Study

While injuries and fatalities in steeplechase races are recorded at or immediately following each race, the Safety Committee of the National Steeplechase Association has undertaken a study to investigate the occurrence of 'latent' injuries associated with steeplechase racing. "We know some injuries that occur during a race don't become apparent until days afterward," said Dr. Reynolds Cowles, NSA Equine Medical Director and Chair of the Safety Committee. "Until we understand the full extent of these delayed injuries, we cannot accurately determine their total number or how best to prevent them."...

Arioneo, a French company which specializes in the development and marketing of analysis solutions for the performance and health of equine athletes, has created a new study aimed at the deployment of a new generation of automated ECG-analysis algorithms capable of detecting cardiac rhythm abnormalities, including atrial fibrillation (AFib), across training, racing and resting conditions. In a press release Tuesday, the company states that the study is "powered by an artificial intelligence engine trained on one of the largest exercise ECG datasets in the racing industry, [which] enables, for the...