EJPAU 2008. Geringer de Oedenberg H. , Dobrowolski M. , Górecka A. , Guzik E. , Gorajewska E. BREEDING VALUE OF STALLIONS – SIRES OF HALF-BRED HORSES TESTED FOR RACING PERFORMANCE AT THE WROCŁAW HORSE-RACING TRACK

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Geringer de Oedenberg H. , Dobrowolski M. , Górecka A. , Guzik E. , Gorajewska E. 2008. BREEDING VALUE OF STALLIONS – SIRES OF HALF-BRED HORSES TESTED FOR RACING PERFORMANCE AT THE WROCŁAW HORSE-RACING TRACK, EJPAU 11(3), #10.
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BREEDING VALUE OF STALLIONS – SIRES OF HALF-BRED HORSES TESTED FOR RACING PERFORMANCE AT THE WROCŁAW HORSE-RACING TRACK

Henryk Geringer de Oedenberg, Maciej Dobrowolski, Anna Górecka, Ewa Guzik, Elżbieta Gorajewska
Institute of Animal Breeding, Department of Horse Breeding and Equestrianism, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland

ABSTRACT

The breeding values of 58 stallions
were evaluated using their progeny performance test results. The tests had been
carried out at the Wrocław Partynice Horse Racing Track. Racing careers and pedigrees
of 530 horses running in 1999–2005 were analysed. The racing performance was
measured according to individual success indices and career earnings of the progeny.
The model included the following factors: sex, breed, trainer, season, and number
of starts. English Thoroughbred stallions, followed by Małopolski
stallions, achieved the highest breeding values.

Key words: breeding value, half-bred horses, racing performance.

Henryk Geringer de Oedenberg
Institute of Animal Breeding,
Department of Horse Breeding and Equestrianism,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 5a, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
email: hengen@ozi.ar.wroc.pl

Maciej Dobrowolski
Institute of Animal Breeding,
Department of Horse Breeding and Equestrianism,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 5a, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland

Anna Górecka
Institute of Animal Breeding,
Department of Horse Breeding and Equestrianism,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 5a, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland

Ewa Guzik
Institute of Animal Breeding,
Department of Horse Breeding and Equestrianism,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 5a, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland

Elżbieta Gorajewska
Institute of Animal Breeding,
Department of Horse Breeding and Equestrianism,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Kożuchowska 5 a, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland

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