Research Article

The Effect of Some Environmental Factors To Race Performance of Purebred Arabian Horses

Volume: 12 Number: 1 March 31, 2019
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The Effect of Some Environmental Factors To Race Performance of Purebred Arabian Horses

Abstract

This study evaluated the relationships between some environmental factors and race performance of purebred Arabian racehorses in the Turkish Jockey Club. For this purpose, the belonging 60 purebred Arabian horses (45 males and 15 females) which registered to Turkish Jockey Club was benefited from 3087 races records. In the research, the effect of gender, age, race distance, dam age, and the city in which the race took place to race performance on the turf and dirt track was investigated. In the environmental factors affecting race speeds of horses were found statistically different. The turf track, dirt track and general average of the race speed were calculated as 14.45±0.02 m/sec, 13.52±0.01m/sec and 13.77±0.01 m/sec, respectively. The horses’s race performance results; it was better than others the turf track, male, short distance, 9-12 dam age, 3 age, and Istanbul, for the race track, gender, race distances, dam age, race age, and race city, respectively. In conclusion, it is thought that performing of similar studies with more horses and more comprehensive studies may be more useful in examining the race performance of horses.

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 31, 2019

Submission Date

August 2, 2018

Acceptance Date

November 13, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 12 Number: 1

APA
Yıldırım, F. (2019). The Effect of Some Environmental Factors To Race Performance of Purebred Arabian Horses. Kocatepe Veterinary Journal, 12(1), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.30607/kvj.450350
AMA
1.Yıldırım F. The Effect of Some Environmental Factors To Race Performance of Purebred Arabian Horses. kvj. 2019;12(1):1-6. doi:10.30607/kvj.450350
Chicago
Yıldırım, Fatih. 2019. “The Effect of Some Environmental Factors To Race Performance of Purebred Arabian Horses”. Kocatepe Veterinary Journal 12 (1): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.30607/kvj.450350.
EndNote
Yıldırım F (March 1, 2019) The Effect of Some Environmental Factors To Race Performance of Purebred Arabian Horses. Kocatepe Veterinary Journal 12 1 1–6.
IEEE
[1]F. Yıldırım, “The Effect of Some Environmental Factors To Race Performance of Purebred Arabian Horses”, kvj, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1–6, Mar. 2019, doi: 10.30607/kvj.450350.
ISNAD
Yıldırım, Fatih. “The Effect of Some Environmental Factors To Race Performance of Purebred Arabian Horses”. Kocatepe Veterinary Journal 12/1 (March 1, 2019): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.30607/kvj.450350.
JAMA
1.Yıldırım F. The Effect of Some Environmental Factors To Race Performance of Purebred Arabian Horses. kvj. 2019;12:1–6.
MLA
Yıldırım, Fatih. “The Effect of Some Environmental Factors To Race Performance of Purebred Arabian Horses”. Kocatepe Veterinary Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, Mar. 2019, pp. 1-6, doi:10.30607/kvj.450350.
Vancouver
1.Fatih Yıldırım. The Effect of Some Environmental Factors To Race Performance of Purebred Arabian Horses. kvj. 2019 Mar. 1;12(1):1-6. doi:10.30607/kvj.450350