Jockeys’ affect on racehorse locomotion to be studied
Researchers are to investigate the influence of jockeys’ technique on the functioning of thoroughbred racehorses.
“We already know from before function that jockey technique affects race Equus caballus performance,” said Dr Thomas Witte, lecturer inwards equine surgical operation at Britain’s Royal Veterinary College, who is carrying out the report amongst Dr Thilo Pfau together with Professor Alan Wilson.
“Now nosotros desire to abide by out which features of jockey technique dictate how effective a jockey is. For example, nosotros volition mensurate the symmetry of loading inwards the stirrups, residual betwixt strides together with timing of jockey movements relative to movements of the horse.
“At the same fourth dimension nosotros volition await at the horse’s movements together with run into how their functioning is affected past times what the jockey is doing.”
The researchers volition function amongst trainee together with experienced jockeys together with the trainers together with racehorses at the British Racing School at Newmarket.
By using miniature GPS, inertial sensors together with forcefulness transducers attached to the tack, they volition mensurate the motion patterns of both Equus caballus together with passenger during existent galloping together with during grooming on a racehorse simulator, to position differences inwards riding technique betwixt experienced together with inexperienced jockeys.
The researchers volition every bit good develop together with seek a novel grooming device that volition permit trainers to hand trainee jockeys real-time feedback on their functioning during galloping, much similar a racing driver receives telemetry feedback together with tin accommodate their functioning inwards existent time.
The findings from the report volition direct time to come developments inwards jockey grooming together with Pb to improvements inwards security for both horses together with jockeys. They volition every bit good convey implications for engineers studying the impact of charge carrying on legged animals together with robots.
The enquiry volition hold upwards funded past times the Horserace Betting Levy Board.
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