Effects of yearling sale purchase price, exercise history, lameness, and athletic performance on purchase price of Thoroughbreds at 2-year-old in-training sales.
Abstract: To determine the effects of yearling sale purchase price, exercise history, lameness, and athletic performance (speed) on purchase price of 2-year-old in-training Thoroughbreds and to compare the distance exercised within 60 days prior to 2-year-old in-training sales between horses with high yearling sale purchase prices versus those with low yearling sale purchase prices and between horses with lameness during training and those without lameness during training. Methods: Prospective study. Methods: 51 Thoroughbreds. Methods: Thoroughbreds purchased at a yearling sale were trained prior to resale at 2-year-old in-training sales. Amount of exercise and lameness status during training and speed of horses at 2-year-old in-training sales were determined. Data were analyzed via the Wilcoxon rank sum test and ANOVA. Results: Median purchase price of horses at 2-year-old in-training sales was $37,000. The 2-year-old in-training sale purchase price was associated with yearling sale purchase price and distance galloped within 60 days prior to and speed recorded at 2-year-old in-training sales. Conclusions: Horses with high yearling sale purchase prices typically had high 2-year-old in-training sale purchase prices, had low distances galloped within 60 days prior to 2-year-old in-training sales, and were classified as fast at 2-year-old in-training sales. Lameness alone was not associated with 2-year-old in-training sales purchase price. However, lameness was associated with a low distance galloped before 2-year-old in-training sales, particularly for horses with a high yearling sale purchase price; this finding suggested that yearling sale purchase price can affect training management decisions for horses with lameness.
Publication Date: 2012-11-28 PubMed ID: 23176244DOI: 10.2460/javma.241.11.1499Google Scholar: Lookup
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This research investigates the impact of various factors on the purchase price of 2-year-old in-training Thoroughbred horses, such as initial purchase cost, exercise history, speed, and lameness condition.
Research Objective and Methods
- The main goal of the study was to examine how the price at which a yearling is purchased, the amount of exercise it gets, its speed, and whether it experiences lameness impact the price it is sold for in 2-year-old in-training sales. The study also aimed to compare exercise levels in two groups within 60 days of the sale: those purchased for a high price as yearlings and those that experienced lameness during training.
- This prospective study was conducted on 51 Thoroughbred horses. These horses were bought at a yearling sale, trained, then resold during 2-year-old in-training sales. Various factors like the amount of exercise, speed, lameness status during training, and the selling price were observed and noted.
- For data analysis, the research utilized the Wilcoxon rank-sum test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).
Key Findings
- The median selling price for 2-year-old in-training horses was found to be $37,000.
- It was found that the purchase price of 2-year-old in-training sales was influenced by the price they were bought for as yearlings, their speed, and the distance they galloped in the 60 days leading up to the in-training sales.
- Lameness alone did not have a direct influence on the final in-training sales price; however, it affected exercise patterns, especially in horses purchased for a high price as yearlings, indicating that training management decisions for lame horses could be driven by the initial purchasing price of the yearlings.
Conclusion
- The study concluded that Thoroughbreds purchased at high prices as yearlings generally commanded high prices at 2-year-old in-training sales, galloped lesser distances within 60 days of the sale, and were classified as fast at the in-training sales.
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APA
Preston SA, Brown MP, Chmielewski TL, Trumble TN, Zimmel DN, Hernandez JA.
(2012).
Effects of yearling sale purchase price, exercise history, lameness, and athletic performance on purchase price of Thoroughbreds at 2-year-old in-training sales.
J Am Vet Med Assoc, 241(11), 1499-1504.
https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.241.11.1499 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
MeSH Terms
- Animals
- Commerce
- Female
- Forelimb
- Hindlimb
- Horses / physiology
- Lameness, Animal
- Male
- Physical Conditioning, Animal / physiology
- Running
- Sports
Citations
This article has been cited 1 times.- Argue BJ, Ahern BJ. Evaluation of agreement for radiographic lesions and risk for racing in thoroughbred yearling sale repository radiographs. Front Vet Sci 2024;11:1430993.
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