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Effects of Change of Body Weight on Racing Time in Thoroughbred Racehorses

더러브렛 경주마의 체중변화가 주파기록에 미치는 효과

  • Published : 2008.12.31

Abstract

The objective of this study was to estimate the effects of change in body weight on racing time in Thoroughbred racehorses, using total 8,197 horses and 155,656 racing records collected from Korea Racing Association(KRA). The average body weight of the racehorses was 449kg, and the average body weights of stallion, gelding and mare were 460kg, 454kg and 441kg, respectively. Body weight of stallion was the greatest. The considerable loss of body weight was observed in March, April and May for mare, and in May, Jun and July for stallion and gelding. Overall, the body weight of the racehorses decreased in spring and summer, and increased in autumn and winter. The estimated heritability and repeatability for racing time were 0.237 and 0.525, respectively. The heritability for body weight estimated from total records was 0.612. The estimated heri- tabilities for body weight were 0.472, 0.578 and 0.555 for gelding, stallion and mare, respectively. As the change of body weight was greater than ±10kg, the racing time increased significantly. When the body weight changed more than ±20kg in comparison to the changes of body weight of ±5kg, the racing time increased by 0.3 second. When the change of body weight was ±0.5% of body weight, the racing time was the best(fastest). When the change of body weight was more than ±2.5%, racing performance decreased considerably.

본 연구는 한국마사회로부터 수집한 8,197두의 경주기록 총 155,656개를 이용하여 더러브렛 경주마의 체중변화가 주파기록에 미치는 효과를 구명하기 위하여 수행되었다. 국내 더러브렛 경주마의 평균 체중은 449kg 이었으며, 거세말, 수말과 암말의 평균 체중은 각각 460kg, 454kg과 441kg으로 수말의 체중이 가장 높게 나타났다. 암말의 경우 체중의 감소는 3월, 4월과 5월사이에 가장 크게 나타나며, 수말과 거세마의 경우 5월, 6월과 7월에 체중의 감소가 가장 크게 나타났다. 전반적으로 경주마의 체중은 봄과 여름에 감소하며, 가을과 겨울에 증가하는 현상을 나타내었다. 주파기록에 대한 유전력과 반복력은 각각 0.237과 0.525였으며, 체중에 대한 유전력은 0.612로 추정되었다. 직전 경주 대비 체중의 변화가 ±10kg 이상일 때 주파기록은 현저히 증가하였으며, 직전 경주 대비 체중의 변화가 ±20kg인 경우는 ±5kg인 경우와 비교했을 때 주파기록의 차이가 0.3초 정도 증가하였다. 체중의 변화가 체중에 비례하여 ±0.5% 정도 변화하였을 때 주파기록이 가장 우수하였으며, 체중의 변화가 체중 대비 ±2.5% 이상이 되면 경주능력은 현저히 감소하였다.

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