Diagnostic imaging in yearlings - Predicting future soundness
The quest to own or train the perfect racehorse can have many starting points. For many people the search for the Holy Grail begins at the yearling sales, where horsemen from around the globe inspect and agonize over young horseflesh, dreaming and hoping of attaining that future champion.
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THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN - (North American Trainer - issue 31 - February 2014) (European Trainer - issue 45 - Spring 2014)
Relative Values - Edward and Eoin Harty
When he was 17 years old and in the breeding program at Irish National Stud in County Kildare, Eoin (pronounced “Owen”) Harty, a fifth-generation horseman, couldn’t wait for the arrival of racing magazines from America.
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THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN - (North American Trainer - issue 31 - February 2014) (European Trainer - issue 45 - Spring 2014)
Equine Products UK - Trainer on the Up - Alan McCabe
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The TRM Trainer of the Quarter - Criquette Head-Maarek
Photograph by Anne-Armelle Langlois
The TRM Trainer of the Quarter prize goes to Criquette Head-Maarek. Criquette and her team win a selection of products by TRM plus a bottle of Irish whiskey.
Kraft Horse Walkers
Now you too can have your horses working daily in water thanks to the new innovative water walker from Kraft, makers of the famed oval walkers. Horses can work in water as low as one inch (30cms) up to a height of 3’3” (100cms). Once up to maximum height the water supports the horse which is invaluable in the case of injury taking up to 60% weight off their legs while giving a good cardio-vascular work-out. Sea water or tap water can be used.
Kraft Horse Walkers use the best of German technology both in the moving parts, the filtration and the attractive wooden fencing.
The oval walker is now much sought after, now that research shows that giving a horse time both on the straight and on the bend is best for joints. Horses are not designed to be continually on the curve.
The whole of the oval water walker is designed to make it as enjoyable for the horse as possible; the entry ramp is coated with slip-resistant rubber, there is good space for the horse to walk in around the oval, each slot is 7’2” (2.2m wide) giving the horse room to splash if it wishes.
The oval walker is perfect for rehabilitation, training, muscle toning and conditioning as well as for their general well-being.
Brian Ellison, trainer of Top Notch Tonto second in the group 1 QEII at Champion’s Day at Ascot is the latest to be installing an oval water walker. He will be putting in an 8m x 16m oval walker.
There are many combinations possible with the Kraft oval walker: the water level can be adjusted, the speed precisely set, the water temperature selected and either salt of tap water may be used. The whole system is programmable making it very user-friendly.
WHO?? One trainer says “ The horses enjoy entering the pool and appear very relaxed both during and after their exercise.”
Kraft offer the complete product so all you have to do is lay the concrete foundations with the moulds provided and Kraft do the rest.
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Published European Trainer Issue 44 Winter 2013
Harmony in the Stable
According to research “up to 93% of horses in training have ulcers which develop within a week of the horse going into training – brought on by a number of factors including the nutritional management of the horse in training”. A 28-day course of treatment for ulcers can cost over €1,000 but ulcers can be managed more naturally. Horses are designed to trickle-feed, grazing for up to 18 hours per day when at grass. When they are put into training, their routine changes to one of intermittent feeding and reduced forage.
There is an abundance of research to show that hay is a key component in the successful management of ulcers and recent research has shown that a small amount of hay given before exercise is also beneficial to the horse as a means of helping to reduce ulcers as it helps to buffer the acid in the stomach.
The Equus Live 2013 Innovation award winner Harmony Equine Feeder, the brainchild of veterinary physiotherapist Michelle O’Connor, is a truly revolutionary way of feeding hay that minimises waste, and mimics natural grazing patterns providing constant access to hay.
With testimonials from leading trainers and also the Army equitation school, the feeder was in trials in a number of yards in the lead up to the launch at Equus Live. The result today is a feeder that allows the horse to eat naturally at ground level, that controls how much the horse can eat (by a variable size rubber mesh) thereby mimicking the natural grazing pattern of ‘little and often’, that only needs to be filled once daily and that can be removed easily from the stable for cleaning and filling. Dust/fines fall through a hole in the bottom plate thus preventing inhalation of dust into the nostrils.
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Published European Trainer Issue 44 Winter 2013
Succulents and treats
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Peter Fahey - the Irish racehorse trainer to watch
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