Byron Rogers
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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Byron Rogers
- Apr 1, 2013
- 2 min
The Central Governor Theory and Racehorses
Fatigue is an interesting concept, especially as it relates to racehorses. Over on Moxy Monitor they have outlined the two standing...
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Byron Rogers
- Mar 27, 2013
- 2 min
Exercising Hungry Racehorses?
A new study in the European Journal of Applied Physiology has outlined the benefits of exercising at low glycogen levels with cyclists....
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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
- Feb 2, 2013
- 1 min
Verrazano on the Kentucky Derby trail
Let's Go Racing Stables, managed by Bryan Sullivan and Kevin Scatuorchio, have found themselves a 'live one' in the shape of the...
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Byron Rogers
- Feb 1, 2013
- 1 min
Great new book on Equine Genomics
Bhanu Chowdhary, a Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health at Texas A & M University and collaborator on the Equine Genome...
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Byron Rogers
- Dec 28, 2012
- 1 min
Reliability of ultrasound-measured muscle thickness of the longissimus dorsi muscle in Thoroughbreds
We have co-authored a paper with Dr Takashi Abe and Dr Charles Kearns in the Journal of Comparative Exercise Physiology. A link to the...
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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
- Oct 30, 2012
- 3 min
ITBF/EFTBA Press Release on DNA profiling
Below is the Press release that the ITBF/EFTBA issued following the meeting on DNA profiling for performance in thoroughbreds, in Paris,...
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Byron Rogers
- Oct 15, 2012
- 1 min
Thoroughbred Mitochondrial DNA and Bruce Lowe
Just about the best explanation of Thoroughbred mitochondrial DNA as it relates to family numbers (Bruce Lowe) can be found here....
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Byron Rogers
- Oct 11, 2012
- 12 min
Interesting Papers from ISAG
There were a couple of really interesting abstracts from the ISAG (International Society of Animal Genetics) meeting in Cairns Australia...
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Byron Rogers
- Sep 27, 2012
- 2 min
Early exercise for racetrack success? Not so fast
A while ago we commented on a study out of New Zealand from the team headed by Dr CW Rogers (no relation to the author here!) that looked...
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Byron Rogers
- Aug 31, 2012
- 1 min
Green Tea for Racehorses?
Quercetin, a flavonoid widely distributed in nature (apples, onions, green tea, etc) has previously been shown to increase energy...
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Byron Rogers
- Aug 30, 2012
- 2 min
Are we reaching locomotory limits?
I came across another interesting paper on locomotory limits in humans and other species, including the horse that I thought was timely...
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Byron Rogers
- Aug 30, 2012
- 1 min
The Biomechanics Gene
A new paper out on Nature this week is very interesting and has some wide implications for the harness horse and also humans. Lead by a...
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Byron Rogers
- Aug 28, 2012
- 1 min
A test for Overtraining?
Quite an interesting paper was released today on glucose metabolism rate and peripheral insulin sensitivity of horses undergoing...
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Byron Rogers
- Jul 24, 2012
- 6 min
New MtDNA study reveals closer genetic and pedigree links
A decade ago Emmeline Hill, Dr Patrick Cunningham and others from the Trinity College in Dublin published a seminal paper on...
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