TRM Trainer of the Quarter - Sir Henry Cecil
The TRM Award for Trainer of the Quarter goes to Sir Henry Cecil for his high record of training winners including 25 British Classics and not forgetting Frankel who went on to win all 14 of his starts. Sir Henry Cecil to many is not only a Trainer of the Quarter but a Trainer of a Lifetime.
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THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN - EUROPEAN TRAINER - ISSUE 40
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Author: Emma Berry
Michael Figge - Stepping out into the big time
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THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN - EUROPEAN TRAINER - ISSUE 39
TRM Trainer of the Quarter - Patrick Shanahan
The TRM Trainer of the Quarter goes to Patrick Shanahan who swapped a 33 year career in the saddle for a trainer's license only in March and welcomed his first winner home on the 19th May with Prime Jock and then his first stakes winner with My Special J's on 12th August.
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Author: Lissa Oliver
Heat - how racehorses handle summer temperatures
Although it can be safe to run in the heat, high temperatures combined with high humidity can have profound effects on a thoroughbred’s performance and health.
How would you like to win a $1 - million Grade 1 stakes race and not have a win photo to hang on the wall? The intense heat and humidity the day Big Red Mike won the 151st Queen's Plate at Woodbine Racetrack is why there is no "official win photo" taken by photographer Michael Burns. Trainer Nick Gonzalez, winner of more than 1,000 races, still recalls that day in 2010.
"It was 100 degrees in the shade. We had the Queen and a big crowd. Mike is a very excitable horses, so it was stressful even before the race began" says Gonzalez, who trains primarily out of Woodbine and Fort Eire with his assistant, wife Martha.
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THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN - EUROPEAN TRAINER - ISSUE 38
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Author: Stacey Oke
Life after racing - going for gold in other equine disciplines
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THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN - EUROPEAN TRAINER - ISSUE 38