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| Titre : | The association of 2-year-old training milestones with career length and racing success in a sample of Thoroughbred horses in New Zealand (2013) |
| Auteurs : | C.W. Rogers ; E.C. Firth ; J. TANNER C. |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL (vol.45, n1, 2013-01-01) |
| Article en page(s) : | p 20-24 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : |
Mots-clés cheval ENTRAINEMENT ; PUR-SANGEquivoc Alimentation Du Jeune ; Course ; Nouvelle-Zélande ; Performance |
| Résumé : | Reasons for performing study: There is increasing evidence that exercise early in life has a positive effect on musculoskeletal health. At present, there is little whole population research investigating the effect of racing as 2-year-olds on future racing career. Objectives: To investigate the association between attaining training milestones as 2-year-olds with length of career and racing success in Thoroughbred horses in New Zealand. Methods: Retrospective data were obtained of the 2001/02-born Thoroughbred foal crop. The 3 training milestones were: registered with a trainer, trialled and raced. The association of the training milestones with career length was measured using the outcomes: number of race starts and number of years raced, in a Cox regression model. Logistic regression models analysed the association of the training milestones with the outcomes: won or placed in a race. Linear regression was performed to assess the association of training milestones with total career earnings. Results: Of 4683 horses in the population; 3152 horses were registered with a trainer, 2661 horses trialled and 2109 horses raced. Horses that raced as 2-year-olds had significantly (P<0.001) more race starts than those first raced as 3-year-olds or older, this was also true when the 2-year-old year data were omitted. Horses that raced as 2-year-olds had significantly (P<0.001) more years racing. Horses registered with a trainer, trialled or raced as 2-year-olds were more likely to have won or been placed in a race than those that achieved the milestones as 3-year-olds or older. Horses that first trialled and raced as 2-year-olds had greater total earnings than those that first trialled or raced at a later age. Conclusions and potential relevance: Two-year-old training milestones had a strong association with positive racing career outcomes. Horses in training or racing as 2-year-olds may have better musculoskeletal health throughout life than horses that are first in training or racing at a later age. |
| Cote du document numérique : | 15806 |
| Classement cheval : | A15/A17 |
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