Why thoroughbred horses are simply a race apart

The Irish Times | June 4, 2009 | Copyright

SCIENTISTS at University College Dublin have discovered what makes a horse a thoroughbred, writes DICK AHLSTROM

They have identified groups of genes that contribute to the unique capabilities that make a race horse.

Dr Emmeline Hill leads the work in equine science within the school of agriculture, food science and veterinary medicine. She and PhD student Jing Jing Gu analysed the thoroughbred genome, looking for genes that deliver a horse such as Shergaror Nijinsky.

"We now know that makes them look the way they look and perform the way they perform," says Hill. "It is the ingredient that ...

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