According to a release, a new biotech company, Equinome, is developing genetic tests to optimize decision-making in the breeding and racing of thoroughbred horses

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Equinome was founded earlier this year by Dr. Emmeline Hill, a leading horse genomics researcher in University College Dublin's School of Agriculture, Food Science and Veterinary Medicine, in partnership with Jim Bolger, a leading Irish racehorse trainer.

Equinome, which is scheduled to launch commercially in early 2010, will become the first company to provide genetic tests for performance-associated genes in thoroughbreds.

Further details of Equinome’s first product will be announced to coincide with the company’s official launch.

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(With files from ucd.ie)