Treadmill exercice tests

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QUESTION. Is it possible to use treadmill exercise tests in standardbred and thoroughbred yearlings to predict their athletic capacity?Are there parameters related with higher performances? Thank you for your answer
 
QUESTION. Is it possible to use treadmill exercise tests in standardbred and thoroughbred yearlings to predict their athletic capacity?Are there parameters related with higher performances? Thank you for your answer
Hi Gavino,

I conducted empirical (treadmill) research on older Standardbred mares concerning exercise performance in response to various interventions. Exercise capacity can be quantified in a number of ways: maximal oxygen uptake, lactic acid accumulation, etc. The treadmill itself is only a tool- there isn't really anything magic about it. It provides a mechanism by which the horse can exercise (sub)maximally, traditionally while instrumented with data capture devices. These days, much equine exercise work is conducted in a more natural environment (i.e. on a racing surface) using telemetry devices.

There is a significant equine exercise literature that defines parameters for different categories of horse (i.e. athletically 'fit' Standardbreds versus sedentary Standardbreds; old versus young Thoroughbreds, etc.) One only needs to search the literature (pubmed, CAB abstracts) to find these publications. There's even a journal titled 'Equine and Comparative Exercise Physiology.' Also, you can check out a basic equine exercise physiology textbook (i.e. 'The Athletic Horse by Hodgson et al.) to get a basic understanding of these concepts, and how they relate to performance.

Good luck!

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