Tibial Stress Fractures – More Common Than You Think

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Tibial Stress Fractures – More Common Than You Think

AFTER winning the Group Two Royal Lodge and coming second in the Group One Racing Post Trophy as a two-year-old, hopes were high that Jukebox Jury would top the charts as a three-year-old. However, he was found to be lame behind after a routine cant…

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To Boot or Not to Boot, is that the Question?

AN aversion to using boots in the past few decades probably stems from some research on the temperature of tendons carried out at Bristol University in the early 1990s which showed high temperatures inside tendons of galloping horses.This was follow…

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Joanna Morgan - hard-working racehorse trainer with her own style

THE fact that I managed to pay my visit on a bitterly cold and miserably wet day (not difficult in Ireland) did nothing to alter that opinion and Raise Your Heart, recently returned from the far different climes of Dubai and living out day and night…

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(European Trainer - issue 30 - Summer 2010)

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The English Voice of the Kentucky Derby - Mark Johnson

WITH his arrival “the voice of the Kentucky Derby” was given an English accent, while Trevor Denman’s South African tone is part of the Breeders’ Cup. These are changing times in horseracing, right from the track surfaces up to the caller’s booth at…

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(European Trainer - issue 30 - Summer 2010)

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The Advance of Turkish Horse Racing

CONTINUING an equine sporting tradition that began with the Romans’ chariot races and which the Republic of Turkey’sfounder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, proclaimed in the early 20th century “a social need for modern societies”, Turkish racing is taking a…

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(European Trainer - issue 30 - Summer 2010)

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Employing stable staff from outside the EU

FINDING and keeping good staff is a feat in itself and a challenge for any industry. Attitudes have changed and racing especially has been hit; it is no longer appealing for the ‘youth of today’ to devote themselves to the care of an animal. Working…

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Tackling the Carbon Hoofprint - what racehorse trainers can do

TRAINERS are judged by their horses’ performance on the track, so training regimes, feeding, facilities, and management are all honed to give every animal its best chance of success. While the sciences of physiology, nutrition, and psychology are al…

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(European Trainer - issue 30 - Summer 2010)

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Yes, there is a possible legal solution to racing’s financial problems

Horseracing costs moneyFunding is, by far, the most important issue for racing in the long run. Insufficient funding affects sales, number of horses in training, training fees, wages for staff, employment, maintenance of the tracks, and, in the end,…

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Mycotoxins – Health Issue for Racehorses or Simply Hype?

INTERESTINGLY, increased mycotoxins through their skin. Exposure to awareness has coincided with the mycotoxins has been shown to contribute emergence of a range of products to to disease and even death in some instances help address the issue, in t…

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(European Trainer - issue 30 - Summer 2010)