Measurements of fitness in Thoroughbred racehorses using field studies of heart rate and velocity with a global positioning system

Vermeulen, A; Evans, David L.

doi:10.1111/j.2042-3306.2006.tb05525.x

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“…Over the past few years, the development of sensors and sensing techniques has provided new tools to assess horse athletic performance in real time (Aerts et al, 2008). In particular, devices using the global positioning system (GPS) technology in conjunction with a heart rate monitoring system allowed recording simultaneously changes in speed and heart rate following each incremental exercise in Thoroughbreds (Kingston et al, 2006;Vermeulen and Evans, 2006) and Standardbreds (Giosmin et al, 2009). Although show jumping is part of the Olympic equestrian disciplines, and despite the need to monitor fitness and workload, there is a paucity of information about field exercise testing in jumper horses during official competitions (Art et al, 1990;Lekeux et al, 1991;Aguilera-Tejero et al, 2000), and none of these tests used the GPS technology.…”

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Application of a combined global positioning and heart rate monitoring system in jumper horses during an official competition — A preliminary study

Bazzano

Giudice

Rizzo

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Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

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The aim of this study was to investigate whether a combined global positioning system (GPS)/heart rate (HR) monitoring system is a valuable tool to assess, step by step, the physiological response of HR and its relationship with speed in healthy horses competing in an official show jumping class. Six mares performing a standardised warm-up and jumping course were monitored using a HR/GPS device. Venous blood lactate (BL), assessed before and after exercise, showed a significant increase (P = 0.0004) following the physical effort. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed significant changes in HR throughout the experimental period. The analysis of HR data recorded during the warm-up jumping stage showed significantly higher HR (P = 0.001) in the recovery period compared to the related jumping phase. Shifting the fence height from 100 cm to 125 cm during the warm-up jumps was also found to cause a significant increase (P = 0.016) in HR. According to these preliminary results, the simultaneous logging of heart rate and speed has the potential to be a reliable and powerful technique for field testing that can help in the monitoring of the horse's response to jumping effort during training and competition.

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Application of a combined global positioning and heart rate monitoring system in jumper horses during an official competition — A preliminary study

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Rizzo

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Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

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“…during the warm-up phase, shows significant differences between HR in subsequent minutes of the trot. Vermeulen and Evans (2006) reported that the capacity of a horse's body is high when no significant HR fluctuations are observed during the walk and after the warm-up Preliminary study on the design of a training status indicator for eventing horses a training status indicator for eventing horses I. Wilk et al…”

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“…Consequently, increasingly more often indicators of a horse's training status are being developed, which allow for a more comprehensive evaluation of the physiological condition of horses based on HR (Kapro et al 2001). It is also becoming popular to monitor a horse's condition on the basis of several HR values at the same time (Vermeulen and Evans 2006) and an analysis of not only HR parameters, but also HRV, i.e. heart rate variability (von Borell et al, 2007).…”

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Preliminary study on the design of a training status indicator for eventing horses

Wilk¹,

Janczarek²,

Brzozowska³

2017

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Summary:The effect of training is the continual improvement of a horse's performance and heart rate is one of the most important indicators in that process. The study proves the hypothesis that a heart rate (HR) analysis during the most important moments of an exercise unit can be useful in everyday training with horses taking part in eventing competitions which require a particularly high training workload from the rider/horse pair. The aim of this paper was to develop a preliminary version of a simple indicator to evaluate the training status of horses prepared for eventing competitions. The research included 16 horses competing in this discipline. It was carried out during a standard exercise unit, at a continuous canter at 450 m/min combined with jumps over cross-country obstacles as the main elements. The HR of horses was measured using telemetry devices. An exercise unit was divided into 25 elements. HR readings were taken during subsequent exercise elements. For the design of the training level indicator, exercise elements demonstrating the highest HR progress during the warm-up, canter and jump phases and the greatest HR decrease during recovery in the trot and the walk phases were selected. To design the indicator the following elements were selected: warm-up: 11-15 minutes of trotting and 16 -20 minutes of trotting; canter: 4 -5 minutes of cantering and jumps 2 and 3; recovery: 2 -3 minutes of trotting and 2 -3 minutes of walking. Research in this area should be continued and at the moment, this can be considered as a pilot study.Keywords: horse, training, eventing, heart rate, status, indicator Citation: Wilk I., Janczarek I., Brzozowska K. (2017) Preliminary study on the design of a training status indicator for eventing horses. Pferdeheilkunde 33, 466-471;

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“…Simple and light weight units have been used for recording flight paths of the birds (von Hu¨nerbein et al, 2000) and monitoring the speed of thoroughbred horses in field studies (Pfau et al, 2006;Vermeulen and Evans, 2006). The accuracy of these simple low cost GPS systems for determining speed has been evaluated Wilson, 2004, 2005).…”

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Measurement of stride parameters using a wearable GPS and inertial measurement unit

Tan¹,

Wilson²,

Lowe³

2008

Journal of Biomechanics

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Measurements of fitness in Thoroughbred racehorses using field studies of heart rate and velocity with a global positioning system

Abstract: This approach offers a simple, noninvasive method for monitoring adaptations to training in the field.

Cited by 52 publications

References 12 publications

Application of a combined global positioning and heart rate monitoring system in jumper horses during an official competition — A preliminary study

Application of a combined global positioning and heart rate monitoring system in jumper horses during an official competition — A preliminary study

Preliminary study on the design of a training status indicator for eventing horses

Measurement of stride parameters using a wearable GPS and inertial measurement unit

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