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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of racing performance traits for trotters born between 1994 and 2008 that entered races between 1996 and 2011

From: Does heterozygosity at the DMRT3 gene make French trotters better racers?

 

Number of horses

Mean

Standard deviation

Trait 1

2 y 3

3 y 3

4 y 3

5-10 y 3

2 y 3

3 y 3

4 y 3

5-10 y 3

2 y 3

3 y 3

4 y 3

5-10 y 3

Harness races

           

S

9994

51732

50668

32151

2.87

6.66

9.22

24.46

2.17

4.36

5.62

24.40

F

9994

51732

50668

32151

69%

68%

68%

73%

36%

29%

28%

25%

E, €

9994

51732

50668

32151

4117

7505

9843

29240

9990

17449

17592

67546

LnE-H2

7225

42659

40811

26149

6.81

6.74

6.68

6.49

1.26

1.23

1.26

1.27

Racing under saddle

          

S

218

13108

18709

18944

1.1

3.16

3.57

7.44

0.30

2.84

3.36

10.37

F

218

13108

18709

18944

63%

57%

58%

62%

47%

39%

39%

35%

E, €

218

13108

18709

18944

1103

6175

5888

13380

1882

20931

18909

45937

LnE-H2

119

7779

10665

11725

6.83

7.08

6.92

6.71

1.32

1.40

1.42

1.43

  1. 1Trait abbreviations: S = number of starts, F = proportion of finished races, E, € = earnings, LnE-H = Log(E/(FS)) logarithm of earnings per finished race for harness racing; 2for horses with earnings; 3y = age in years.