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A horse’s performance is dependent on a number of factors, including health, nutrition, and environmental temperature. Energy is defined as the capacity to do work. 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...

Jack Hobbs, right, pictured finishing second to Golden Horn in the Dante Stakes at York. Photograph: Hugh Routledge/Rex   Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin racing operation has bought into the partnership which owns Jack Hobbs, the joint third-favourite for the Derby at Epsom next month at odds of 8-1. The colt, whose sire Halling was formerly a leading stallion for the Sheikh’s...