Abstract
In the thesis it is assumed that HRV parameters are sufficiently sensitive determinants in assessing the efficiency of the body during an effort with slightly varying intensity. The aim of the thesis was to assess the possibilities of using the HRV parameters in appraising the degree of race horses' effort specified on the basis of the pace of the training gallop. 15 stallions and mares of Arabian Horses and Thoroughbred breeds were examined. The proper effort (canter or gallop) was grouped according to the pace of movement and the valid racing nomenclature. In each kind of effort the six parameters describing horses' heart rate variability (HRV) were examined. It was concluded that the HRV parameters can be used in the assessment of the degree of the effort of race horses. It is best to conduct such assessment on the basis of the analysis of the parameters describing the activity of the autonomous system. Race mares are characterised by an increased activity of the sympathetic part of this system, which means that preparations to take part in races in their case cause a much greater generation of stress than in the case of stallions. The training of mares should be therefore fundamentally different from the training of stallions.
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