Table 1.
Exercise protocol showing the segments studied while nine horses where driven by 11 different drivers (total 31 test drives) on an oval banked racetrack in both clockwise (right) and counter-clockwise (left) direction.
| Segment description | Segment | Gait | Direction | Distance | Speed (m/s) | HR (bpm) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acronym | (m) | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Walking from stable to racetrack* | Walk | 50–100 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 77 | 12.8 | ||
| Warming-up in slow trot* | Trot | Right | 1,000 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 110 | 18.0 | |
| Walking from finish line to circle | WalkFLCircle | Walk | Right | 120 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 106 | 15.1 |
| 4 circles in trot (Ø 20 m) | CircStartLeft | Trot | Right | 5.5 | 0.6 | 131 | 24.2 | |
| Racing (fast) trot | RacingRight | Trot | Left | 200 | 10.4 | 0.4 | 175 | 42.8 |
| Racing (fast) trot and slowing | SlowingRight | Trot | Left | 8.8 | 1.2 | 177 | 37.3 | |
| Transition to slow trot and walking to finish line | Trans2WRight | Walk | Left | 120 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 132 | 10.3 |
| 4 circles in trot (Ø 20 m) | CircStartRight | Trot | Left | 5.6 | 0.7 | 156 | 13.0 | |
| Racing (fast) trot | RacingLeft | Trot | Right | 200 | 10.9 | 0.5 | 196 | 23.4 |
| Racing (fast) trot and slowing | SlowingLeft | Trot | Right | 8.7 | 1.5 | 189 | 21.5 | |
| Transition to slow trot, walking to finish line and back to stable | Trans2WLeft | Walk | Right | 120 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 134 | 9.1 |
The order of segments presented in the table corresponds to the order in which they were performed. Speed (m/s) and heart rate (HR, beats per minute) were recorded for each horse and exercise test.
*
Segment not included in statistical analysis.