Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LVIII
Written by Anca ROMAN-POPOVICI, Dan SUMOVSCHI, Ioan GÎLCĂ
The study of the average performance regarding the results in national competitions for the horses from the Romanian Sport Breed (RSB) is particularly important. Thus, by studying the averages nationally competitive results we can form an idea about the performance level in dressage for this population. The objective of this study was to analyze the differences between the horses from RSB regarding competition level, sex and origin, and to investigate the impact of these factors on the average competition results for the last 3 years. For this research we examine all the horses legitimated FER from RSB participants in national dressage tests, divided in 2 groups for origin variable and 3 groups for competition level and sex variables. Data were manipulated and analyzed using SPSS Version 21 for Windows (IBM, USA). The results of the statistical analyze show that for the sex variable in case of the RSB legitimated FER from national state studs evaluated as being significantly different (p<0.001) for variable competition results at FE level in 2012, (p<0.01) for variables competition results at BA level in 2012 and competition results in 2012, (p<0.05) for variable competition results. Also, the results show that from the distribution of RSB legitimated FER participants in national dressage tests, 62.5% participate at FE level (the lower difficulty level) and only 12.5% at BA level (the highest difficulty level). Must be noted that the last year in which the RSB horses participated at BA level was 2012, and from 2012 to 2014 the number of RSB horses participants in national dressage tests been halved. In conclusion we can say that the present research work demonstrate that the role of RSB horses in dressage is abruptly decreasing and the only levels in which this horses are still present are the lower difficulty levels.
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