Speed, pacing strategy and aerodynamic drafting in Thoroughbred horse racing

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 678-681

  Spence, Andrew J ^a   Thurman, Andrew S ^b   Maher, Michael J ^c   Wilson, Alan M ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Omnisense Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c TurfTrax Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamic drafting; Animal personality; Horse racing; Pacing strategy; Radiotracking

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DATA SET; HORSE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOLUTION; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84864464199     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1120     Document Type: Article

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