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Machine for Exercising Horses

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  • #2
    tryfix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭tryfix


    convert wrote: »
    Just saw this being covered on the news tonight.

    A machine for exercising horses on the gallops has been installed in the UK. Apparently it was initially designed with the hope of reducing the number of injuries young horses got in their early stages on the gallops when being ridden, therefore increasing the number of race horses that make it to the racecourse.

    I know the articles are from a few years ago, but it's the same machine that's just been introduced in the UK.

    http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/innovative-training-system-for-british-racehorses-528664

    http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2014/10/17/futuristic-racehorse-exercise-machine-england/#axzz4mYrgajSI

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    A YouTube video of the system from a few days ago. It seems to be more than a bit of overkill engineering wise, there's a cheaper simpler solution around the corner if a system like this ever became accessible on even a moderate scale.

    From what I see, even with the machine driver watching all the horses on a monitor, if a horse goes down while the machine is running at anything near full pelt then you're looking at potential carnage.


  • #3
    convert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,339 ✭✭✭convert


    tryfix wrote: »
    From what I see, even with the machine driver watching all the horses on a monitor, if a horse goes down while the machine is running at anything near full pelt then you're looking at potential carnage.

    I was thinking the exact same thing. Even at a slower pace there's still the potential for a lot of trouble.


  • #4
    tryfix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭tryfix


    convert wrote: »
    I was thinking the exact same thing. Even at a slower pace there's still the potential for a lot of trouble.

    They must have thought about that problem and addressed it, but I'm sceptical that they have addressed it properly.

    A sensor looking at the horses backs and stopping the machine if a horse's back dropped below a certain level would go a long way to fixing the problem, but with a machine full of galloping horses all coming to a juddering stop ye'd probably do some kind of damage to one of the other horses.


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