Phenotypes

Don't let that headline throw you off--we are not about to bury anyone in keeping with the Oxford English Dictionary's definition of the proverb, i.e., "the consequences of one's actions will have to be dealt with eventually." However, there may be a little karma being tossed around herein because of what the graphic which accompanies this essay seems to indicate. To set the stage we take another bit of a dip into the endlessly fascinating brain of Dr. Franco Varola, for whom our admiration is shameless. He devoted Chapter 11...

The most frequently asked question your correspondent and his associates answer about biomechanical efficiency is (paraphrased) "What component, or combination of components, of a horse's mechanics other than speed is most likely to tickle your fancy?" After almost 40 years of evaluating thousands of horses from four continents this is how we answer the question with some facts-those facts being actual race records. What better way to go about this than to assemble a test group of peers and apply those suspicions to that group? Thus, for this study we...