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Derby Champion Trainer: A Tale of Milkshakes and 2 Minute Licks
First of all, every trainer (save Graham Motion) in the 2012 Derby has multiple medication violations on his record –…
May 14 2012, 9:16am | Visit source ›
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Virtual Training of a Horse at Royal Ascot, from Australia
PAUL Messara has swapped his binoculars and stopwatch for hi-tech computer analysis and video downloads to prepare Ortensia for Royal…
May 14 2012, 6:47am | Visit source ›
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California Dreamin’ at the 2012 Kentucky Derby
After the Arkansas Derby this blog predicted a west coast superfecta at the 2012 Kentucky Derby, as 4 California entrants,…
May 7 2012, 6:22am | Visit source ›
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On Bodemeister and Why Baffert Owns Oaklawn Park
Baffert’s last 3 years at OP: 17 starts, 13 wins, 2 places. That is not a misprint. Holy cow. Yet,…
April 16 2012, 10:19am | Visit source ›
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KY Derby or Bust: I'll Have Another
What are the chances that any horse trained by Doug O'Neill will make it to the Derby or last the TC? Probably small. You know this because you've closely followed…
April 10 2012, 7:02am | Visit source ›
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‘STORM’ing Home a Maiden Winner: Color Cam at Parx
One of the most exciting things at ThoroEdge I have come across over the past several years is a nutritional…
March 30 2012, 5:37am | Visit source ›
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It seems I’ve had my head down shoveling lots of things since Cagnes, settling back in and getting ready for…
March 18 2012, 11:32am | Visit source ›
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Video: 'Someone will get killed by racehorses'
Angry residents have warned councillors that someone will be killed if they continue to allow a trainer to race his horses on public land. Telscombe residents told town councillors that…
March 15 2012, 9:53am | Visit source ›
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In October of 2007, I met up with Buck Wheeler at Ramsey Farm in Nicholasville, Kentucky, to write an article…
March 13 2012, 6:08am | Visit source ›
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A Wetsuit for Horses Down Under?
Although fellow sprinter Black Caviar gets most of the attention, here is a pic of Hay List wearing a compression…
March 12 2012, 9:07am | Visit source ›
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Today’s Guest Post is from Jessica Boyd, who has a lovely herd of horses, including the star of this post,…
March 9 2012, 7:46am | Visit source ›
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Something Bill Pressey pointed out over at his ThoroEdgeblog this week has been rattling around my brain as sounding awfully…
March 7 2012, 6:55pm | Visit source ›
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Union Rags And Ideal Speed Training
The training is another matter, and avoid comment for the moment on the particular trainer, the infamous, if u've read every word of this blog, killer of Barbaro. And yes,…
March 7 2012, 9:41am | Visit source ›
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Hansen’s pre-Gotham Blowout, non-Lasix at GP, and UK goings on…
‘The Great White Hope’ is probably my favorite pre-Derby motto. Congrats to the hometown connections behind Hansen here in Louisville…
March 5 2012, 2:32pm | Visit source ›
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Up the Backstretch: Horses really do mature
When owners, trainers and jockeys talk about horses maturing, we automatically think about the physical maturation from one year to the next. Thoroughbreds can grow quite a bit from their…
March 5 2012, 12:11pm | Visit source ›
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Blind Luck and Laserman; Behind the Scenes at DelMar
I am lucky enough to be acquainted with a member of the team behind one of my favorite ‘rags to…
March 3 2012, 6:12am | Visit source ›
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Before jumping to conclusions and overlaying this research on American Thoroughbreds, remember that there are environmental and medical differences in Thoroughbreds as you travel around the world. The way that…
February 29 2012, 9:01am | Visit source ›
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New Evidence Suggests Training And Racing Thoroughbreds At 2 Years Promotes Longer Career
New research, published this month in the Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ), has suggested that exercise early in life has a positive effect on musculoskeletal health and may have a positive…
February 29 2012, 7:43am | Visit source ›
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Interval Training and the Iron Horse: the 2008 Claimer of the Year
A magnificent article on the subject from the Thoroughbred Times staff writer Denise Steffanus this week about Antrim County and…
February 24 2012, 5:42am | Visit source ›
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The ’3 Million Dollar Book’ is Coming from Thoroedge…
No, this isn’t my ego talking – there actually was a book similar to the one I am working on…
February 17 2012, 9:29am | Visit source ›
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Hyperbaric chambers: the what and the why
With all the attention being focused on hyperbaric chambers this week, I found that a lot of people have questions…
February 12 2012, 8:41am | Visit source ›
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Horse Profiling, The Secret to Motivating Equine Athletes
I recently heard from the editor that the book Kerry Thomas and I co-authored – Horse Profiling, The Secret to…
January 30 2012, 7:18am | Visit source ›
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Should you Swim Your Racehorses?
Swimming is a great therapeutic tool for injured horses, as well as a nice change of pace for healthy ones…
January 27 2012, 10:53am | Visit source ›
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The Teams of the Retired Racehorse Training Challenge
I’m painfully jealous of Lisa Slade, writer for The Chronicle of the Horse, because she got to cover the first…
January 23 2012, 11:40am | Visit source ›
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Tall dark and handsome at the Trainer Challenge
I am not a person who has a lot of time for TV, and I normally avoid YouTube at all…
January 18 2012, 7:27am | Visit source ›
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Modern Stable Integrates Technology into the Art of Horsemanship
Here’s a cool behind-the-scenes view of Manor House Stables in England; a successful barn marrying both the art and science…
January 17 2012, 8:44am | Visit source ›
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We all know the perils of jet lag. Take a long-haul flight across a few time zones, and the chances are you'll spend a day or more feeling tired and…
January 9 2012, 1:06pm | Visit source ›
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Can Training Accidents Be Prevented?
Saturday’s events during morning workouts at Gulfstream Park have weighed heavily on mind. It is always tough to lose a horse, but Saturday was particularly tough because four horses were…
January 3 2012, 3:11pm | Visit source ›
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Conditioning for a MSW: Santa Anita vs Gulfstream
Have you ever been to Siena Farm in Paris, KY? You must go just to see the above sculpture, surely…
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