Byron RogersAug 13, 20132 minYearlings and High Speed TreadmillsA 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...
Byron RogersAug 13, 20135 minGrading the Elite ThoroughbredFor 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...
Byron RogersJun 10, 20131 minRhodiola 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...
Byron RogersJun 6, 20132 minAre 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...
Byron RogersMay 20, 20134 minA new study on EIPH and SalixAbstracts have just been released for the upcoming Equine Science Society Symposium to be held in New Mexico at the end of May. Among the...
Byron RogersMay 7, 20133 minHydrogen water and β-adrenergic receptorsThere have been a couple of interesting scientific papers released in recent days, one on horses and the use of hydrogen-rich water and...
Byron RogersMay 5, 20134 minAll 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...
Byron RogersMay 2, 20131 minHypoxic sprint trainingA few weeks back I posted about how the Australian Racing Board had seen fit to investigate the use of hypoxic training in thoroughbreds....
Byron RogersApr 27, 20132 minNear Infrared Spectroscopy and athletic performance in RacehorsesOver the past 25 years the use of near infrared spectroscopy in exercise and sports science has increased exponentially. The majority of...
Byron RogersApr 23, 20131 minThe ACE gene and athletic performanceAngiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) plays a major role in blood pressure regulation and fluid and electrolyte homeostasis in both...
Byron RogersApr 19, 20133 minThe efficacy of Milkshaking in RacehorsesA couple of recently published scientific papers took my interest, one of which was on bicarb-loading. There has been a lot of papers...
Byron RogersApr 16, 20134 minHow 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...
Byron RogersApr 12, 20131 minRacing Thoroughbreds at Two and Career SoundnessYet 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...
Byron RogersApr 10, 20132 minWhalebone: The "Adam" of the modern ThoroughbredIn mammals, an individual’s sex is determined by the chromosomes it inherits from its parents. Two X chromosomes lead to a female,...
Byron RogersApr 8, 20132 minAustralian Racing Board investigates Hypoxic TrainingThe Australian Racing Board has seen fit to release a statement regarding hypoxic training in Thoroughbreds. Training in hypoxia is...
Byron RogersApr 1, 20131 minThe 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...
Byron RogersApr 1, 20132 minThe Central Governor Theory and RacehorsesFatigue is an interesting concept, especially as it relates to racehorses. Over on Moxy Monitor they have outlined the two standing...
Byron RogersMar 27, 20132 minExercising Hungry Racehorses?A new study in the European Journal of Applied Physiology has outlined the benefits of exercising at low glycogen levels with cyclists....
Byron RogersMar 18, 20132 minA Population Study on ThoroughbredsIn recent months Brandon Velie, a PhD student at Sydney University has published three very interesting population studies on horses in...
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...