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SUBMITTER: Self Davies ZT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6405464 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Self Davies Z T ZT Spence A J AJ Wilson A M AM
Biology letters 20190201 2
Horse locomotion is remarkably economical. Here, we measure external mechanical work of the galloping horse and relate it to published measurements of metabolic cost. Seven Thoroughbred horses were galloped (ridden) over force plates, under a racing surface. Twenty-six full strides of force data were recorded and used to calculate the external mechanical work of galloping. The mean sum of decrements of mechanical energy was -876 J (±280 J) per stride and increments were 2163 J (±538 J) per strid ...[more]