State of the art travel improving horse transport
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This article appeared in - European Trainer - issue 54
The ultimate challenge - Entering the winner’s circle in a Triple Crown race
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This article appeared in North American Trainer - issue 40 (May to July 2016)
Sis Fernando - Juvenile sales vs. Sales yearlings
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This article appeared in North American Trainer - issue 40 (May to July 2016)
Staking a claim - Guide to claiming races from state to state
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This article appeared in North American Trainer - issue 40 (May to July 2016)
The absolute insurer rule - Maintaining the integrity of racing
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This article appeared in North American Trainer - issue 40 (May to July 2016)
The Sid Fernando Column - highlighting why Uncle Mo is proving to be a hot young sire
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The concept of Marginal Gains - how it can alter performance
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A day behind the scenes with the Kentucky stewards
Barbara Borden, 55, spent her childhood in the Cleveland suburb of Mentor, Ohio, participating in 4-H and showing horses with her sister, Deb. Her brother, Dave Borden, was a jockey. He introduced his sisters to the racetrack at Thistledown. Both were hotwalkers and grooms. Barb ponied horses and then became an exercise rider. Later, she was a chart-taker for the Daily Racing Form, worked in the licensing office and test barn, and eventually became horse identifier at Turfway Park. She was an associate steward at Ellis Park in Henderson, Kentucky, and a steward at Bluegrass Downs in Paducah before being appointed Kentucky's chief state steward in 2012.
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Sid Fernando - Pharoah triumph after 37 years
Well, it finally happened. American Pharoah did what so many before him over the last 37 years had attempted and failed to accomplish. A Triple Crown winner, the first since Affirmed in 1978, when the game was so vastly different to what it is today that the achievement bridges a gulf of time to reflect upon.
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Social Media and Racing
What Emma Stone’s character says in Birdman could be what fans are saying to the powers that be in horseracing: Things are happening in a place that you willfully ignore, a place that has already forgotten you. I mean, who are you? You hate bloggers. You make fun of Twitter. You don’t even have a Facebook page. You’re the one who doesn’t exist!
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South African Work Riders
In winning the Vodacom Durban July, the 28-year-old Zulu became the first black jockey in history to win South Africa’s most famous race. The timing could not have been better. As the 20 runners headed down towards the ten-furlong start, the minds of the 55,000-strong Greyville crowd were far from a last-minute flutter on this prestigious Group 1 contest.
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Sid Fernando - All-weather kickback to dirt detractors
This year's Triple Crown preps were notable for producing a number of high-class contenders, and, coincidently, it was the first year of mostly all-dirt trials since major tracks in California, Kentucky, and Dubai abandoned synthetic surfaces for the real thing.
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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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Tongue-ties
The use and efficacy of tongue-ties has spawned much debate, and in 2009, veterinarians at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, led by Safia Barakzai conducted extensive research, which was published in the Equine Veterinary Journal, to evaluate the use of tongue-ties on racing performance in Thoroughbred racehorses.
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