Equimetre can give indications on locomotion: it automatically detects the horse’s gait, stride length, and stride frequency throughout the training.
The Equimetre has a movement sensor which allows to measure the horse’s movements in all directions.
Gait detection
On the training map, the track is indicated in green for walking, orange for trotting, red for canter.
Analysis of acceleration strategy
Stride length and stride frequency curves should be analyzed together with the speed curve as they help to determine the horse’s acceleration strategy. The average data on the fastest interval present in the split times table gives a good idea of the stride length/stride frequency pair for each horse.
Help with distance choices
The Stride length/Stride frequency couple provides an objective help in the choice of distance for race entries since it gives information on the horse’s acceleration strategy. In theory, a large stride length will rather benefit the horse over long distances. On the contrary a high stride frequency will rather be an asset for sprinting as it will allow the horse to reach its maximum speed quickly. But it will be more difficult to hold over the distance.
Points of reference
To learn more about the locomotion analysis
Dive into our specialized White Book : Understand your Racehorses' acceleration strategy
Download our data sheet here