EJPAU 2008. Geringer de Oedenberg H. , Dobrowolski M. , Górecka A. , Guzik E. , Domańska J. UTILITY VALUE OF HALF-BRED HORSES TESTED FOR RACING PERFORMANCE ON THE WROCŁAW HORSE-RACING TRACK

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Issue 4

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Geringer de Oedenberg H. , Dobrowolski M. , Górecka A. , Guzik E. , Domańska J. 2008. UTILITY VALUE OF HALF-BRED HORSES TESTED FOR RACING PERFORMANCE ON THE WROCŁAW HORSE-RACING TRACK, EJPAU 11(4), #22.
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UTILITY VALUE OF HALF-BRED HORSES TESTED FOR RACING PERFORMANCE ON THE WROCŁAW HORSE-RACING TRACK

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

ABSTRACT

The study involved 3-year-old
Half-Bred horses running at the Wrocław Partynice Horse Racing Track during 1999–2005.
In all, pedigrees and racing careers of 527 horses have been analysed. Racing
performance was analysed basing on three criteria: individual success index (SI),
career earnings (CE), and mean earnings per start (ME). Significant effects of
gender, trainer, and number of starts on performance of the horses were
found. Effects of breed, season, and breeder were non-significant.
The performance appraisal criteria, i.e. career earnings (h² = 0.61)
and mean earnings per race (h²= 0.58), should be considered as adequate
due to their heritability.

Key words: Half-Bred horses, genetic parameters, 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

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

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