Wesley Ward Trainer Profile

Wesley Ward Trainer Profile

    Trainer Wesley Ward didn’t invent “thinking outside the box,” but he sure is living it—joyfully and successfully: racing fillies vs. colts in graded stakes, running an America-maiden claiming winner in a stakes race at Ascot, giving a 10-pound apprentice his first mount at prestigious Saratoga, and skipping the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita to watch his son in a cross country meet a couple thousand miles away in Florida.

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Jimmy 'The Hat' Allard

Jimmy 'The Hat' Allard

A self-proclaimed “professional horse player,” Allard is at once dogmatic, enigmatic, pragmatic, and, when it comes to playing the Pick 6, pretty much automatic. Even though he turns 61 on April 26, 2015, pose any question, and Allard’s curious and expansive mind zeroes in on total and accurate recall. Like Jeopardy’s Alex Trebek behind the podium, he’s got all the right answers before the buzzer sounds.

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Alan Balch - Why is it?

Alan Balch - Why is it?

Does advertising work?  How can you tell?  What makes it good?  How much should we spend?  Why should we spend anything at all?  Whatever we budget, how should we spend it?

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David Bernstein: rising above adversity

David Bernstein: rising above adversity

David Bernstein has suffered two tragedies: one a game changer, the other a life changer.

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State Incentives 2015

State Incentives 2015

This magazine has examined the correlation between slots revenue and a healthy racing industry. Slots are not enough without a strong breeding incentive program to produce long-term results, and marketing innovations to keep the racetrack as patron-friendly as a modern casino. What happens when one of those three legs is missing?

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The TRM Trainer of the Quarter - Marcus Vitali

The TRM Trainer of the Quarter - Marcus Vitali

The TRM Trainer of the Quarter Award goes to Marcus Vitali, read more to find out why!

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The Cobalt Conundrum

The Cobalt Conundrum

Catching cheaters is like playing Whac-A-Mole. Regulators smack one here, and another turns up there.

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What the future holds for Florida racing and breeding

What the future holds for Florida racing and breeding

For decades, a settlement in the Middle East seemed more likely to happen that an agreement on dates between South Florida’s three warring thoroughbred racetracks, Calder Raceway, Gulfstream Park and Hialeah Park.

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Racetrack Safety - The Most Dangerous Game

Racetrack Safety - The Most Dangerous Game

The very nature of horse racing makes it the most dangerous land sport on Earth. Jockeys must control a pack of stampeding animals ten times their size, while precariously balanced atop them as the horses race at speeds approaching 40 mph.

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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

Find out how elite trainers consider the impact of jet lag, light-dark cycles, and other factors associated with shipping across times zones on their horses’ performance?

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Trackside

Trackside

Introducing our new feature on the latest racetrack news!

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Sid Fernando - Out with the old and in with the new

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Hydroponics

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THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN - NORTH AMERICAN TRAINER - ISSUE 25

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