Riding fees and percentages – who gets what across Europe?
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Gary Witheford: the horse educator
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An industry held to ransom by African Horse Sickness
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(European Trainer - issue 36 - Winter 2011)
Do bleeders breed bleeders?
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Racing in Argentina
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(European Trainer - issue 35 - Autumn 2011)
The Whip Debate
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(European Trainer - issue 34 - Summer 2011)
Fair trade betting
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British racing - Looking to the future
/Despite favourable recent debates in the House of Commons, the whole infrastructure of the betting world is in turmoil with the future of the Tote, as always, at the centre of the argument. Racing needs a radical rethink on the way it is funded. Betting exchanges and off-course betting emporia cannot be disinvented but some fairer mechanism for the provision of prize money must be found before owners decamp en masse to France and other jurisdictions.
Racing ills hardly compare with uprisings in Egypt, earthquakes in Haiti or famine in the Sudan. But 2011 promises a year of cutbacks in prize money, horse numbers and owners with the accompanying hardship for those employed in the industry. Already trainer bankruptcies are occupying unhappy column inches in the racing press while premature retirements from a sport which is much loved by its participants are an unwelcome adjunct to the professional lives of those who make their living in this rarified world.
Colin Mackenzie (European Trainer - issue 33 - Spring 2011)
Tackling the Carbon Hoofprint - what racehorse trainers can do
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Yes, there is a possible legal solution to racing’s financial problems
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The 2009 European Trainers’ Federation AGM
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The 2009 AGM was held at The Churchill Hotel in Portman Square, London in December. As always the AGM proved to be a useful forum to discuss issues from across Europe which affect trainers.
Is the Grass Greener? Investigating State Incentive Programs
/When lifelong horsemen Nancy and Harvey Vanier were married in 1960, state racing programs were barely in the discussion phase.The concept of millions of dollars allocated specifically to and for horses bred or raced in a particular state was at least a decade away.The closest thing to an Illinois-bred was Nancy herself.
Caton Bredar (10 July 2008 - Issue Number: 9)
Are racecourses selling their customers?
/The world has gone gambling mad, and perhaps it will hit us harder than most people anticipate in coming years. There is fierce competition out there, for the betting pound, the gambling euro and the wagering dollar. Therefore, this is not a good time for horseracing to lose its share of the gambling pot.
Geir Stabell (European Trainer - issue 22 - Summer 2008)
Read MoreEco-trainers - turning a profit from manure
/Chantilly trainers have gone green and are soon to be the envy of their contemporaries around the world with a ground-breaking manure-disposal project. The 10-million euro project is at the cutting edge of technology and consists of using a process of methanisation to convert the waste into electricity which will then be sold to the EDF (French Electricity Board), and into heat which will be used locally.
Katherine Ford (European Trainer - issue 21 - Spring 2008)
Read MoreGlobal Superbet - Can it take horseracing to a bigger stage?
/Twenty-five years ago John R. Gaines in Kentucky came up with an idea, the Breeders’ Cup series. Gaines felt that Thoroughbred racing needed a high profile day, which would make it possible for the sport to compete with NFL, NHL and NBA in the media picture. Everyone involved in racing agreed.
Geir Stabell (European Trainer - issue 20 - Winter 2007)
Read MoreWho is Controlling Racing's TV Signals?
/For all the differences between the horseracing and betting landscapes in Britain and North America - size, history, administration and race and bet types, - one similarity of principle has emerged over the last five years. The live televised racing scene has crystallised into two entities, and the impact on both the foundation and prosperity of the sport and the availability of its betting facilities has been thrown into the blender.
Howard Wright (01 October 2007 - Issue Number: 5 )
Read MoreShould sales catalogues include information on medication?
/Not too long ago, I saw a TV interview with Terje Haakonssen, three times World Champion snowboard rider. When talking about his lifestyle, and that of the general public, he made an interesting point "Look carefully at what you eat, take it seriously" he said, "People don't. You know, a man is ever so careful about what quality of petrol and oil he gets for his new car. But when he has filled it up with the best he can find, the most expensive, he buys a full fat cheese burger and a large coke for himself."
Geir Stabell (01 October 2007 - Issue Number: 5)
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