Verheyen Kristien L P, Price Joanna S, Wood James L N
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA, UK.
Vet J. 2009 Jul;181(1):43-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.03.008. Epub 2009 Apr 17.
This study aimed to determine the effects of exercise on racecourse performance in horses racing on the flat. Daily exercise and race records were obtained over a 2-year period for a cohort of racehorses in training for which injury data were also available. Multivariable regression techniques were used to investigate associations between canter, training gallop and race distances accumulated in the 30 days prior to each race and the odds of winning the race, earning prize money and the amount of prize money won. Higher cumulative high-speed (gallop+race) distances were associated with increased likelihood of winning a race and earning prize money. Having raced in the previous 30 days increased the odds of winning. There was an interactive effect of distance cantered and galloped during training on amount of prize money won, which was also associated with distance raced in the previous 30 days. Taken together with findings from previous injury studies in the same study population, these results indicate that training regimens designed to reduce skeletal injuries are unlikely to adversely affect race performance.
本研究旨在确定运动对平地赛马中马匹赛道表现的影响。在为期两年的时间里，获取了一组正在接受训练的赛马的日常运动和比赛记录，同时也有这些马匹的伤病数据。采用多变量回归技术，研究每次比赛前30天内累积的慢跑、训练快跑和比赛距离与赢得比赛的几率、赚取奖金以及赢得的奖金数额之间的关联。累积的较高高速（快跑+比赛）距离与赢得比赛和赚取奖金的可能性增加相关。在过去30天内参加过比赛会增加获胜几率。训练期间慢跑和快跑的距离对赢得的奖金数额有交互作用，这也与过去30天内的比赛距离有关。结合之前在同一研究群体中进行的伤病研究结果，这些结果表明，旨在减少骨骼损伤的训练方案不太可能对比赛表现产生不利影响。
