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Why do racehorses have an optimum trip?

Irrespective of where in the world Thoroughbreds are raced, individual horses are usually campaigned over a narrow range of distance and are often categorized as sprinters (5-6f/1000-1200m)), middle distance performers (7-10f/1400-2000m) or stayers …

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Dr Jeremy Naylor (16 July 2009 - Issue Number: 13)

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Digestive Aids - what is available to racehorses?

HORSES in training are susceptible to a number of digestive problems, such as gastric ulcers, colitis and colic. Although less severe, chronic loose droppings, which may be associated with a failure to thrive, are also fairly common. The prevalence …

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Dr Catherine Dunnett (16 July 2009 - Issue Number: 13)

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Training with More Precision - how technology can help train a racehorse

I MAGINE tailoring the workout to the specific fitness level of each horse – instead of “gallop her two miles” you can now order: “after warm up, go first lap in 3:45, second lap in 2:40” – knowing that those paces are EXACTLY what she needs to come…

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Bill Pressey (16 July 2009 - Issue Number: 13)

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Conditions Under Foot - how different surfaces change the movement of a horse's foot

I T’S a Tuesday afternoon in August in Saratoga Springs, New York. They call it “dark” Tuesday because there’s no racing. Most trainers and track workers have gone south to The City for a 36-hour hiatus during America’s premiere boutique race meet. …

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Fran Jurga (16 July 2009 - Issue Number: 13)

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Remembering Jamaica - 50 years after the last race

THERE was a jewel of a racetrack in Jamaica, Queens, once. It’s been fifty years since Jamaica Racetrack ran its final card of racing, but memories linger. “Jamaica was just as nice a place as can be,” Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens said recentl…

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Bill Heller (16 July 2009 ) Issue 13

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The Land of Enchantment - an introduction to New Mexico

Mine That Birds victory in the Kentucky Derby confirmed what many already knew – New Mexico produces top quality horses and horsemen.
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Editorial opinion

voice. This, briefly, is mine: I’m from San Juan, Puerto Rico. There was no logical explanation for why I loved horses but my family indulged me. I had two horses, riding jumpers and Paso Finos, and followed horseracing religiously, even waking up a…

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(16 July 2009 ) Issue 13

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The challenge of transport - the practical considerations for transporting horses

reduction in sperm cell production. Extreme fever for protracted periods can permanently impair male fertility. This is the reason why veterinarians accompany the shuttle stallions to South America and Australia. Prompt detection of “Shipping Fever”…

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Des Leadon (16 July 2009 - Issue Number: 13)

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The land of enchantment - racing in New Mexico

A TRAILER hauling a horse from Sunland Park in New Mexico rolled into Kentucky one day this past spring. If you think you’ve heard this story before, you have. But this wasn’t the gelding Mine That Bird, whose trek from trainer Chip Woolley’s base i…

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Equine Vision - how it works, and how it can affect a horse's career

I N the wild, the horse is a ‘prey’ or ‘flight’ animal and so is designed to have a wide field of vision to see its predators early and outrun them. As a result, the horse has two large eyes each placed on the widest part of its head giving it almos…

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James Tate BVMS MRCVS (16 July 2009 - Issue 13)

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California Thoroughbred Trainers - Issue 13

THE major players in Thoroughbred horse racing have failed you. That includes the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) Commissioners, the racing associations, the fairs, the breeders, and both horsemen’s organizations. Throw the bums out, throw them…

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EQUINE VISION - HOW IT WORKS, AND HOW IT CAN AFFECT A HORSE'S CAREER

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Funding+Integritity=Racing's Future

A FUNDAMENTAL rule of business: a proportion of profits should always be invested in growing areas of the business that will allow it to increase its competitive lead and market share. A fundamental rule of sport: any mainstream sport needs to recru…

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Nicolas Bertran de Balanda - the young French trainer

NICOLAS Bertran de Balandahas a lot to live up to. Hisfather Jehan has been aregular in the top ten of theFrench jumps trainers’ tablefor two decades, topping the list in 1997with 79 wins from 78 individual horses. Hisuncle Gilles recently came to t…

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(European Trainer - issue 25 - Spring 2009)

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Armando Renzoni - 3 decades as a top racehorse trainer

I CAN tell it’s Armando Renzoni walking down the yard from 500 metres off, his trademark trousers always worn slightly above the ankle, cap on head, bomber jacket, and cigar stub. The trainer who has won the Gran Premio Città di Napoli (previously …

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(European Trainer - issue 26 - Summer 2009)

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Watering racecourses - how do clerks of the course decide what is needed?

WE have all heard the old proverb “there are three important factors in horseracing: the ground, the ground and the ground”. Clerks are often criticised for watering too much or not enough. In some cases the critical voices are well founded, in othe…

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(European Trainer - issue 26 - Summer 2009)

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The Long Road to Freedom - transport regulations, and why racehorses should be treated differently

THIS season’s province- dominated first semester of French flat racing, along with an ultra-international Royal Ascot, serves as proof that travel is no obstacle to top-level success. French man-of-the-moment Jean-Claude Rouget sent each of his quar…

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(European Trainer - issue 27 - Summer 2009)

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Czech Racing - how has it changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union?

THE twentieth anniversary of the beginning of a new era in the history of the Czech Republic and Czech racing will be celebrated this November. The Czech nation, and Czech racing with it, entered the new world back in 1989. Sport, which, like everyt…

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(European Trainer - issue 26 - Summer 2009)

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Funding + Integrity = Racing’s Future

A fundamental rule of business: a proportion of profits should always be invested back into the business. A fundamental rule of sport: any mainstream sport needs to recruit and retain a wide fan base if it is to survive.

Niki Sweetnam - (European Trainer - issue 26 - Summer 2009)

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Racing and the Recession - how has the industry been affected?

FOR many the joy of owning a racehorse is a luxury and not a necessity, so when money is tight it’s one of the first things to go. It is a different story for trainers though; this isn’t a hobby which can be put on the back burner until things pick …

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(European Trainer - issue 26 - Summer 2009)