Ashleigh Morrice-West

Variation in GPS and accelerometer recorded velocity and stride parameters of galloping Thoroughbred horses

Ashleigh V Morrice-West, Peta L Hitchens, Elizabeth A Walmsley, Mark A Stevenson, Adelene SM Wong, R Chris Whitton

Journal article  |  2020  |  EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: With each stride, galloping horses generate large skeletal loads which influence bone physiology, and may contribute t..

An investigation of training and racing workloads in Thoroughbred racehorses in Australia and their relationship to performance and bone fatigue

Ashleigh Victoria Morrice-West

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2020

Bone and joint injuries in Thoroughbred racehorses typically originate in areas of intense loading and are attributable to fatigue..

Training practices, speed and distances undertaken by Thoroughbred racehorses in Victoria, Australia

A Morrice-West, PL Hitchens, EA Walmsley, MA Stevenson, RC Whitton

Journal article  |  2019  |  EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL

BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal injuries (MSI) in racehorses are commonly due to bone fatigue, a function of the number of cycles (str..

A survey of trainers on the use of swimming and other water-based exercise for thoroughbred racehorses in Australia

C Steel, A Morrice-West

Journal article  |  2019  |  Comparative Exercise Physiology

© 2019 Wageningen Academic Publishers. We aimed to determine the extent of use of water-based exercise and to describe swimming tr..

Meta-analysis of risk factors for racehorse catastrophic musculoskeletal injury in flat racing

PL Hitchens, AV Morrice-West, MA Stevenson, RC Whitton

Journal article  |  2019  |  VETERINARY JOURNAL

Studies of racehorse injury or fatality in various countries have identified common, and in some cases conflicting, risk factors. ..

Survey of trainers on the use of swimming exercise for Standardbred racehorses in Australia

CM Steel, BM Bond, AV Morrice-West

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Veterinary Journal

Objectives To determine swimming training practices in Australian harness racing horses and potential targets for future research...

Track Surfaces Used for Ridden Workouts and Alternatives to Ridden Exercise for Thoroughbred Horses in Race Training

Ashleigh V Morrice-West, Peta L Hitchens, Elizabeth A Walmsley, R Chris Whitton

Journal article  |  2018  |  ANIMALS

Little is known about the types of surfaces used during training of Thoroughbred racehorses or methods of exercise used in additio..

The Equine Neonatal Central Nervous System: Development and Diseases

Brett S Tennent-Brown, Ashleigh V Morrice, Stephen Reed

Journal article  |  2015  |  VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-EQUINE PRACTICE

Neonatal encephalopathy is the most common neurologic condition affecting newborn foals and shares similarities with perinatal asp..