Ridecamp: Re: [RC] horse size vs. lameness

> I re-read the two Tevis studies posted on your site and it left me
wondering
> if there was similar data calculated by breed.  Is there similar
> distribution of breeds in the "sound" population and the "lame"
population?

Nope, no differences between breed populations---although, because there
isn't a huge range of breeds at Tevis, our "breed populations" consisted of
Arabians, half-Arabians and non-Arabians (which included mules).  There
didn't seem to be any differences between the groups.


> Somewhere I
> read about certain breeds of horses (including Arabs) having a larger and
> more shock absorbing digital cushion, so I wonder if intrinsic breed
> characteristics favor big Arabs over other breeds comparably sized.


If so, it wasn't evident in this study.

Susan G



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