Dr. Tula, DVM
cecilia@larctest.com
Cecilia Tula, Veterinarian and Exercise Physiology Specialist
Cecilia has been a professor in the Physiology area at the Veterinary School of Buenos Aires University for 14 years, working on scientific research. her passion was exercise physiology, and that's why she worked with training centers and trainers for every major discipline, starting with racing, polo, harness, jumping, barrel, and endurance.
The journey to find a better way to condition horses originally began with Cecilia’s desire to train horses. With her background in sports medicine, Cecilia was familiar with the concepts of training load, frequency, aerobic workout, anaerobic workout, injuries, rehabilitation, and the problems caused from under-developed conditioning programs.
In 2009, Cecilia started testing horses and began to question and challenge conventional clinical measures. During this time, she began to incorporate other factors such as blood analysis, endoscopy, and ventigraphy into performance data.
“I knew the key part of conditioning a horse was to listen to what he is saying. The horse talks to us through his heart, muscles, and lungs. We just needed a way to translate it.”
Cecilia set out to work with trainers out in the field to help them understand even more about their horses and give them information to make decisions based on scientific data. After more than 350 clinical trials in high-performance horses, the LARC TEST was created.
In addition to working as a veterinarian, Cecilia worked in three major multinational laboratories such as Pfizer (now Zoetis), Merck, and Boehringer Ingelheim specializing in the veterinary industry. She has also spent time working for a sport horse nutrition company in Argentina.
Under Cecilia’s leadership, the LARC TEST has been selected by 500 Startups (investment found and acceleration program) as one of the innovative businesses worth watching.
“I set out to do something that gave the horse a voice. I wanted to know more and to ask him - how are you? - or - was that too much for you? I wanted to ask the horse questions and have them tell me how he was feeling.”
Helping Horses Come Back Stronger
Custom Rehab & Conditioning Programs by Dr. Tula
In addition to her work with LARC TEST, Dr. Tula offers a personalized Rehab Program tailored to each horse recovering from injury and returning to performance after veterinary clearance. Each plan is carefully designed to support safe, progressive rebuilding based on the horse’s unique needs.
She also offers an Equine Conditioning Course for those looking to deepen their understanding of structured training and long-term performance development.
To learn more or enroll, visit her personal website https://www.drtula.com/ or contact her directly at cecilia@larctest.com