Performance Genetics is please to announce the immediate release of its "Optimal Distance Test".
The product, which is available for all untried stock, yearlings and
older, has been developed using the latest genomic sequencing techniques and
modeling. The product was developed as an offshoot of the company's highly
successful Sales Select product released last year. Developed and tested on
over 800 racehorses, this new product indicates if the tested racehorse is
likely to be a sprinter or a route/distance runner.
"After the launch of our Sales Select product last year, which includes both a
prediction of optimal racing distance and class, a number of clients requested
that we offer a test for distance alone in order to aid their training and
management decisions, especially when the class of the horse seems to be known
and their career needs to be managed to maximize it." said Performance Genetics
CEO Byron Rogers.
One of the first horses that was tested last year using the product while it
was still in its beta phase was the grade one winner Turbulent Descent. The
multiple grade one winning mare is one horse whose genetic profile in terms of
optimal distance was much more like her broodmare sire than her sire or female
family with her trainer Mike Puype commenting:
"After winning the Santa Anita Oaks at a mile and a sixteenth I wasn't
completely sure if the mile and an eighth of the Kentucky Oaks was what
Turbulent Descent wanted. I had Performance Genetics perform an Optimal
Distance test on her and she came up as a pure sprinter. That confirmed my
thoughts and we switched her back to sprinting even though she had come off a
win near the Oaks distance. Given her subsequent performance, the test was very
helpful in determining the best career strategy for Turbulent Descent."
The "Optimal Distance" test, which has been tested on elite and non-elite
horses that have raced in North America, South America, Australia, Europe and
Japan, will be available at the upcoming two-year-old in training sales and at
all major yearling and two-year-old sales in North America.
The test can be
ordered by calling + 1 859 905 0455 or visiting www.performancegenetics.comwhere
product samples are available and orders can be completed online. The product
is priced at US$250 per test, with discounts available for bulk orders.
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