Ground reaction forces of overground galloping in ridden Thoroughbred racehorses (2019)
Journal Article
Self Davies, Z. T., Spence, A. J., & Wilson, A. M. (2019). Ground reaction forces of overground galloping in ridden Thoroughbred racehorses. Journal of Experimental Biology, https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.204107

The horse has evolved to gallop economically at high speed. Limb force increases with speed but direct measures of limb ground reaction forces (GRFs) at gallop are sparse. This study reports GRFs for multiple limbs, using force plates, across seven T... Read More about Ground reaction forces of overground galloping in ridden Thoroughbred racehorses.

Work minimization accounts for footfall phasing in slow quadrupedal gaits (2017)
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Usherwood, J. R., & Self Davies, Z. T. (2017). Work minimization accounts for footfall phasing in slow quadrupedal gaits. eLife, 6, e29495. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29495.001

Quadrupeds, like most bipeds, tend to walk with an even left/right footfall timing. However, the phasing between hind and forelimbs shows considerable variation. Here, we account for this variation by modeling and explaining the influence of hind-for... Read More about Work minimization accounts for footfall phasing in slow quadrupedal gaits.

DOES RUNNING DOWNHILL AFFECT MAXIMUM SPEED?
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Self, Z. T., Spence, A. J., Bowtell, M. V., & Wilson, A. M. DOES RUNNING DOWNHILL AFFECT MAXIMUM SPEED?. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.04.233

Speed and incline during Thoroughbred horse racing: racehorse speed supports a metabolic power constraint to incline running but not to decline running
Journal Article
Self, Z. T., Spence, A. J., & Wilson, A. M. Speed and incline during Thoroughbred horse racing: racehorse speed supports a metabolic power constraint to incline running but not to decline running. Journal of Applied Physiology, 113(4), 602-607. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00560.2011

JUMP RACING: DO HORSES SLOW DOWN DUE TO A FORCE LIMIT?
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Self, Z. T., Spence, A. J., & Wilson, A. M. JUMP RACING: DO HORSES SLOW DOWN DUE TO A FORCE LIMIT?. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 52, E157-E157