Articles : - What do we know about the poor performance horse? - The gastrointestinal tract of performance horses: medical, nutritional and surgical considerations - Sudden poor performance in the equine athlete: could it be the heart ? - Prevalence and clinical management of equine exertional rhabdomyolysis syndrome in different types of sport horses - Monitoring orthopaedic health in competition horses - The horse's foot as a source of poor performance - Could it be the foot ? If yes, what can be done ? - Acquired neurological conditions of performance horses in the 'perievent period' - Specific cases where physiotherapy made an improvement in equine sport - Poor performance: could it be caused by respiratory malfunction ? Abstracts : - Effect of forage: concentrate ratio on acid-base balance and racing performance - Training and competition follow-up in the field in young horses trained for three-day-eventing - Cortisol response of therapeutic riding horses to hippotherapy and horse riding sessions - The influences of overtraining on the hypothalamo-pituitaryadrenocortical axis in Standardbred horses - The effect of overtraining and subsequent detraining on glucose metabolism and peripheral insulin sensitivity in Standardbred horses - Circulating cortisol levels of Arab sport horses before and after gymkana riding events: effects of training state, gender and age - Quantification of negative mental status of a horse during physical activity - Serum cardiac troponin I and echocardiographic behavior of endurance horses in response to prolonged physical exercise - Oxidative stress and exercise induced rhabdomyolysis in standardbred horses - Treating the elite sports horse; can we determine withdrawal times from data available in the literature ? - The influence of exercise and training on plasma acylcarnitine profile of Standardbred horses