Energy

The amount of energy available for muscular work is the most important factor in a horse’s performance. Athletic performance requires the efficient utilization of large amounts of energy transformed by metabolic pathways from chemical to kinetic energy for muscle contraction. This kinetic energy is in the form of adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. The muscles are capable of storing limited amounts of ATP for muscle contraction, but all athletic events need a constant flow of this energy source.



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