Re: RC: re: Stride Length

[Tivers@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/21/99 8:20:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu writes:

<< > Not to mention the fact that some smaller horses out-stride some of the
 > bigger horses...
  >>

A paper just came out in human research saying that a longerstride made the 
athlete more prone to injury (increased vertical acceleration) and more 
quickly fatigued (additional energy cost). I wonder how much of that is true 
with horses.

ti 


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