PoC proposal: Development of a horse racing saddle utilising a dynamic load distribution system to reduce pressure under the saddle, improving performance and reducing injury.

PoC提案：开发赛马鞍座，利用动态负载分配系统来减少鞍座下方的压力，提高性能并减少伤害。

• 批准号: 710709
• 金额: $ 10.44万
• 依托单位: ERGON EQUINE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: GRD Proof of Concept
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2015 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=710709
• 关键词: PoC; proposal; Development; horse; racing

Racing is a hugely popular sport globally. It is the second most watched sport in Britain,beaten only by football.The health and welfare of racehorses is a topic of much public interest. Currently, racehorsesare subject to high rates of injury during training and racing. The back is a common area ofinjury, with recent veterinary research showing that over 80% of competitive racehorseseuthanased for reasons other than back pain had serious injuries within the back. Racingsaddles are one likely contributor to this damage.Racing saddles have been shown in recent studies to regularly exceed the pressures that areknown to cause pain and damage to the equine back. Ergon Equine have completed feasibilitytesting on an innovative saddle structure, which reduces the average pressure under saddle by27% when compared with a traditional saddle. Using a state of the art wireless pressuremeasuring device, the researchers were able to assess pressure at trot and canter, and couldalso assess the performance of the innovative saddle compared to a traditional saddle whilethe horse and rider were moving in a circle.This SMART Proof of Concept award will allow the company to take the technology andinformationdeveloped during the SMART:Scotland feasibility project and apply it to the development ofa proof of concept prototype designed for the horseracing market. The availability of a lowpressurehorse racing saddle offers welfare advantages to the horse, and performance andcommercial benefits to the owners and trainers. The technology is also being adapted for usein general purpose, jumping and dressage saddles.

赛车是一项在全球范围内广受欢迎的运动。它是英国第二大最受关注的运动，仅次于足球。赛马的健康和福利是一个公众感兴趣的话题。目前，赛马在训练和比赛中的伤害率很高。背部是常见的陪审团区域，最近的兽医研究表明，超过80%的竞技赛马因背部疼痛以外的原因而被安乐死，背部严重受伤。赛马鞍子可能是造成这种损伤的原因之一。最近的研究表明，赛马鞍子的压力经常超过已知的对马背造成疼痛和损伤的压力。Ergon Equine已经完成了一种创新的鞍座结构的可行性测试，与传统的鞍座结构相比，这种结构将鞍座下的平均压力降低了27%。使用最先进的无线压力测量设备，研究人员能够评估小跑和慢跑时的压力，还可以评估在马匹和骑手绕圈移动时与传统鞍座相比的创新鞍座的性能。这个智能概念验证奖将使该公司能够利用在SMART：苏格兰可行性项目期间开发的技术和信息，并将其应用于为赛马市场设计的概念验证原型的开发。低压赛马鞍座的提供为马匹提供了福利优势，并为马主和驯马师提供了性能和商业利益。这项技术还被用于一般用途、跳跃和盛装舞步马鞍座。