About the Authors

Yuji Takahashi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

yuji_takahashi@equinst.go.jp

Affiliation Sports Science Division of Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Toshiyuki Takahashi

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Japan Farriery Association, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Sports Science Division of Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Kazutaka Mukai

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sports Science Division of Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Yusaku Ebisuda

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Sports Science Division of Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Hajime Ohmura

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Racehorse Hospital, Miho Training Center, Inashiki, Ibaraki, Japan

Affiliation Sports Science Division of Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.