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However, this may be stressful for the horse, therefore, a simple, noninvasive procedure to monitor race progress is desirable. Forty Thoroughbreds attended race training, with blood samples collected at rest, immediately after, and 30 min after exercise. The lactate concentration was determined 60 s after blood collection using an Accusport\u00ae. Thermal imaging of the neck and trunk areas was performed following international veterinary standards from a distance of approximately 2 m from the horse using the same protocol as the blood sampling. The Spearman rank correlation coefficients (\u03c1) between the changes in the blood lactate concentration and surface temperature measures were found for the regions of interest. The highest positive correlation coefficients were found in the musculus trapezius pars thoracica region for the maximal temperature (T Max; \u03c1 = 0.83; p &lt; 0.0001), the minimal temperature (T Min; \u03c1 = 0.83; p &lt; 0.0001), and the average temperature (T Aver; \u03c1 = 0.85; p &lt; 0.0001) 30 min after the exercise. 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