Pre-race behaviour of horses as a predictor of race finishing order

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 231-248

  Hutson, G D ^a   Haskell, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gambling; Horse; Pre race behaviour

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030838859     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01162-8     Document Type: Article

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