Spring 2021, issue 59

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Contents

  • Ron Moquett - cover profile

    Bill Heller portrays Ron Moquett, co-owner and trainer of Whitmore and the team behind Whitmore – Ron’s wife Laura and former jockey Greta Kuntzweiler. Together, the Moquetts and Kuntzweiler reached that remarkable Breeders’ Cup moment when Whitmore won. Now Ron can dream of a repeat Breeders’ Cup victory.

  • How dirt tracks became safer in 2020

    Ken Snyder compares tracks and explains which action Santa Anita and Fair Grounds in New Orleans took to make their tracks safer.

  • Sunday Silence

    Nancy Sexton Looks back at the legacy Sunday Silence has left and why the stallion was a true game changer for the Japanese industry, not only as a brilliant source of elite talent but as a key to the development of Japan as a respected racing nation.

  • Understanding gene sequencing technology

    Carol Hughes explains how every common gastrointestinal disease can be linked back to disturbances of the gut bacteria.

  • State breeding incentives for 2021

    North America provides breeder and owner incentive programs to reward horsemen for producing quality bloodstock – Annie Lambert breaks these programs down State by State.

  • “Bon appétit”

    Establishing what a normal appetite looks like, Catherine Rudenko examines ways to encourage and maintain appetite throughout a season. The best planned feeding program in the world is of no use if the horse simply does not eat as required to sustain performance.

  • Graded Stakes winning owners

    Bill Heller captures the Graded Stakes winning owners behind Colonel Liam, Kiss Today Goodbye and Tide of the Sea.

  • Stable Vices

    Georgie White investigates Stable Vices: Are they vices or a product of the environment?

  • On the bridle

    Dr. Russell Mackechnie-Guire looks at the different types of bridles at the trainers’ disposal and what works best for which type of horse.

    REGULARS

  • Alan F Balch column

  • #soundbites - This quarter, Bill Heller asks if with increased restrictions on the use of Lasix, tracks should have agreed protocols with horsemen for the horse’s barn environment, covering ventilation / air flow and bedding?

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Derby / Preakness / Sales, issue 57

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Derby / Preakness / Sales 2020, issue 57

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Bill Heller portrays Tommy Drury who became an overnight sensation after Art Collector’s victory in the Gr2 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland and is now looking forward to the Kentucky Derby. 

An estimated 95% of American racehorses go postward on Lasix, a diuretic that reduces bleeding in the lungs caused by extreme exertion. Now, nearly 50 years since horsemen and veterinarians battled for approval to use the therapeutic drug on race day. Denise Steffanus talks to industry stakeholders who have launched an initiative to phase out Lasix from American racing.

Jeff Lowe explains how adapting to the new world with COVID-19 has led to a rapid integration of online bidding for Thoroughbred auctions across North America, presenting sale companies and consignors with a new challenge to supply potential buyers with enough information and technology for them to feel comfortable making a winning bid from afar. 

The dominant limb - can we train a completely symmetrical horse? Georgie White investigates this very interesting theory.

Annie Lambert talks to Adrian Gonzales about his strategies for buying and selling at the yearling sales.

Dr Russell Mackechnie-Guire studies how the latest design concepts and technology can help improve training performance.

Catherine Rudenko explains how to rein in your complex carb intake for times when work drops, or when returning from injury.

So asks Amy Barstow - looking at the impact on different types of surfaces commonly found around racetracks and training centers.

Celia Marr updates us on the results of a symposium of international experts, aiming to devise measures which could be used internationally to reduce the risk of catastrophic fractures associated with the fetlock joint. 

Charlie McCarthy entertains with some very unusual anecdotes and stories from a 20-year training career that ended in 2019.

Bill Heller profiles Honor A.P. 's owners Lee and Susan Searing who were celebrating the horse’s win in the rescheduled Gr1 Santa Anita Derby and No Parole winning the Gr.1 Woody Stephens Stakes at Belmont Park owned by Maggi Moss and Greg Tramontin.

Regulars

This quarter, Bill Heller asks if you could add one Breeders’ Cup race, what would it be?

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