the use of hypoxic training in thoroughbreds....
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Byron Rogers
- Apr 27, 2013
- 2 min
Near Infrared Spectroscopy and athletic performance in Racehorses
Over the past 25 years the use of near infrared spectroscopy in exercise and sports science has increased exponentially. The majority of...
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Byron Rogers
- Apr 23, 2013
- 1 min
The ACE gene and athletic performance
Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) plays a major role in blood pressure regulation and fluid and electrolyte homeostasis in both...
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Byron Rogers
- Apr 19, 2013
- 3 min
The efficacy of Milkshaking in Racehorses
A couple of recently published scientific papers took my interest, one of which was on bicarb-loading. There has been a lot of papers...
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Byron Rogers
- Apr 16, 2013
- 4 min
How much does EPO improve performance in Racehorses?
A new study on human distance runners and their response to EPO has shown that four weeks of every-other-day injections improves...
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Byron Rogers
- Apr 12, 2013
- 1 min
Racing Thoroughbreds at Two and Career Soundness
Yet another study, this one on 160,000 racehorses over a 10 year period in Australia, has refuted the claim that racing two-year-olds is...
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Byron Rogers
- Apr 10, 2013
- 2 min
Whalebone: The "Adam" of the modern Thoroughbred
In mammals, an individual’s sex is determined by the chromosomes it inherits from its parents. Two X chromosomes lead to a female,...
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Byron Rogers
- Apr 8, 2013
- 2 min
Australian Racing Board investigates Hypoxic Training
The Australian Racing Board has seen fit to release a statement regarding hypoxic training in Thoroughbreds. Training in hypoxia is...
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Byron Rogers
- Apr 1, 2013
- 1 min
The Stride of a Grade One Winner?
As he runs this weekend in the Wood Memorial G1, here is the breeze of Vyjack (by Into Mischief) at the Fasig Tipton Midtlantic 2YO sale...
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