Horse Genetics Resources
New research by scientists at Ireland’s University College Dublin and the equine science company Plusvital has established that genes associated with behavior may play a big a role in whether a Thoroughbred horse races or not. Previous studies have shown that less…
Cedervale Cookies And Cream is an Australian Stock Horse filly with a chestnut sire and a brown dam. When she was born she had a visible light patch covering most of the near side of her rump and extending down her leg…
Earlier this year we put up a couple of posts about ACAN dwarfism in Miniatures. There’s more than one type of dwarfism in Miniatures. This one is called skeletal atavism (SA). Skeletal atavism is a type of dwarfism found in Shetland ponies…
At the moment our Arabian panel disorder includes three tests: CA, LFS and SCID. We are planning to add another one for a disorder called OAAM. OAAM is a bone problem affecting the two vertebrae closest to the skull. Affected horses can…
In July 2018 we moved back into our laboratory Redfern (in Sydney) after renovating the warehouse to include a purpose-built laboratory for Practical Horse Genetics. Both the design by Ian Moore Architects and the construction by Elliott Projects have been nominated for…
Each year on the first Saturday in May, Thoroughbred horses reach speeds of over 40 miles per hour as they compete to win the Kentucky Derby. But the domestic horse wasn’t always bred for speed. In fact, an international team now has…
Loki is a mostly-white foal who was entered into our Mystery horse competition. His dam is a Palouse pony, and his sire is unknown. We tested Loki for a wide range of colour genes to find out why he is nearly completely…
We will be putting the test for the Gait Keeper gene (The gene is also referred to as SynchroGait®) on our list of things to start doing so hopefully it will be available by spring. You can read more about the Gait…
So far testing in Australian Warmbloods and related breeds has shown a carrier rate of 11.5% for Fragile Foal Syndrome. With a carrier rate this high, breeders should have been seeing far more affected foals than have been reported – at least…
I’d like to remind everyone about our free Monthly Mystery testing. We like to do free testing colour on one horse every month and write up the results to share on social media and keep in our archives. There is one key…