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Last year British racing became the first jurisdiction to use equine heart monitors during a race. Working with closely with @FOBRacing and team and with funding from @RacingGrants, these equine 'Fit-bits' track a horse's cardiac rhythm and activity. 🔗 Read more about how the pilot is supporting ongoing efforts to improve safety & reduce risk: britishhorseracing.com/weara…

🗣️ "Testing wearable devices on the racecourse offers another vital insight into a horse's heart rhythm & activity - and therefore their health & performance" Read more in @trainer_mag about how British racing is using @Arioneo_off & @EquimetricsX equine 'FitBits' to help improve safety & reduce risk ⤵️ issuu.com/anderson-co/docs/e…

Heart monitors for horses: harnessing tech to improve equine safety 🏇 In 2025, Britain became the first horseracing nation to pilot the use of in-race heart monitors for racehorses. These ‘equine Fitbits’ use the latest technology to track a horse’s heart rhythm and activity, providing an insight into their health and performance. By collecting and analysing the data, British racing can better identify and screen those horses at greater risk of experiencing cardiac issues – part of wider efforts to continually improve safety and reduce risk. Writing for the latest edition of @trainer_mag, BHA vet Sally Taylor & @RossdalesVets Celia Marr reflect on the first year of the pilot, its initial research findings & expanding this important work in 2026. 🔗 Read more: issuu.com/anderson-co/docs/e…

The BHA is proud to be represented this week in Hong Kong at the @HKJC_Racing Equine Welfare Research Foundation conference 2025. This global gathering of racing officials, participants, vets & researchers focuses on how we apply rigorous scientific research to the care of the Thoroughbred. Dr Sally Taylor & Dr Amy Hawthorn from the BHA's equine regulation, safety and welfare team are presenting some of the vital work that British racing is leading to promote the care & wellbeing of our horses. This includes a pilot study into the use of heart monitors to help us better understand a horse's cardiac activity on the racecourse, and research into how we can continually work to reduce the risk of tendon injuries. Our thanks to our research partners @MaxKendrick, @FOBRacing, @SurreyVet & @RossdalesVets - and for the ongoing support for these projects from @WelfareBoard & @RacingGrants. 🔗britishhorseracing.com/heart… 🔗 hkjcewrfconference2025.com/ #BHAexpanded

ℹ️ Did you spot this @Ascot or @WindsorRaces over the weekend? 🤔 Manothepeople, Stoner’s Choice (@FOBRacing) and Gidleigh Park (@HarryFryRacing1) became the latest horses to wear heart monitors on the racecourse as part of a BHA-backed pilot. Wearable devices have been used in yards and on the gallops for some time. But now we’re testing their use under race conditions. Why? Because these 'equine fitbits' can track a horse’s heart activity and rhythm, giving us an insight into their health and performance. This is valuable data that is supporting vital scientific research @UniOfSurrey into the cardiac activity of horses and how we may be able to identify those at greater risk of experiencing heart issues. The early signs from the pilot are encouraging. We have established that the technology is safe and practical to use on the racecourse, and that we can gather accurate electrocardiogram readings under race conditions. What started in May 2025 as a 10-race pilot has now been expanded to include more horses at more fixtures, with refinements to the kit and raceday processes. The devices sit neatly in the saddle cloth and underneath the girth strap, so may only be visible in the pre-parade ring or unsaddling areas – you’d have to have been eagle-eyed to notice it 👀 The plan is to roll it out further in the months ahead so that the technology is used more widely 🏇 In the meantime, read more about the background to the pilot: britishhorseracing.com/its-e… #BHAexpanded 📸 Abbie Kyte / @focusonracing

💬“We recognise the potential this technology offers” A new BHA pilot will see horses wearing heart monitors while racing - part of ongoing work to improve safety & reduce risk. 🔗 Find out more: britishhorseracing.com/its-e…

Working with @MaxKendrick & @FOBRacing, the pilot kicked off @plumptonraces, with Ted’s Friend wearing an @Arioneo_off Equimetre. Already used by trainers on the gallops, the device tracks heart activity, stride length & speed. 🔗Full details: britishhorseracing.com/its-e…