Becoming a trainer can lead to a challenging but fulfilling career. A look at how to get started, what is involved, testing, daily duties and more.
Training
The length of a horse's racing stride and cadence are linked to ability, speed and stamina; this data adds another dimension to buying and breeding horses.
Whether you are leaving your horses in Canada for the winter or sending them south, these next few months are a good time to give your horses some rest.
Thoroughbred trainer Reade Baker discusses the steps horse owners and trainers should take once they’ve purchased a yearling racehorse prospect.
Trainer Reade Baker says the key to training two-year-old Thoroughbred racehorses is to be slow and cautious so you build a great foundation.
Canadian racehorse trainers are set to brave unpredictable spring weather to get horses ready for the start of this year’s racing season.
Thoroughbred trainers aren’t usually quick to share their secrets, but training young horses is a delicate business, so here’s some advice.
Collection & refinement
On the whole, people have little control over their horses when they are not on the end of a lead rope - and even then there are no guarantees.
True horsemen are admired for their ability to ride by the seat of their pants. Pat Parelli explains how this can be achieved through freestyle riding.
In traditional horsemanship it’s normal to look at horses very subjectively: he’s a good one, or, he’s got vices; he’s a bucker, a puller, a rearer, etc.
While nothing can replace on-track training, more and more horsemen are utilizing swimming as a fitness tool for their horses.
