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- EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY AND TRAINING
Pieter Ramzan
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Abstract
Evolution as a fight-or-flight prey animal has resulted in the modern horse being skeletally mature at a young age and capable of tasks requiring speed or stamina. Further selective breeding has given the racehorse several intrinsic anatomical and physiological characteristics that make it an effective athlete: • Large muscle mass relative to BWT, with muscles primarily positioned in the upper limbs/trunk allowing for great efficiency of motion.