Contents

• Kevin Prendergast

  Lissa Oliver meets the octogenarian trainer riding high with leading 3yo Madhmoon.

• Equine pain management

  How we can recognise and manage pain in horses by Prof. Celia Marr.

• An introduction to the functional aspects of conformation

  The first in a series of articles by Judy Wardrope which set out different ways to examine how a horse’s conformation affects their running style.

• Good Going

  Are ground descriptions accurate across Europe? Lissa Oliver investigates.

• Advances in imaging of the equine athletic heart

  Francesca Worsman examines how veterinary surgeons can now examine the equine heart and learns about the benefits that the new opportunities present.

• How has horses feed changed?

  Catherine Rudenko looks at thoroughbred nutrition past and present.

• Post-race collapse

  Dr. David Marlin examines the tell tell signs and ways to prevent horses collapsing post race .

• News from the EMHF

  Dr. Paull Khan reports from this years EMHF general assembly in Oslo .

• Trainer welfare

  Lissa Oliver finds out what trainers can do when ‘trolls’ target trainers on social media sites and ask trainers how they deal with it.

• Technical Focus

  Alysen Miller discovers a number of ways technology is advancing training regimes across Europe.

  Hindsight

• Andreas Löwe in conversation with Peter Muhlfeit about his career journey.