Spring 2019, issue 51

$6.95

Contents:

Cover Trainer - Mark Hennig
Now in his 26th year as a racehorse trainer, Jeff Lowe meets a respected horseman with a boutique barn on the up.
Australian EIPH report
New research on the impact of EIPH from an Australian perspective but with worldwide implications, by Ellie Crispe and Guy Lester.
Niall Collum - Canadian trainer profile
Now entering his third season, Alex Campbell talks through the Woodbine-based trainer’s goals and visions for his barn.
Determining distance preferences
Judy Wardrope profiles six elite racehorses, examines their conformation traits and asks what made them great racehorses.
CTT trainer profile - Leonard Powell
Powell discusses his career to date and shares his concerns with Ed Golden about the decline in breeding of Thoroughbreds in The Golden State.
Recruiting runners
The lengths that different tracks are going to maximise fields for their races, by Bill Heller.
On the Road to the Kentucky Derby - in association with RoadStallion
Profiles and mini-biographies for owners whose horses have been featured on the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” by Bill Heller.
Mandatory layoffs
Would mandatory layoffs for horses be a good thing? Denise Steffanus investigates.
Exercising horse sense
Peter J. Sacopulos focuses on insurance protection for trainers and riders, equine liability laws, and proper safety procedutres and equipment.
Tying-Up
Catherine Rudenko looks at how to deal with cases of “exertional rhabdomyolysis”, otherwise known as Tying-Up.
PHBA - Mick Ruis and his secret stallions
Emily Shields talks to Mick Ruis about his expanding breeding program in Pennsylvania.