The effect of a 4-week equine IHT training was monitored by regular blood tests. The results were amazing:

The horse racing industry is steeped in tradition and folklore dating back a 100 years.

In many instances the lessons learned over time have proven to be the most effective means of training horses - both standard and thoroughbred. However to gain that competitive edge more and more trainers and vets and turning to the lessons learned in human exercise science to apply to athletic horses.

Of late, heart rate monitoring and blood lactate analysis has gained wider spread acceptance within the horse training community.

Until relatively recent times the ability to train horses at "altitude" in the same way as human athletes do (with much scientifically documented research to support the practice) was a largely impossible and impractical method of training the equine athlete.

That was of course until the advent of IHT!

IHT provides a number of immediate and simple strategies that can be applied to the racing and breeding of horses that work, based on independently conducted scientific research reviews, observation, practical experience and the direct extrapolation from the mammalian physiology experience that has been proven in the human model.

These advantages - all of which result from enhanced aerobic metabolism include:

• Enhanced effects on fertility - categorically documented in humans. Since much of the equine physiology is bound by similar principals it would suggest that the same would be applicable to the horse - therefore increased potential to have mares fall pregnant.
• Breathing hypoxic gas increases the density of capillary networks throughout the body and most specifically at areas of high demand. Therefore the placenta and womb lining, which, during pregnancy have high physiological demands placed upon them, gain a better blood supply.
• Not only is the blood supply better, the "quality" of the blood being delivered is better in that it is higher in concentration of red blood cells and as such oxygen so that the developing fetus is better nourished.
• Both of the above two points combine to ensure (i) a lowered chance of loosing the foal midway through a pregnancy and (ii) the health, birth weight and physiological potential, etc. of the foal will be improved.

All of these points have been documented in the human model and references can be reviewed throughout on this website.

Contact us for more information: equine@go2altitude.com