Use of a global positioning and heart rate monitoring system to assess training load in a group of Thoroughbred racehorses

Kingston, Janene K.; Soppet, G. M.; Rogers, Chris W.; Firth, E. C.

doi:10.1111/j.2042-3306.2006.tb05523.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

et al. 2016

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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“…Może on destrukcyjnie wpłynąć na organizm, którego stan bieżący nie będzie we właściwy sposób monitorowany (3,9). Najkorzystniejsza i zarazem najłatwiejsza w monitoringu organizmu koni jest systematyczna ocena stanu psychosomatycznego przeprowadzana przez trenera lub opiekunów na podstawie obserwacji własnych (1).…”

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“…Jednakże ze względu na mniejszą liczbę istotnych korelacji z kortyzolem i współczynnikami wyścigowymi powinny być one wykorzystywane bardzo ostrożnie. Ważny jest jednak fakt, że wybrane elementy oceny stanu psychosomatycznego koni należy wystawiać bezpośrednio po wysiłku, gdyż podczas restytucji zaczyna stopniowo zanikać powiązanie między zewnętrznym a wewnętrz-nym obrazem organizmu (9). Wyniki własne wskazują, że po 45 minutach restytucji taka ocena nie powinna być już stosowana.…”

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Visual and behavioral assessment versus cortisol level and racing performance in Purebred Arabian horses

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Kędzierski²,

Wilk³

et al. 2018

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SummaryThis paper analyses the hypothesis that there is a link between the psychophysical traits of horses trained for racing and the level of cortisol in the saliva and performance results in competitions. Based on this hypothesis, the objective of the study was to analyse the correlation between the evaluations of the psychosomatic status and the concentration of cortisol and performance parameters in racing horses. The study was carried out with 30 Purebred Arabian horses (15 stallions and 15 mares), aged 34-38 months. On the initial day of the experiment, the horses were kept in the area of the Służewiec Racetrack where they had arrived 3-4 months earlier. The horses were examined once, 2-3 days before the planned start of the first race. The examination was carried out during a daily training session. The visual and behavioural scores for the psychosomatic status of the horse were scaled from 1 to 5 and assigned by a trainer three times. The first assessment took place directly after physical exercise, the second 15 minutes following physical exercise, while the third one was 45 minutes after physical exercise. The following features were included: the manner of perspiration and some organoleptic characteristics of sweat, abdominal movements, gaze, head position and body movements during handling. The saliva for cortisol concentration measurements was sampled three times at time points coinciding with the observation of the psychosomatic status of the horses. The concentration of cortisol was determined with the immune-enzymatic method. In addition, an analysis of the selected performance parameters was conducted. The multivariate analysis of variance for repeated measurements, t-Tukey's test and Spearman's rank correlations were performed. It was demonstrated that the assessment of the psychosomatic status in Purebred Arabian horses may be applied based only on an analysis of some parameters determined directly after physical exercise or during the first minutes of resting (regeneration). These elements mainly include the manner of sweating and various organoleptic features of the sweat. It was also emphasized that non-observable body movements, calming down during handling, and regular abdominal movements are beneficial for stallions.

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“…(m/s) with an integral GPS system (Kingston et al, 2006). Heart rate monitors contained two soft-cotton like transmitters enclosing the electrodes.…”

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“…To distinguish between an increase in HR caused by physical activity compared with emotional reactivity (Baldock and Sibly, 1990;Visser et al, 2002), the workload of horses has to be evaluated simultaneously. For this purpose, the HR-work (speed) relationship reflecting physical activity (Kingston et al, 2006) and the post-exercise LA concentration reflecting the workload performed by the horse (Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Oosterbaan et al, 1994) can be used.…”

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The effects of transport, riot control training and night patrols on the workload and stress of mounted police horses

Munsters

Broek

Weeren

et al. 2013

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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Use of a global positioning and heart rate monitoring system to assess training load in a group of Thoroughbred racehorses

Cited by 47 publications

References 26 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

Visual and behavioral assessment versus cortisol level and racing performance in Purebred Arabian horses

The effects of transport, riot control training and night patrols on the workload and stress of mounted police horses

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