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TRM Trainer of the Quarter - Michael Figge

The TRM Trainer of the Quarter Award goes to Michael Figge who started off in racing by being a successful amateur jockey, winning 31 races, he was once leading amateur in Germany and also Fegentri vice-champion. He then followed in his fathers footsteps by because a trainer in 2006 and saddled the Italian Derby winner in 2012.

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THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN - EUROPEAN TRAINER - ISSUE 38

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Author: David Conolly-Smith

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The new headgear - The Fixator

IT has become part of accepted practice that most professional athletes have a team of experts around them, their aim is to identify whether small, incremental changes in one or more elements can produce an exponentialenhancement to the overall comp…

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THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN - EUROPEAN TRAINER - ISSUE 37

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Dermot Weld

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(European Trainer - issue 37 - Spring 2012)

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Resurgent Libya

When we in the West hear of racing in such countries as Libya we automaticallythink that it must revolve around non- thoroughbreds and poor purses for scant reward, all of which must surely have ground to a halt following the uprising and overturn o…

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(European Trainer - issue 37 - Spring 2012)

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Robert and Rodolphe Collet

COLLET senior was registering his first victory at the meeting since Last Tycoon’s win in the 1986 Kings Stand Stakes. For Collet junior,it was further indication that he is following fast in the footsteps of one of France’s most prominent trainers“…

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(European Trainer - issue 37 - Spring 2012)

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Oliver's travels

I TOUCHED down in Dallas at 7.30am on an ancient American Airlines jet from Louisville, Kentucky. Most of the in-flight staff must have been on the maiden voyage! We’d just been treated tosome of the best racing in the world over the two days of the…

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Oliver Cole (European Trainer - issue 37 - Spring 2012)

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Calming influence - the effects of diet on behaviour

THERE is an enormous amount written about the link between feeding and behaviour, and the ‘calming supplement’ market is sizeable. However, there is infact very little direct research in horses that investigates how diet impacts on behaviour if at a…

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Foal Surgeries - are they really needed?

THE two main most common limb deformities on the front legs that are treated are known as valgus and varus. A foal that has valgus conformation in his frontimbs is when the legs move away from the midline between the foals shoulders. This can often …

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Thermography

TODAY we have many sensitive and specific tools that are used by veterinary surgeons to diagnose the cause of lameness. These include radiography, scintigraphy, ultrasound and MRI. These however not all suitable for regular routine monitoring.Ultras…

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Have horse, will travel

Habitual traveller across the Irish Sea is trainer Tony Martin, whose horses are as well known to the British racing public as theyare in their native County Meath. “Years ago I started going over to the UK with runners because they’d have a three-m…

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(European Trainer - issue 36 - Winter 2011)

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Gary Witheford: the horse educator

The old term of ‘breaking in’ really no longer applies, as Witheford ‘starts’ these young horses by actually giving them the best possible start in life. It may only take three days, but they leave him fully equipped for their date with destiny, the…

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(European Trainer - issue 36 - Winter 2011)

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The biomechanics of suspension

research on the gait of a galloping horse spans several decades. As early as 1959 Milton Hildebrand wrote, “Motions of the running cheetah and horse,” a study actuallyinspired by a Walt Disney film, “African Lion”. The study compares the running sty…

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(European Trainer - issue 36 - Winter 2011)

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Lucy Wadham: a trainer with a dual purpose

with a band of around 25 horses, this is a yard that regularly punches aboveits weight and has been responsible for the Grade 1-winning hurdler United, along with talented individuals such as El Dancer and last season’s Imperial Cup winner Alarazi.“…

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(European Trainer - issue 36 - Winter 2011)

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Jean-Paul Gallorini: the true master in the art of success

At the end of last year, Gallorini announced that he would be scaling down his training operation, however the 68-year- old has no plans to retire yet. His Maisons- Laffitte base is currently home to the same number of horses.Born into a family that…

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(European Trainer - issue 36 - Winter 2011)

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An industry held to ransom by African Horse Sickness

n 1997, shortly after Hong Kong had agreed to follow Europe’s example by allowing direct imports from South Africa, Alec Laird travelled to Sha Tin Racecourse with his South African-bred LondonThe burgeoning South African thoroughbred industry is cu…

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(European Trainer - issue 36 - Winter 2011)

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Fit and not fat - Is body condition important to racing performance?

Performance is linked to lean body mass For a horse to become overweight, there has to be a period of time where its energy consumption (calories in) is greater than their energy expenditure (calories used), which is simply a function of what is fed…

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(European Trainer - issue 36 - Winter 2011)

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TRM Trainer of the Quarter - Ed Dunlop

The TRM Trainer of the Quarter goes to Ed Dunlop after the Classic winning trainer has been tested this season but his harrowing year finally came right when his champion filly Snow Fairy retained her title in Japan's Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (Gr 1) on 13th November.

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Equine Science Society review

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Using the magic of stem cells to treat equine injuries

What if you had a magic elixir that could cure any bowed tendon orstop a simple chip in the knee from developing into full-blown arthritis? What if you knew that this elixir could quickly and easily be extracted from the injured horse, then injected…

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EMLD - benefits of EMLD therapy

EMLD is proving to be effective in the treatment of lymphatic insufficiency as well as improving recuperation times after injury or periods of highexertion. Here we will examine the role of the equine lymphatic system, how it differs from that of th…

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