Exactly how fast is the heart rate of a racehorse as it flies around the track? For the first time ever, two University of Guelph researchers in Guelph, Ontario, will be able to answer this question as part of a study aimed at recording the maximum heart rate of racehorses when they’re pushing themselves to the limit.
With the help of a lightweight heart monitor tucked under their harness, horses competing at Mohawk Raceway will give the two equine cardiac specialists an accurate picture of what happens to the heart under actual racing conditions.
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This e-book dispels 10 commonly held myths about conformation and includes in-depth information on how to develop your eye for the functional aspects of conformation. As noted in the book’s introduction, “Most horse people can judge straight legs and prominent withers, but from there it starts to fall apart. They usually look at muscling instead of the bone structure. You can change a horse’s muscling through training, but you can never change his skeleton.”
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Enteroliths aren’t an everyday occurrence. They’re rare and fascinating oddities, something to be observed in a jar at the vet hospital… but if your horse is harboring them in his gut, they can be a death sentence. 
