Racehorses Are Getting Faster, Study Says

A study at the University of Exeter of 616,084 race times run by more than 70,000 horses shows that winning speeds have increased greatly since 1850. Dr Patrick Sharman, from the university's Centre for Ecology and Conservation, said: "There has been a general consensus over the last 30 years that horse speeds appeared to be stagnating. Speaking at Beverley Racecourse, he said: "The main focus of breeding tends to be more on speed than endurance, so you'd expect to see the greatest improvement there.

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