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It’s All About the Data: How Digital Tools Factor into a Trainer’s Work
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Growth spurts in young horses
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Does Jockey Gender Make a Difference?
Fall Yearling sale
From Sales Ring to Racetrack - Different opinions on bringing on the young racehorse
a racehorse misbehaving
Horses with attitude - The concept of behavioural conditioning in racehorses
Racehorse core conditioning
Building a stronger racehorse with dynamic mobilization exercises
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Reducing the pressure points - Scientists discover performance benefits of relieving five key pressure points under tack
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Scientific research quantifies the impact different pads have on the horse's performance
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Managing Stable Vices - Are they vices or a product of their environment?
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On the bridle - Scientific research uncovers the performance advantages of reducing bridle pressure - which type of bridle works best for which type of horse
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The benefit of using ‘yearling rollers - Dr. Russell Mackechnie-Guire asks if a roller is a harmless piece of equipment? -scientists discover performance inhibiting spinal pressure under roller
31 October 2009: Horses running in the first race round the bend in front of the grandstands at Keeneland. Keeneland's fall festival came to an undramatic end with overcast skies and low crowd numbers.
Handedness - can we train a completely symmetrical horse?
Brad Cox, and assistant Tessa, at Keeneland 6.25.18.
Hoof Conditioning - impact of different types of surfaces
Scenes from around the track during Shoemaker Mile Stakes and Triple Bend Handicap Day on July 02, 2011 at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. (Bob Mayberger/Eclipse Sportswire)
Factors for racing ability and sustainability
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Fast or Slow - examining different training methods
August 17, 2014: Barn in the backstretch barns at Saratoga Racetrack. Sue Kawczynski/ESW/CSM
The importance of stable ventilation
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Modern saddle design - how technology can quantify the impact saddles have on performance
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State Of The Art is coming to China
Should all racehorses have a mandatory layoff?
Should all racehorses have a mandatory layoff?
October 28, 2018 : Scenes from the backside during morning workouts of Breeders' Cup Week at Churchill Downs on October 28, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky. at Churchill Downs on October 27, 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky. Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/
Personal preference - training from horseback or the ground
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Ride & Guide - our guide to what horses can run in
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Standing in the wings - Assistant Trainers
Willy Beamin, with Alan Garcia in the irons, wins the Foxwoods Kings Bishop Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on Travers Stakes Day in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 25, 2012.
Voodoo Song wins many races
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Training yearlings: Schools of thought around the world
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Isn't Training Thoroughbreds Hard Enough? - Overcoming Adversity
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The morning riders who make the afternoon horses
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No foot, no horse
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Don't forget the jockey
Training decisions that made a difference
Training decisions that made a difference
Groom Training - on the job training for stable staff
The absolute Iisurer rule revisited
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Raceday routines - the benefit of a regular schedule for horses on raceday
Cross training - what thoroughbred trainers can learn from their standardbred and quarter horse counterparts
First Time Starters
First Time Starters
Stress Fractures - Are they linked to track surfaces?
Stress Fractures - Are they linked to track surfaces?
Work Riders
Work Riders
The Cobalt Conundrum
The Cobalt Conundrum
Let there be light - How the sun’s light affects racehorse performance and safety
Let there be light - How the sun’s light affects racehorse performance and safety
The effects of morning exercise on muscle response
The effects of morning exercise on muscle response
Do horses sense fear?
Do horses sense fear?
Classic Mile - a thriving training facility
Nosebands
Breaking the silence: The impact of sound and hearing
When they were young
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Flying high - Training horses at altitude
Heat - How racehorses handle summer temperatures
Trainers statistics - The benchmark of greatness
Early starts can mean longer careers
How to turn a claiming horse into a Grade 1 winner
Setting standards with the Safety & Integrity Alliance
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The Whip Debate
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Do mares improve when racing in foal?
Overtraining the thoroughbred racehorse
Overtraining the thoroughbred racehorse
Mike Puype
Hard work ethic gives Mike Puype his reward
Vibration therapy
Vibration therapy, whereby the horse’s whole body receives massaging vibrations
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Keeping it in the family - can a horse's family traits be used to a trainer's advantage?
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From Synthetic prep race to the Kentucky Derby dirt
Derby Starters - where do they go from there?
Resistance Training - can it be applied to racehorses?
Breaking In - laying the groundwork with the racehorses of the future
Long Layoffs - training a horse to win after months of not running
Jockey School - we spend a day at the North American Racing Academy