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VITAMINS As easy as ABC?

ANTIBIOTICSDo they do more damage than good?

TO SHOE OR NOT TO SHOE?

PLUSEXCLUSIVE: Japan’s Northern Farm

LENNART REUTERSKIÖLDOn a high after Derby victory

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wo years ago in the autumn issue of European Trainer, Iwrote about my wish to see more of a definedchampionship season during the months of Septemberand October. So naturally, I was pleased to learn about theplans in Ireland to introduce a two-day “ChampionsWeekend” next year.

As always, when one country innovates their fixtures, others willshudder and worry about how the changes will affect them. Insteadof worrying, racing leaders need to think of the opportunities thesesubtle changes offer to innovate the European Pattern system.What about the introduction of a European Championship season

from late August in Germany through to British ChampionsWeekend in late October? We don’t have to get hung up onchampionship points for jockeys or trainers as some type ofmarketing gimmick, but the introduction of a new EuropeanChampionship tier in the pattern would give the contestants greaterprestige. The difference here is that these races will be a series ofseason-ending Group One races across Europe for different bracketsof horses to determine greatness in each division. The introduction of this new level would allow the European

Pattern race committee to determine which races count rather thanlet individual countries get too focused on their own domesticschedules. Sure, each country will have its own champions butsurely a Pan-European champion will have greater long term benefitto the sport.After all, a series of championship races is going to create more

international interest and momentum than will a domestic-onlyprogramme. Just look at what the European Championships meanto Association Football or the Six Nations Championships to RugbyUnion.Looking at the magazine in your hands, we’ve assembled an

interesting collection of articles to see you through until our winterissue is published at the end of November. Our feature profile is onthe leading Swedish trainer Lennart Reuterskiõld, fresh off hisvictory in the Swedish Derby.We also feature the varying shoeing rul es across Europe as well as

the emerging science behind stride analysis. Our nutrition featurescover the different vitamins in the horse’s diet and the importance ofa good forage regime. We take you to Japan for a behind-the-sceneslook at the powerhouse of Japanese racing – Northern Farm – andwe profile the training brothers Nicolas and Christophe Clement.Wherever your racing takes you this autumn, good luck! n

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CRIQUETTEHEAD

As I write this at Deauville, we arein the heart of the summer season,

with some fantastic races behindus and plenty more to look

forward to in the autumn as thegenerations meet.

“The wonderful images of QueenElizabeth II cheering her horse on tothe Ascot winning post will remain inour minds for a long time and I hopethat they will bring racing closer tothe general public”

horse back from injury, and from all the internationalvisitors who make this meeting such a fascinating event.German trainers and horses continue to shine, andNovellist is the latest ambassador for his country afterhis demonstration in the King George VI & QueenElizabeth Stakes, also at Ascot. We have enjoyed some thrilling clashes on the track

so far this season, notably those of Dawn Approach andToronado at Glorious Goodwood and Elusive Kateversus Sky Lantern at Newmarket, while MoonlightCloud’s remarkable double has been a highlight of theDeauville meeting. Despite the excellent racing, summer has been tinged

with sadness by the loss of Sir Henry Cecil. We will allmiss him terribly. n

WOULD like to congratulate all trainers who havewon races large or small and wish you the best forthe autumn season. The classics always represent a great moment in

the racing calendar and although this year’srenewal of the Epsom Derby may not be the best

we have seen in recent years, I still have the utmostrespect for this most traditional race. Personally, I experienced great joy with the victory of

Treve in the Prix de Diane at Chantilly. The momentwas even more special as it rewarded my family's workas breeders and owners at the Haras du Quesnay. Weshould never forget that we trainers owe our results tothe efforts and patience of owners and of coursebreeders, and I wish all breeders a successful salesseason over the next months. This year's Royal Ascot meeting provided us with a

historic moment as Estimate took the Gold Cup forHRH the Queen. This was a perfect example of howracing can bring together all social levels. Thewonderful images of Queen Elizabeth II cheering herhorse on to the Ascot winning post will remain in ourminds for a long time and I hope that they will bringracing closer to the general public. Other noteworthy performances at Royal Ascot came

from Al Kazeem, whose trainer should be applaudedfor the great patience he has shown in bringing the

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12Lennart Reuterskiöld

Fredrik Otter profiles Sweden’s Derby-winning trainer

Lennart “Junior” Reuterskiöld.

20Vitamins – as easy as ABC?

Catherine Dunnett wonders, are extra vitamins good

for health and performance?

24Relative Values – the Clements

Bill Heller speaks to brothers Nicolas and

Christophe Clement, top trainers separated by the

Atlantic Ocean.

30To shoe or not to shoe

Lissa Oliver on when and where horses may race

barefoot, and to what advantage.

36Northern Farm

Frances J. Karon visits Katsumi Yoshida’s

Northern Farm, a world-class breeding empire in

Hokkaido, Japan…

44Rise of the Japanese-bred racehorse

…and looks at the history and future of

Japanese racing abroad, plus Katsumi Yoshida’s

Northern Horse Park.

48Feeding fibre to racehorses

Merial Moore-Colyer discusses getting the balance of fibre

just right for our racehorses.

54Arkle – the legend of Himself

Excerpted from Anne Holland’s new book on the great chaser.

60Stride analysis

The efficacy of stride analysis technology, by David Thiselton.

68The downsides to antibiotic therapy

Why too many antibiotics may do more damage than good,

by Bonnie Barr and Celia Marr.

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CONTENTS

6Contributors

8European Trainers Federation

10TRM Trainer of the Quarter

72Product Focus

75Stakes Schedules

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Dr Bonnie Barr, VMD DACVIMwas a staff member for one yearat Texas A&M University beforerejoining Rood and RiddleEquine Hospital in 2001 as anassociate veterinarianspecialising in internal medicine.

She became boarded in internal medicine in 2003.Her areas of special interest include equineneonatology, equine infectious diseases andinfectious disease control. Dr Barr is the co-authorof Equine Pediatrics.

Professor Celia Marr is anequine clinician at Rossdales,Newmarket. She is a RCVS andEuropean Specialist in EquineMedicine and HonoraryProfessor at the GlasgowUniversity Veterinary School. She

has previously worked at veterinary schools inGlasgow, Pennsylvania, Cambridge and Londonand in racehorse practice in Lambourn. She isChairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board’sThoroughbred Research & Consultation Group andEditor-in-Chief of Equine Veterinary Journal.

Dr Catherine Dunnett BSc,PhD, R.Nutr. is an independentnutritionist registered with theBritish Nutrition Society. She hasa background in equineresearch, in the field of nutritionand exercise physiology, with

many years spent at The Animal Health Trust inNewmarket. Prior to setting up her ownconsultancy business, she worked in the equinefeed industry on product development andtechnical marketing.

Bill Heller, Eclipse Award winnerBill Heller, an author of 25 booksincluding biographies of Hall ofFame jockeys Ron Turcotte,Randy Romero, and Jose Santos,is a member of the HarnessRacing Hall of Fame

Communications Corner. He and his wife Anna livejust 30 miles south of Saratoga Race Course inAlbany, where their 24-year-old son Benjamin alsoresides.

Anne Holland was one of thefirst women to ride (and win)under National Hunt Rules inthe UK, and was a leadingpoint-to-point rider. A journalist,she has written many books onhorseracing including

Steeplechasing: A Celebration, The GrandNational: The Irish At Aintree and All in the Blood.

Frances J. Karon is fromPuerto Rico and graduate ofMaine’s Colby College with aBachelor of Arts degree inEnglish. She operates RoughShod LLC based in Lexington,Kentucky and specializes in

sales, pedigree research and recommendations.

Dr Meriel Moore-ColyerBHSII has a PhD in EquineNutrition, and 20 yearsexperience as a University lecturer. She has publishedmore than 70 academic articleson equine nutrition and worked

with many UK-based Feed Companies onproduct research and development. Currently aPrincipal Lecturer at the Royal AgriculturalUniversity.

Lissa Oliver lives in CoKildare, Ireland and is a regularcontributor to The Irish Fieldand the Australian magazine,Racetrack. Lissa is also theauthor of several collections ofshort stories and two novels.

Fredrik Otter is a 39-year-oldracing journalist who combineshis daily work as an fixedincome strategist for a bankwith his passion for racing. Hepreviously worked as RacingDirector for Täby Galopp,

Scandinavia's premier racecourse.

David Thiselton is the chiefracing writer for Gold CirclePublishing, who are contractedto produce all of the racingpages for the IndependentNewspaper Group in SouthAfrica including eight

broadsheets.

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Carlingford Lough and AP McCoy are led in after the Galway Plate, the horse’s third consecutive win at Galway for trainer John Kiely (right)

The TRM Trainer of the Quarter award has been won by John Kiely. Kiely and histeam will receive a selection of products from the internationally-acclaimed range of

TRM supplements worth €2,000, as well as a bottle of select Irish whiskey.WORDS: LISSA OLIVER PHOTO: HEALY RACING


TRM Trainer of the Quarter

JOHN KieLY

OR the past 35 years and more,John Kiely, from his coastal baseof Lisfennel, Dungarvan, CountyWaterford, has been recognisedas one of the shrewdest trainers

in Ireland, and it’s a rare Galway Festivalthat doesn’t see him visit the winner’senclosure. As well as high-class winners inhis own yard, over the years he has earnedrespect for talented young bumpers andnovices, many of whom have been sold onto exciting careers in Britain.

His own stars of the past include theGalway Hurdle victors Black Queen and Indian Pace and the talented mareLiss A Paoraigh, a multiple Grade Oneheroine, but it’s Carlingford Lough who is currently proving the flagship horse of the yard, and his win in the GalwayPlate has secured Kiely the coveted

TRM Trainer of the Quarter award.The Galway Plate is Carlingford Lough’s

third consecutive win at the GalwayFestival, having won the Handicap Hurdlein 2011 on only his third start and theLadbrokes Handicap Hurdle last year.“There is a case for horses for courses andhe is definitely one of those horses,” Kielysays. “He seems to enjoy Galway and healways comes up the hill pretty well. He’sbeen a nice horse since I got him. He’s hadsome small problems, but nothing serious,and he has delivered in the Galway Platewith the help of his jockey, A P McCoy.”

A trainer who normally prefers to avoidthe limelight, Kiely is much happierquietly winning races at local meetings,but he recalls 2009 at the Aintree GrandNational meeting fondly, when his tworunners Candy Creek and Liss Na Tintri


finished first and second in the mares’bumper.

“I’ve trained since 1974 and have beenlucky enough to have some very nicehorses along the way,” Kiely says modestly.Many of these have been mares, and thetrainer continues: “I’m lucky to have somevery nice owners and a lot of them arebreeders, so it’s important for them to seetheir fillies and mares performing on theracecourse.”

Not one to rest on his laurels or bask inthe publicity, John Kiely will be happy tosettle back quietly in his yard and will nodoubt already be looking ahead to the2014 Galway Festival, where CarlingfordLough will be hoping to add to his tally.The seven-year-old certainly has plentymore to come, as does his evergreentrainer. n

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LENNARTREUTERSKIÖLDSweden’s man of the moment

LENNART REUTERSKIÖLD

On the 11th of August, Irish-bred Hurricane Red duly obliged asthe favourite to give trainer Lennart “Junior” Reuterskiöld his firstSwedish Derby. Emotions were running high; Reuterskiöld couldbarely speak and his eyes were filled with tears as he entered thewinner’s enclosure. “I can barely remember the last 400 metres, Iwas just screaming,” he said.WORDS: FREDRIK OTTER PHOTOS: STEFan OlSSOn

HE week before the Derby, youcould feel the tension in the air atthe yard of Reuterskiöld, knownas Junior to the Swedish racingcrowd. For the first time ever,Reuterskiöld was saddling three

horses, all in the big race with a good shot.His yard is situated at Jägersro, home of theDerby, so he had the advantage of home turf,even though the racing surface at Jägersro isdirt.

Without a Derby win under his belt prior tothis one, Reuterskiöld was known to trainolder horses, but now that has changed.Among the three he ran in the Derby was US-bred Mr Edge, by Added Edge. Mr Edge wasunlucky in the draw having to start from stall12 and was never competitive in the race.More important, Be My Award, by Academy

T Award, won the Derby Trial in style and gotdrawn in stall six. Be My Award finished bestof all Swedish-breds and came fourth afterracing alongside Hurricane Red for a goodpart of the race. Reuterskiöld’s best horse,Hurricane Red, by Hurricane Run, won thefirst leg of Jägersro’s Triple Crown,Voterlöpning, a race from which four of thelast five Derby winners stem. Hurricane Redwas the highest rated horse in the Derby onofficial ratings, six pounds higher than the SirMark Prescott-trained raider Alcaeus (byHernando), and ten pounds higher than theother English raider, Proud Citizen’s LondonCitizen.

Now to the big race: It was London Citizen,trained by Elaine Burke, who got the lead. Thepace was fast and Elione Chaves putHurricane Red just behind London Citizen

with stablemate Be My Award on the outside.With 1000 metres to run, the attacks frombehind were forming, but Chaves held the railwith Hurricane Red and just waited. At thetop of the stretch, a gap appeared and with atremendous turn of foot he quickened away toan easy victory with London Citizen a clearsecond. It was a joyful moment forReuterskiöld, the eldest brother in a trio oftrainers, and the crowd was cheering loudlywhen he led Hurricane Red to the winner’senclosure.

When asked what the Derby means to him,the answer came quickly: “A Derby is a Derby;it is the race all owners and trainers arelooking forward to winning. When we buyyearlings, it is with this race in mind and ofcourse it meant a lot to me to win the Derby.Many top people in this game will never have

and he just keeps on working, success or nosuccess. Known to have a temper, he usuallykeeps to himself and gets his strength from hisclose family.

“I was born into a racing family and wehelp each other a lot. At the races I and mytwo younger brothers are competitors, but we

a Derby contender, and now I had three in thesame race! Some might say that they don’treally care or that they want to win otherraces, but I guess no one would mind a Derbywinner, and the dream of the Derby is onething which unites most of us in this game,even though we don’t think about it everyday.”

Reuterskiöld is always high on the rankinglist for the Swedish trainers’ championship, achampionship he has won in 2010 and 2011.And this year the success of his three-year-olds have again brought him into realcontention for the title which otherwise seemsto be booked for one of the powerfulNorwegian-based trainers such as NielsPetersen or Wido Neuroth.

Reuterskiöld took out his trainer’s license in1998, and the reason for his success isattributed to nothing else but hard work, eventhough having a supportive family does help,he said.

“The main reason for my stable’s success isactually my wife, Linda. We have beenmarried for 13 years and she works with thisas much as I do. It just happens to be myname on the licence. Our riding skills are

probably the single most important factorwhen it comes to describing the reasonbehind us being among the top trainers everyyear. I would say that without Linda this justwouldn’t have happened. She is a mosttalented rider with long experience includingworking at Hall of Fame trainer RichardMandella’s stable, riding world class horses. Ialso want to mention that she was a championapprentice in Sweden in 1996.”

The number of horses in training is around30. Twelve of them are two-year-olds, 11 arethree-year-olds, and eight are older horses.Besides the talented three-year-oldsmentioned earlier, Reuterskiöld has one of themost promising horses in Scandinavia: RockOf Ridd, an Irish-bred daughter of AntoniusPius who is a heavy favourite for theNorwegian Oaks.

“I am very happy with the number and mixof horses. It is equally challenging to get theyoungsters ready for the classics as it is to getthe older horses primed for the black type


PROFILE

“The main reason for mystable’s success is actuallymy wife, Linda. We havebeen married for 13 yearsand she works with thisas much as I do. It justhappens to be my nameon the licence”

races. I find it economically sounder to focuson older good horses; they can always find agood race somewhere both here inScandinavia and, if you are lucky, abroad.”

Well-respected among colleagues andhaving been brought up in a racing family,Reuterskiöld knows that “racing is racing,”

Above: Junior Reuterskiöld with his best

horse, Alcohuaz. Left: Jacob Johansen

and Junior Reuterskiöld saddling up.

Above right: stretching the front limbs

prior to exercise. Below right: Linda

Reuterskiöld with daughter Wilma.

Right: The walker

will always be family when the racing day isover. We are always very professional and thebusiness part of our lives is kept separate. Iwould say that my father has been my maininspiration but I have learnt a lot from othertrainers as well, and worked for quite a few forshorter periods. You always have to be openfor improvement, just like your horses.Learning tricks of the trade from others iswhat you have to do to keep up in the top ofthis game.”

The top Derby trainer in Scandinavia isWido Neuroth, living and working in Norwaybut with eleven Swedish Derby winners.Neuroth gave this opinion of Reuterskiöld:

“Junior’s horses are always very wellpresented and when they start you know theyare fit, which makes him a terrifyingcompetitor who always warrants respect.Outside the racecourse he is one of few whospeaks out when there is a problem and I feelthat I almost always agree with him, even


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though I am not a man for the barricades.Racing would need more people like Junior ifit is going to change in the right direction.”

Reuterskiöld’s outspokenness has indeedearned him a steady flow of fines from thejudges, but he is a very important voice for thetrainers.

“I have no problem,” Reuterskiöld said,“with being considered rude, but that is notmy intention. I think it is necessary to saywhat you want when you can make adifference. This entire backyard gossiping andcomplaining is totally useless; you should saywhat you want in public, and say it rightaway.”

They say that the jump jockeys make thebest flat trainers, and Reuterskiöld is provingthe point. He has won two amateur flat racingchampionships and two over the jumps. As aprofessional jockey, he won twochampionships over the jumps and he wonthe Swedish Champion Hurdle at Strömsholmfour times: 1993-1995, and 1997, all with ahorse trained by his father (also LennartReuterskiöld) – the mighty Peace King, byAdonijah. That was an incredible four-timer in a highly competitive race andthe pinnacle of Reuterskiöld’s jockeycareer.

“I actually didn’t start to ride properly untilI was 13 years old. Earlier I was only playingfootball and wasn’t very impressed with myparents’ way of life. Then a stable lad, workingfor my father, Mikael Berneklint, showed methat boys could be good at other things thanfootball. We made good friends and then Idiscovered the beauty of racing and the fun ofriding. I started out as an amateur and laterbecame a professional. In Scandinavia theNational Hunt scene is very small so it did notreally matter if you rode as an amateur or as aprofessional, and it is always better to be paid

competed in a few races on her pony. Ponyracing is growing in popularity in Sweden atthe moment.

“Actually Wilma is also playing football andI was an assistant trainer for her team for awhile. Anton is really crazy about his footballand instead of Lester Piggott there is a posterof Cristiano Ronaldo in his room. I follow mychildren’s football and know exactly howevery game is played even though I am oftenbusy myself during weekends, when much ofthe good racing is taking place.”

Sometimes the Scandinavian racing scene istoo small and Reuterskiöld is well known totake his chances abroad if he knows that hehas got the horse for it. In 2009, Alcohuaz, byMerchant of Venice, was bought from Chile byone of Reuterskiöld’s steadfast owners, OmarZawavi. After locking horns with theScandinavian sprinters, Alcohuaz was sent toBaden-Baden in Germany, where he won theListed Flieger-Preis. Still improving, Alcohuaztook his chance in France in 2010 where hecaptured a Listed race at Maisons-Laffittebefore finishing second in a Group 3 at thesame racecourse.

“Alcohuaz is obviously my best horse ever.He has shown that he can win on thecontinent (Europe) and he has given me somefine moments as a trainer. I said earlier thatyou always can find good opportunities inScandinavia, but with a horse of this class youcan find races all over Europe, although Imainly look for races in France and Germany.”

Talking about Europe, it doesn’t seem likeReuterskiöld has ever considered movingthere.

“Not really, actually. France holds the most

for doing what you love instead of doing it forfree. In my experience jump jockeys are morecollegial than their flat counterparts and havemore fun together so I would say that as ajockey I preferred the jumping part and Icertainly had some success as well. “

Junior and Linda have two children: Anton,13; and Wilma, 11. Anton only cares aboutfootball for the moment so we will see ifhistory repeats itself there. Wilma, on theother hand, is riding, and she has already

“Junior’s horses arealways very well presented and when theystart you know they arefit, which makes him aterrifying competitor whoalways warrants respect”

Wido Neuroth

Hurricane Red wins

the Swedish Derby

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LENNART REUTERSKIÖLD

prize money, but is it hard to get abreakthrough there. If I wanted to move itwould more likely be to the United States,where racing is good and where it is easier toprove yourself and get a breakthrough. But Ilike it here at the Swedish Riviera, Malmö.”

But as he is a man always on the lookout forimprovement, it seems likely thatReuterskiöld is open to change.

“The prize money is good in Sweden and anew racecourse is being built in Stockholm. I

am considering moving there, but I am notvery confident that the racing authorities willget it right. Thanks to our betting monopoly,we have great prize money, but unfortunatelythe management of the sport is questionable.A lot of people in leading positions arewithout any knowledge of the sport and a lotof so-called leaders are just doing nothing. Wehave the competence in the sport; it is just notused properly. I really want the newracecourse, Önsta, to be a success but I doubt

“The prize money is goodin Sweden and a new racecourse is being built in Stockholm. I am considering moving there,but I am not very confidentthat the racing authoritieswill get it right.”

it. The last few years have seen managementcome and go without doing anything useful.This has got to end, and I tell everyoneconstantly that it is time to start to listen to thepeople in the game, they have the know-how.”

Besides racing and football, Reuterskiöld isalso a keen hunter. When asked abouthunting with friends or business partners hesmiled and said:

“I hunt with owners, and I consider themfriends as well. It is mostly during autumnand winter when the best part of the racingseason is over. As with the family it is alwaysimportant to remain professional, you can’ttreat people differently when it comes tobusiness just because you are friends.”

During a splendid career, reaching all timehigh as we speak, Reuterskiöld has startedmore than 250 horses for a total of 434 winsfrom 2283 starts. The one race that was longmissing, the Derby, is not missed any more. n

Reuterskiöld’s string

out on exercise

Rock of Ridd, winner of the Norwegian 1,000 Guineas, with Elione Chaves on board


VITAMINSAs easy as . . .

NUTRITION

Extra vitamins can often be viewed as a key ingredient tomaintaining health, or optimising performance, but is thisreally the case? The mystique of vitamin supplements ispartly upheld because it is so difficult to measure theirrelative benefit or worth, or indeed their necessity, unlessthere has been a previously deficient state.

CatheRine Dunnett BSC, PhD, R.nutR ShutteRStOCK, eMMa BeRRY

N CONTRAST, the impact of macroingredients such as protein, fibre, andcarbohydrate can normally be clearlyseen in terms of bodyweight, muscledefinition, or coat condition. Thecharacteristics or clinical signs

associated with a severe state of vitamindeficiency have been clearly defined in otherspecies, but there is less definitive informationavailable in horses. However, severedeficiencies would rarely be found in a horsein training and excessive intake is of moreconcern.

Racing rations are relatively high invitaminsThe basal dietary level of vitamins in aracehorse’s diet is relatively high as asignificant amount of concentrate feed isusually fed. Forage, be it hay or haylage,generally has a low vitamin content incomparison and this will also reduce onstorage. Beta carotene, which is sometimesknown as Pro vitamin A, can be converted,albeit inefficiently, to vitamin A in the body.Grass, alfalfa and other forages are a richsource of beta carotene. Racing concentratefeeds or balancers are generally well fortifiedwith the fat-soluble vitamins A and D but havevarying levels of vitamin E.

In most instances, this is enough to satisfythe minimum recommended requirement butmay not be at an optimum level to supportperformance. Concentrate feeds may alsocontain a range of water-soluble B vitamins,although this is not always apparent from thebag label, as it is not a legal requirement. It isuncommon to find a significant level ofvitamin C in concentrate feeds, and vitamin Kmay be present but not necessarily in the mostbioavailable form.

IAntioxidant vitamins can be adouble-edged swordVitamin C and E both have an importantantioxidant function and work collectively tosupport antioxidant defence. The NationalResearch Council’s minimum requirement forvitamin E for horses in hard work is about1000IU per day, which should easily besatisfied by an average intake of a good racingdiet. However, this level may not be optimalfor performance and researchers have recentlysuggested that 1500 to 2500 IU/day for horsesin race training could be preferable.Supplementary vitamins C and E have been associated with evidence of decreasedmuscle damage (aspartate transaminase, orAST; creatine kinase, CK; and lactatedehydrogenase, LDH) during training.Vitamin E in feed is usually synthetic, but research suggests that natural vitamin E is more available. Water-soluble vitamin E has also recently been developed (e.g. Nano E® or Elevate®), offering a furtheradvantage.

Vitamin C is one of the most importantantioxidants in lung lining fluid and jointfluid, and so it is important for maintenance ofrespiratory and joint health. Additionally,

vitamin C is required for the formation ofcollagen and has a role in soft tissue renewaland repair as well as maintaining strength offine capillaries in the lungs. Horses do nothave a strict requirement for supplementaryvitamin C, as it is synthesised in the liver fromglucose.

However, where inflammation, respiratory,or joint disease is present, demand mayovertake internal supply. Research in horseswith recurrent airway obstruction (which isakin to human asthma) reports animprovement in vitamin C status and clinicalsymptoms with supplementation of about20,000mg (20g) per day. Ascorbic acid is themost common form of vitamin C in feeds andsupplements, but other forms such as ascorbyl2 monophosphate or ascorbyl palmitate aremore bioavailable. A particularly preparationof rosehip (Litovet®) has also beendemonstrated to provide a very bioavailablenatural source of vitamin C.

Over-supplementing antioxidant vitaminscan elicit a negative response as they maycause oxidative tissue damage by becomingpro-oxidant. However, there have been noreports of toxicity in horses for vitamins C orE.

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Do we need more focus on Bvitamins?The B group vitamins including thiamine B1,Riboflavin B2, Pantothenic acid, andnicotinic acid, among others, are intimatelyinvolved in energy generation and otheraspects of metabolism including mood andbehaviour. B vitamins are therefore of acuterelevance to horses in race training. A rangeof B vitamins and vitamin K (a further fat-soluble vitamin) can be synthesised by somebacterial resident in the horse’s hindgut.However, the microbial balance in racehorsescan be compromised by increased acidityoccurring as a consequence of a high-starch,low-forage diet. In addition, researchers havequestioned the efficiency of absorption of Bvitamins from the hindgut.

Supplementation with a broad range of Bvitamins can therefore be advantageous.Being water-soluble is a great advantage, asexcessive supplementation is unlikely to bedeleterious due to their excretion in theurine. Biotin is a B vitamin that has beenshown to have a positive effect on hoof hornquality, although it has less impact on hoofgrowth rate. Certainly in horses in trainingwith defects in horn structure, additionalbiotin is a benefit. The intake required (10-20mg / day) is significantly higher than thenormal basic requirement present in mostracing feeds.

Vitamin D is a new thrust in humansports nutritionVitamin D is very scientifically fashionableat the moment. It is involved in manyaspects of metabolism and has a central rolein the transport and metabolism of calcium.In this context, it is intimately involved inmuscle function and bone metabolism.


There is renewed interest in vitamin D inhuman sports nutrition in relation to muscle function, skeletal strength, immunity,and allergic response, as well impact on post-exercise inflammation. The overall effect of vitamin D on exercise performance is also a growing area of research and a linkhas been suggested between low vitamin Dstatus and sub-optimal performance. A recent study in professional athletes includingjockeys suggested that a high proportion were deficient in vitamin D. Racehorse feeds in general tend to be well fortified with vitamin D, although there is scantinformation available on where optimumintake lies. The contribution of sunshine to vitamin

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horse’s bare skin that would be exposed to UV light. However, vitamin D is a fat-solublevitamin and so excessive intake can be toxic, although toxicity symptoms in horsesare poorly defined. Vitamin Dsupplementation may be warranted in somehorses in training, but clearer information onbody vitamin D status is sensible beforehaphazard vitamin D supplementation isembarked upon.

When Dr Green is absent should wesupplement with vitamin K?Vitamin K has been the subject of one of my previous articles in European Trainer(Winter 2010, issue 32) but is still worthy of a mention in respect to supplementation. Therole of vitamin K in blood clotting and bone development, turnover, and strengthmakes its presence in the diet at an optimum

level highly relevant for racehorses. Ofparticular interest is the association betweenvitamin K status and stress fractures andosteochondrotic lesions. The intake of vitamin K1 (phylloquinone),

the form found in grass and other green forage, will be reduced in horses in training due to limited access to grazing. The K1 level in hay and haylage is significantly reduced due to its decomposition on wilting and on exposure to sunlight. Equally, availability of K2 menaquinone, produced by hindgutmicroflora, may also be limited due to sub-optimal hindgut health and inefficientabsorption, as discussed earlier. Many vitamin and mineral supplements

contain vitamin K, usually as menadione orK3, but this is not the most bioavailable formfor horses. The most predominant vitamin Kpresent in horse tissue is K1, which is foundin grass, but in its natural state availability istypically only 7-13%. Superior vitamin Kavailability has been achieved by providing awater-soluble form of vitamin K1 and K2(Quinaquanone®). An increase in plasma vitamin K of 2-4 fold

has been achieved with Quinaquanone®compared to an equivalent amount from either pasture, or menadione K3. Again,establishing vitamin K status is pertinent asVitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin andalthough there do not appear to be toxicityissues with either K1 or K2, menadione(bisulphite) has been associated with healthissues.There has been little research carried out to

establish the optimum level of particularvitamins required to support performance inracehorses. Equally the effects of excessive,but not toxic, levels have not beenestablished. Caution should therefore alwaysbe taken, particularly with the fat-solublevitamins A, D, E, and K. Targetedsupplemental use of particular vitamins inspecific circumstances in horses in trainingcan bring significant benefits. However,ideally this would be done with insight ofbody vitamin status and more informationpertaining to optimum levels in athletichorses. n


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RELATIVE VALUESTheClementsThe Atlantic Ocean separatesthe Clement brothers and

the idyllic tracks they race atthis summer, but they’re

never far apart: Christopheat Saratoga; his older brother

Nicolas at Deauville. WORDS: BILL HELLER

PHOTOS: CHARLOTTE CLEMENT,

VALERIE CLEMENT, APRH/PAUL BERTRAND

’VE always been very close to him,”Christophe said. “We like the samethings. We have the same passion.”

Nicolas said, “We get on reallywell. We exchange ideas.”

And they share specialmoments. Christophe, then working as anassistant to trainer Luca Cumani in England,was at Longchamp when Nicolas, then 26years old, won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphewith Saumarez in 1990. The very next year,Christophe won his first race, at Belmont Parkwith the first horse he saddled, Spectaculaire,a horse Nicolas sent to him. “I was very proudto send him his first winner,” Nicolas said. “Hewas very emotional. The owner was one of myfather’s owners, Anthony Speelman.”

Their dad, Miguel, was Basque and becameone of the leading trainers in France, racinghorses from his training yard in Chantilly.Nicolas and Christophe literally grew up in thebusiness of training thoroughbreds. But theirbrother Marc never got involved in racing. He

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Christophe (left) and

Nicolas Clement at

Deauville

owns and operates a printing factory in Paris.Nicolas and Christophe, who is a year and a

half younger, couldn’t get enough of racing.“My dad had a very nice clientele,” Nicolas

said. “He worked with a good group of ownersand a few Americans with good reputationssuch as Horatio Luro – he was a good friend ofmy dad. He had a bit of Basque blood in him.He shared with my father the passion of goodhorses, good wine, and nice women. Healways brought us a present from America. Hewas always very generous. He had a few horseswith my dad.”

But their dad died young at 42 in a car crash.“I was 12 when my father passed away,”Christophe said. “I was too young to appreciatehis horsemanship. But there’s no doubt thathaving a successful father helped me.”

In turn, Christophe and Nicolas havedeveloped into top trainers in their respectivecountries. They’ve built successful careers notonly by winning major stakes, but also bymaking their horses’ wellbeing their toppriority.

“I think their father did a very good job withthem,” retired US Hall of Fame jockey JoseSantos, who won graded stakes onChristophe’s Flag Down and Coretta, said.“Christophe is very dedicated, very meticulouswith his horses. He’s on top of everything.Before the horse works, he checks him tomake sure he’s all right to go to the track. Afterthe workout, he checks again to make sure thehorse is 100 percent. He spends a lot of timewith his horses. He does it the right way. I’vemet his brother. Another good horseman.”

Without their father there to help themactually get started in training, Nicolas andChristophe had to learn from other horsemen.And they put in years before starting on theirown.

Nicolas spent a year working for breederOlivier Nicol in Deauville in 1982 beforemoving to the United States, where he workedat Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky preparingyearlings. He then got a job as an assistant toJohn Gosden in California and was there whenGosden’s Royal Heroine won the initial

in France for eight years. Among the greathorses Nicolas got to work with was Miesque,the two-time winner of the Breeders’ CupMile.

Nicolas went on his own in October, 1988,training horses from his father’s old stable inChantilly.

Winning the Arc less than two years laterwas astonishing. “It was like a dream,” Nicolassaid. “We had to supplement him. I think itwas $100,000, more or less.”

Christophe cherishes that moment. “I

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“I was 12 when myfather passed away. Iwas too young to appreciate his horsemanship. Butthere’s no doubt that having a successfulfather helped me”

Christophe Clement


Marc, Christophe (second left)

and Nicolas (foreground) with

their father Miguel

Breeders’ Cup Mile in 1984 at HollywoodPark.

In 1985, Nicolas returned to Europe,working with Vincent O’Brien at Ballydoyle.During Nicolas’ time there, the yard won theIrish Derby with Law Society, the NationalStakes with Tate Gallery, and the Irish St. Legerwith Leading Counsel.

Returning to France in 1986, Nicolasworked as trainer François Boutin’s topassistant for two years. Boutin trained 220horses at the time and was the leading trainer


thought this was the greatest thing in theworld, a wonderful experience.”

Nicolas has won other major stakes: sixGroup 1s, four Group 2s and 14 Group 3s. Hishorses have captured stakes in the U.S.,Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy. He isannually among France’s leading trainers andhas won more than 600 races while topping€15 million in earnings.

He currently trains a stable of 50. Whenasked about his approach to training, hereplied, “I think it’s all about details. Animal

care and common sense.”Asked why his brother has continued his

success, Christophe said, “The number onereason is his work. I think he works hard.”

Christophe spent more than two years atPantheon-Assas University in France beforedeciding to follow his brother into racing. Hisearly career was shaped by Ghislaine and AlecHead, Francois Boutin, and Criquette Head-Maarek. Christophe came to the United Statesin 1986. After also working for Taylor MadeFarm, he worked for Hall of Fame trainer Shug

McGaughey. Christophe said he learned a lotnot only from McGaughey, but fromMcGaughey’s assistant Buzz Tenney as well.

“He had a great background, before he evencame to the United States,” McGaughey said.“He learned the American way, and he’s done agreat job.”

Christophe returned to Europe in 1988 andworked for nearly four years as Luca Cumani’sassistant in Newmarket, England. “He wasobviously a great trainer, worldwide,”Christophe said. “Also a wonderful man

because I got to know him very well. I thoughthe was a very smart man.”

Christophe opened his own stable inSeptember, 1991. Less than two months afterSpectaculaire provided his first win, he wontwo Grade 2 stakes with Paul de Moussac’sPassagere du Soir and Sardaniya, owned bythe Aga Khan. Much later in his career,Christophe got to train five horses owned byHRH the Queen.

The horse who gave Christophe his first,second, and third Eclipse championships wasGio Ponti, the 2009 champion older male andthe 2009 and 2010 champion turf male. “Hewas a wonderful horse,” Christophe said. “Hecould compete with anybody.”

More often than not, Gio Ponti beat them.Over and over. Fifteen of Gio Ponti’s final 16starts were in Grade 1 stakes, and he won sixof them, including four straight, and finishedsecond in seven more. His lone two misseswere two starts in the Dubai World Cup, whenhe finished a close fourth and a close fifth. Hisfinal record was 11 wins, 10 seconds and onethird in 27 starts with earnings of nearly $5.7million.

On grass, he posted ten wins, nine secondsand one third from 22 starts. He missedrepeating as the winner of the ArlingtonMillion by just a half-length when he finishedsecond. He was also second by a length in theBreeders’ Cup Classic to Zenyatta.

Christophe Clement’s team at Payson Park

(above) and Nicolas Clement leads out his

string at his Chantilly base

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Gio Ponti was just one of Christophe’s success stories. There have beenlots of them. Clement registered his 1,000th winner in 2008, and he hasfinished in the top 15 in earnings eight times. He ranked 20th last yearand is sitting 22nd this year through the end of June.

“I’ve been a very lucky man,” he said. “I still train for owners who havebeen clients for a long time, since my beginning, and I have a team ofpeople that are very good. Christopher Lorieul and ThomasBrandebourger and my grooms and hotwalkers, most of them have beenwith me for ten years.”

Christophe isn’t surprised by his success. “I thought when I startedtraining, I would be successful,” he said. “I believed in myself. I am verycompetitive, and I’m a very ambitious man.”

Asked what he’s proudest of in his career, Christophe replied, “Thefact that I’ve never had a positive. I’m very proud of that. And that overthe last four, five years I compete and do very well at Belmont Park.That’s my main base. New York is tough. The last four, five years I thinkTodd [Pletcher] is number one and I’m number two.”

This summer at Belmont, through June 30th, he had 14 wins, sixseconds, and 15 thirds from 66 starts. Christophe couldn’t have startedJuly much better. He won $100,000 New York-bred stakes onconsecutive days with Miss Valentine on dirt and Discreet Marq on grass.

His stable size varies between 60 to 80 horses. “It’s a good number forme,” Christophe said.

The horses in his care are treated well. “I’m a big believer in turninghorses out,” he said. “It’s nice to get them out of the stall. It’s like a cage.I like to see my horses graze.”

He rarely works his horses fast. “I don’t believe in being over-aggressive,” he said.“I’ve been training for20 years. You have tokeep them sound.”

That doesn’t meanhis horses can’t win offslow workouts. OrionMoon, a four-year-oldfilly from France, wasentered in a $77,000allowance race atBelmont Park on June22nd. She hadn’t racedsince December 5th.She would be addingLasix off six slow breezes. The final three were glacial: four furlongs in :53,slowest of 11 that morning; three furlongs in :39 2/5, 18th fastest out of20; four furlongs in :51 4/5, 29th fastest of 31, and four furlongs in :513/5, 64th fastest of 71. She won her North American and four-year-olddebut by a head at 6-1, becoming part of yet another successful summerfor Christophe.

He credits his wife, Valerie, for her support over the years. “Very muchso,” he said. “She lives with me, which is not easy. In the US, we’removing all the time. She’s helping me with the books, and she and ourchildren help with the social media.”

They have two children, Charlotte and Miguel, who recentlygraduated from Duke University and got involved with the Darley FlyingStart Program, which awards a dozen scholarships to students “whowant to experience the global thoroughbred industry at the highestlevel.” Christophe said, “He wants to train or become an agent.”

Christophe met Valerie in the library at Pantheon-Assas University.“We’ve been together ever since,” Christophe said.

That’s proof that Christophe did get something from his collegeexperience after all.

But it’s his experience as a horseman that has shaped his life. Askedthe reason for his continuing success as a trainer, he said, “The bettertrainer is the simple one, like [Sir] Henry Cecil. He was an amazingtrainer. You keep them happy. Keep them fit. Good things will happen.The main thing is to keep it simple.”

He sounds just like his brother.n

“I thought when I startedtraining, I would be successful. I believed inmyself. I am very competitive, and I’m avery ambitious man”

Christophe Clement


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To shoe or not

to shoe...that is the question

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MONTH after SaucyNight’s first win SimonEarle sent out Kavi tobecome the first recordedBritish horse on the Flatto win barefoot, over 12f

(2400m) on the all-weather at Lingfield Park.While they may have been the first in Britainto win races barefoot, in 2003 Sara and BrianMinsk of Nine Maple Farm in Massachusettswere the first in the US to train and racehorses barefoot.So, what is the advantage to going shoeless,

and can any trainer do it? The InternationalFederation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA),in the International Agreement on Breeding,Racing and Wagering, states in Article 7,Shoeing of Racehorses, that “Racing Authoritiesshould ensure that, within their Rules, it ismade explicit that they have the power toprevent the use in races of shoes which may be considered dangerous and liable tocause injury. Racing Authorities areencouraged to publish clear illustrations insupport of such Rules, in order thatpractitioners, both domestic and foreign, fullyunderstand the terms used and the features ofthe shoes which are either allowed ordisallowed and should establish procedureswhereby shoes are regularly checked, prior toracing.”In full detail Article 7 states:(1) Plates and tips must be made of an

approved material capable of being forged ormoulded into shape. Tips must cover at least onethird of the perimeter of the hoof.

(2) Plates and tips must not exceed 150 gramsin weight, provided that upon application theStewards may give permission for the use of

When the Simon Earle-trained Saucy Night won a two-and-a-half mile (4000m) steeplechase on 3rd January 2005 atFolkestone, it’s probable he secured his place in British racinghistory. Not for his speed or age or rider, but rather for hislack of something – shoes. He followed up with another threewins that season and improved 35lbs (16kg) during his careerwithout shoes. He had previously suffered leg problems, butwhen being left without shoes he remained sound thereafterand ran on firm ground.WORDS: LISSA OLIVER PHOTOS: CAROLINE NORRIS, SIMON EARLE

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approved therapeutic plates up to a weight of 170grams.

(3) Plates and tips must be securely andproperly fitted and must not protrude beyond theperimeter of the hoof. Plates must be secured by aminimum of five nails and tips by a minimum ofthree nails. The heads of nails must not protrudemore than 2mm from the surface of the plate ortip.

(4) Forged or rolled toe and side clips arepermitted provided such clips have blunt, roundededges and do not exceed 15mm in height and20mm in width. Steel inserts are permittedprovided they are level with the surface of theplate.

(5) Bar plates are permitted, provided that theentire plate including the bar is in one piece. A barmay be welded or riveted to the plate providedthat the surface of the bar is level with that of theplate.

(6) Heeled plates or caulks are not permitted inflat races. Cutting plates, grippers or any other

form of plates or tips, which in the opinion of theStewards may be dangerous, are not permitted.

(7) Hoof pads shall be of a material, design andweight approved by the Stewards.What Article 7 fails to mention is the

absence of shoes, and whether or not this ispermissible comes down solely to individualadministrative bodies, regardless of theagreements made by each country to followthe IFHA Rules.Britain, France, Ireland, Italy, Norway,

Sweden, and Hungary have no additionalrules regarding shoes, and horses can racethere barefoot. Hungarian rider and journalistGabriella Vonczem points out, “Personally Ihave never seen horses run without shoes inthe last 20 years in Hungary. Ownerssometimes have only the front hooves shodbecause of financial reasons. We often take offthe hind shoes for the winter period for healthreasons. Normally we put shoes on all four.Steel shoes cost less than aluminium shoes, sotheir usage depends on finance, but thedifference between steel and aluminium is nothuge. I always use aluminium for my horsesfor all legs. Rubber or plastic shoes arepractically not used and gluing is not a trendin Hungary. Therapeutic shoes are used ifnecessary.”A slightly less flexible approach is taken by

Poland and Belgium, where the basic rule isthat horses must be shod on the front feet,although they may be left unshod on the hindfeet. As Belgian trainer Max Hennau warns,“The trainer must ask permission of theJockey Club before the declaration.”A stricter line is adopted by the Czech

Republic and Germany, where RüdigerSchmanns, Germany’s Director of Racing,informs us: “In Germany a horse is onlyallowed to run if it is shod with horseshoes onall four legs,” as is the case in the CzechRepublic, a policy that may not be wellreceived by every trainer.Italian horseracing journalist Franco

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blacksmith was kicked. In trotting it is acommon practice to run the horses withoutshoes, as the French say ‘deferre de quatre.’” Itis interesting, too, to note that Vonczemmentions the removal of hind shoes duringthe winter for health reasons, a topic dear tothe heart of British trainer Simon Earle.

“With NH horses in particular 90% wouldsuffer from some type of tendon injury,” Earleexplains. “What can happen when a horse isshod over a period of time is the foot migrates

Simon Earle trains a mixture of shod and unshod horses (above) at his yard, with his shod

horses turned out barefoot in the spring

forward and becomes long at the toe andunder-run at the heel, and this puts morestrain on the tendon. If the farrier supportsthe heel as required the horse is likely to pullthe shoe off, so the horse sometimes has to beshod slightly forward. By leaving the horsesbarefoot with good trimming it’s easier to keepthe angles correct.

“I have a mixture of shod and unshod athome,” Earle says. “If a horse isn’t healthy andisn’t absorbing its food for one reason or

another, for example if it has ulcers, it isn’tgetting the necessary nutrients and canstruggle to go barefoot. It helps if they arehealthy. When my horses have their summerbreak the shod ones are turned out barefoot inthe spring. There is plenty of foot growth inthe spring; the hoof grows faster in thesummer months and by keeping them well-trimmed the feet toughen up out at grass. It isbetter if it is not too wet and the ground isfirmer.

“When they come back in they have at least three or four weeks walking and then, ifthey have sore feet, they’re shod, but it getsthe foot back where it should be. I found Ishod more last winter and did struggle, due tothe wet conditions. I ended up doing massesof road work as the gallops were too wet, sothey needed shoeing or they would have gotsore.

“I may not be the best example,” hecontinues, “as I don’t have a large string, but Ihave found since I started to leave my horsesbarefoot that I haven’t had a tendon injury in

over six years. If the foot doesn’t get thestimulation it’s intended to it becomes weaker.If you allow the frog to come into contact withthe ground it stimulates the blood flow andstrengthens the foot.”

A perfect example is the ten-year-oldgelding Red Not Blue, who has improved51Ibs (23kg) since first racing unshod, andhas remained sound. “He’s won nine races andrun on varying ground and has never beenshod since we’ve had him,” Earle says. “Thereis an argument that shoes provide addedtraction, but horses with shoes can slip up. Imight not run a barefoot horse at a course thatis tight, especially if it has rained on firmground, and some horses don’t have as muchgrip as others, so it’s a matter of knowing theindividual. But too much grip can cause jointissues.

“There are some horses who want firmground, but their legs are just not up to it. Iknow that I have run some horses on firmerground and they have come back fine. If theyhad been shod over a period of time then Iwould not have run them on firm ground forfear of getting a leg injury. I believe races areless competitive on faster ground and possiblyeasier to win. Red Not Blue has done all hisracing in the summer.”

“In trotting it is a common practice to runthe horses without shoes,as the French say‘deferre de quatre’”

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Another trainer who knows firsthand thebenefits of good shoeing and whounderstands the preference for leaving somehorses unshod is Irish Restricted Licenceholder Paul Fahey. Fahey is also a MasterFarrier and, with Fahey Brothers Farriery,works as a racecourse farrier on racedays andnumbers two of Ireland’s leading NH and Flattrainers among his clients.

“I personally haven’t run a horse unshod,but I’ve seen plenty run without,” Fahey says.“We always shoe to support the heel, as all thepressure is coming down on the heel and thatplaces high pressure on the tendons. Thereare some horses you can’t shoe that way andwill pull the shoe off.”

It’s thanks to Fahey Brothers Farriery thatthe Irish Turf Club Rules on shoes in recentyears saw an increase in the size of Calkins.The Irish Rules now state:

A horse shall not enter the Parade Ring orrun in shoes which have protrusions on theground surface unless they comply with thefollowing:

On Front Shoes, it is permitted to use fourNo. 2 nails, two inserted on the inside andtwo on the outside of each shoe, protrusionsof which must be limited to ¼”. The use ofnails on the front of the shoes and the use ofAmerican toe grab plates or those with a sharpflange is forbidden.

On Hind Shoes, it is permitted to useCalkins provided they are limited to ¼” inheight. No other protrusions are allowed.

This allows for slightly higher Calkins thanin Britain, where the Race Manual (B)Schedule 4 rules that “No horse may enter theParade Ring in shoes which have protrusionson the ground surface other than Calkins orstuds on the hind, limited to 3/8” in height.The use of American type toe-grab plates orthose with a sharp flange is forbidden.” InFrance, no height is stipulated, but “anyprotrusion must be rounded.”

“We were finding that if a horse slipped upin a race, no one checked to see if it wasadequately shod,” explains Fahey. “We were ina situation here in Ireland where we wereseeing meetings abandoned because horseshad slipped up, but it had nothing to do withthe ground, it was because they were notadequately shod and no one was checking.We found ourselves in an argument with the

Turf Club, who felt higher Calkins would bedangerous to a jockey if a horse stood on him.We pointed out that if a horse stayed up itwouldn’t stand on a jockey!

“Things reached a head at Tramore, whenthere were a good few horses slipping up andthe manager had me unofficially check theshoes of those who had slipped. None of themwere adequately shod for the conditions. Wewere also working as the racecourse farriers atKilbeggan, where we found the sameproblems. At that point we realised this is notright, something needs to be done. As a resultof our findings, the Irish Turf Club changedthe Rules to allow higher Calkins.”

As a farrier and a trainer Fahey has no issuewith horses running unshod in suitableconditions, but he has successfully fought amajor battle to see that those animals that areshod wear the correct shoes for racing. “Acomplete set of racing shoes costs €65 plusVAT and it’s a poor look out if a trainer can’tmanage that when a horse runs,” he pointsout. “You have to start from the ground up.Let’s put it this way, if a Formula One driversets off in a race and the conditions change hecomes straight in and changes his tyresaccordingly.”

It’s a good point, but trainers shouldremember that, whatever their choice offootwear or lack of it, it’s worth checking withthe relevant administrative body beforerunning a horse abroad and ‘slipping up’themselves over rules. n

“I don’t have a largestring, but I have foundsince I started to leavemy horses barefoot that Ihaven’t had a tendoninjury in over six years.”

Simon Earle


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Horses at work in the

Kuko indoor gallop

ORIKO Takahashi, part ofNorthern Farm’s yearling officestaff, says, “I used to work for anairline. Now, I work in heaven.”

Hokkaido is Japan’snorthernmost island, about two

hours by plane from Tokyo’s Narita Airport on


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Japanese visioncontinuing to

scale newheights

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Visitors standing on a tall wood deck on the edge ofNorthern Horse Park property overlooking Katsumi Yoshida’s

Northern Farm take in the stunning vista of broodmaresgrazing, their foals napping or playing on the gently slopinghills, in a field on the other side of a wood and wire fence.The people speak intermittently and quietly in Japanese. Itdoesn’t require much guesswork to understand what they aresaying: The view from this spot is almost impossibly green,impossibly breathtaking, in every direction, and the languageit inspires is universal. In this spot, on this summer day, thisis perfection. Horses, mountains, trees, with the occasional

echo of foals whinnying and crows cawing.WORDS: FRANCES J. KARON PHOTOS: FRANCES J. KARON

the island of Honshu to New Chitose Airport,which serves Hokkaido’s capitol city ofSapporo. This is the land Yoshida’s late father,Dr. Zenya Yoshida, handpicked to establish asthe epicentre of Japan’s thoroughbred breedingempire. Here, after all, is the final resting placeof his great sires Northern Taste and of Sunday

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Silence, the greatest of them all in these parts,interred at nearby Shadai Stallion Station,which is jointly managed by Katsumi and hisbrothers, Teruya and Haruya, and where eightof the nine active 2013 top Japanese sires stand.

A forward-thinking pioneer, Zenya Yoshida’spresence in the racing industry continues to befelt on the global stage, thanks to his and hissons’ belief in Sunday Silence, the near-blackson of Halo in whom American breedersweren’t especially interested. Yoshida’s Western-style brown felt hat and binoculars are ondisplay in a gallery at Northern Horse Park,which opened in 1989. The bald face ofchestnut Northern Taste, the Group 1 winnerand outstanding sire in whose honor the parkwas named, appears in many photos in thegallery, offering an amuse bouche, so to speak, ofYoshida’s love for horses. The picture of hisparents – Mr. and Mrs. Zensuke Yoshida – in

Kentucky posing with Man o’ War in 1928,when Zenya was about seven years old, atteststhat he came by his interest in greatthoroughbreds naturally.

Various racing memorabilia that can barelybegin to detail the breadth of the influenceZenya Yoshida set in motion lies behind otherdisplay cases. There is the blanket of flowersthat draped Cesario after she won the AmericanOaks-G1 at Hollywood Park, and one of her

find barns we didn’t know were there. ‘Oh, isthis a new barn?’ ‘No, it’s been here ten years!’”

The mares, and the pedigrees of the foals andyearlings, encountered at each of these barns area pantheon of international equine stars. Threefemale Horses of the Year – Azeri (US), BuenaVista (Japan), and Night Magic (Germany) –will one day be joined in the paddocks byreigning Japanese Horse of the YearGentildonna, a Northern Farm homebredracing for Sunday Racing Co. and whose dam,Donna Blini, was purchased by KatsumiYoshida at the end of her three-year-old seasonfor 500,000 guineas at Tattersalls a year aftershe had won England’s Group 1 Cheveley ParkStud Stakes. For now, Donna Blini can lay claimas queen of the producers, but Azeri remains inthe spotlight: At the 2013 Japan Racing HorseAssociation (JRHA) Select Sale of yearlings andfoals on July 8-9, her suckling colt by DeepImpact was the most sought after individual,selling to Desk Valet Co. Ltd. for ¥240 million(about £1.6 million/€1.86 million).

The select sale, first held in 1998, has adistinctively local flair. Shunsuke Yoshida,Katsumi’s son, says, “Selling horses privately asa foal or weanling is a Japanese custom. Myfather started the select sales and wanted to fitthe European way to the Japanese style.” Theyearling sale is more standard to othercountries, but payment for the foals is unique:half the sales price is due in July, and the otherhalf in March.

Foals from the Northern consignment returnto the farm, where they remain until thefollowing March 31st, and the new owner doesA statue of Zenya Yoshida and Northern Taste at Northern Horse Park


shoes. Orfevre’s dirtied Tokyo Yushun-JapaneseDerby-G1 saddlecloth contrasts the shinygolden trophy he earned in that race. Wajima’sEclipse Award is behind a glass case, not farfrom raised individual wood display columnsholding Japanese championship trophies.

In the museum, too, are Sunday Silence’s stalldoor, feed tub, and halter. There’s a photo,appropriately larger than life, of the stallion’shead peering from behind the iron bars of hisdoor. For the American and Japanese racingfans who appreciate the impact he made on theracetrack and at stud, it is humbling, giving afeeling of closeness to the Kentucky Derby,Preakness, and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner,1989 Horse of the Year, and Japanesefoundation sire who appears in the pedigrees ofso many champions raised on Hokkaido as サンデーサイレンス.

On the grounds of the horse park is a life-sized statue of Yoshida – wearing his signaturehat – patting his Northern Dancer stallionNorthern Taste, whom he purchased for$100,000 at the 1972 Saratoga yearling sale.Northern Taste won the Group 1 Prix de laForet before retiring to Shadai Stallion Station,where there is another full-scale statue, this oneof Yoshida sitting back and relaxing with his hatpushed back on his head, serenely surveying agrassy area beside one of the barns in thestallion complex. It is an image of a mancompletely at peace with his world. Sadly,Zenya Yoshida never got to see the breed-shaping achievements of Sunday Silence, whoseoldest foals were yearlings when he passed awayin December of 1993.

Son Katsumi began operating as NorthernFarm in 1994. The nursery that consistentlyproduces some of the best racehorses seen inJapan and, increasingly, the world, is spread outover 900 or so hectares (more than 2,200 acres)of prime, impeccably maintained land. Itsimmensity prompts blacksmith and Irishtransplant Nathy Kelly, who has worked at thefarm for more than four years and is marriedwith family to a woman from Japan, to joke, “We

“Selling horses privatelyas a foal or weanling isa Japanese custom. Myfather started the selectsales and wanted to fitthe European way to theJapanese style”

Shunsuke Yoshida

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not get bills, regardless of injury or illness whileunder the farm’s care. That breeders should bearall of the financial responsibility for these foalsis a personal decision, and not a condition ofthe JRHA sale. “It’s the seller’s responsibility,”shrugs Shunsuke.

Another custom is selling the first and lasthips of each session, all four of which wereconsigned by Northern Farm this year, withoutreserve as a gesture of goodwill.

Overall, at this year’s JRHA sale, NorthernFarm sold seven of the top eleven highest-priced yearlings – including the top two, DeepImpact colts out of US Graded stakes winnersShes All Eltish and Persistently for ¥180 million(£1.2 million/€1.395 million) and ¥170 million(£1.13 million/€1.3 million) respectively – andsix of the top ten foals, led by the Azeri colt anda Deep Impact colt out of Argentine Group 1winner Malpensa for ¥230 million (£1.5 million/ €1.78 million).

Some four hundred foals are born on thefarm per year. Shunsuke Yoshida says, “Wewant to sell most of the foals and yearlings, ifthey are good to sell. But if we have progeny ofBuena Vista or Gentildonna, they’ll go toSunday Racing. If we have one from Cesario, heor she goes to Carrot Club,” – referring to thetwo Northern Farm partnerships for which

Above: The view of Northern Farm from the

26-foot tall deck at Northern Horse Park

Right: Champion sprinter and miler Kinshasa

No Kiseki goes into his barn at Shadai

Stallion Station

those mares raced or, as with Gentildonna,currently race.

Shunsuke says, “My grandfather would besurprised at how big the farm is. When myfather took a piece of his farm (in 1994), we hadabout 120 broodmares. Now we have morethan 550.” The property has grown three orfour times in size as well and is considerablyself-sufficient, although hay is imported fromthe US and Canada.

A fourth-generation horseman, ShunsukeYoshida’s earliest memory of racing was of a bigsuccess for the family. “My grandfather,” he says,“had a horse called Amber Shadai and he won

the (1981 Grade 1) Arima Kinen Grand Prix.My parents and my grandparents went to theraces (at Nakayama Racecourse in Honshu). Istayed in Hokkaido. As soon as Amber Shadaiwon people kept calling my house. I was six orseven but I kept taking the phone calls, I keptsaying, ‘Thank you very much!’ We didn’t winbig races often, only once a year or once everytwo or three years, so the win in the ArimaKinen was a big thing.”

He remembers, too, that his grandfather was“was very excited to have Sunday Silence.” DidZenya Yoshida think when the son of Haloarrived in Japan in 1990 that he was going to be

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as consequential as he turned out to be? “Notreally, no,” Shunsuke laughs. “At that time wehad Northern Taste, who was very successful,but he was the only successful sire for us. Mygrandfather and my father and his brothers keptbuying the stallions but they were neversuccessful. The good thing about mygrandfather is he kept trying!”

Now, sons and grandsons of Sunday Silence,who Shunsuke calls the “backbone” of theirfarm, dominate the Japanese sire ranks, with somuch saturation that in recent years ShadaiStallion Station has imported War Emblem (byOur Emblem), who turned out to be anotoriously shy breeder; Harbinger (Dansili);and Workforce (King’s Best), and the Yoshidascontinue to spend money on high-end NorthAmerican, Australian, and Europeanbroodmares or broodmare prospects. “We needgood stallions for our Sunday Silence mares, sowe keep buying stallions.”

So far, sons of Kingmambo have been anatural fit for Sunday Silence-line mares: KingKamehameha has seven Graded stakes winnersbred on the cross, while El Condor Pasa, whodied young, got multiple Grade 1 winnerVermilion, who is one of four Kingmambo-linehorses at Shadai Stallion Station. KingKamehameha’s Grade 1-winning son Rulershipbred a lot of mares tracing to Sunday Silenceblood in this, his first season. Kentucky Derbywinner War Emblem – who is in isolation andnot persevered with in the breeding shedanymore – might have been another to workwell with Sunday Silence; among his 121registered foals were a total of seven stakeswinners, two of which, including Group 3winner King’s Emblem, had dams by SundaySilence.

The logistics of breeding hundreds of mares ayear from Northern Farm can get a little tricky,

so mating decisions are often made by checkingto see which stallions are available the day amare needs to be covered and what other maresalso need to get in. “Maybe we decide this onebroodmare is very important so she’s going toDeep Impact. Really, it’s like so,” explainsShunsuke. Most of the better racemares and/orproducers, such as Gentildonna’s dam DonnaBlini and Azeri, did visit Deep Impact’s bookagain this year, though as the sire of Orfevre and2013 Grade 1 winners Fenomeno and GoldShip, Stay Gold (by Sunday Silence), located atBig Red Farm, got a few of the farm’s nice maresas well, such as Frizette Stakes-G1 winner SkyDiva, whose 2012 Deep Impact colt topped thatyear’s select sale foal session.

Katsumi Yoshida’s name appears on thedocket at major breeding stock and other salesin the US, Australia, and Europe on a regularbasis. Imported horses fly into Narita and spendthree weeks in quarantine before taking theferry to Hokkaido. From the time they leavequarantine until they arrive at Northern Farm,it’s about a 20-hour journey. Import taxes areroughly £35,000, or €50,000, per horse.

The inspection team at Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton is headed by Shunsuke, who goes withhis “first impression” when he’s looking at apotential purchase. Acquisitions from last year’ssales include Zazu ($2.1 million) and Tapitsfly($1.85 million), who, like Azeri, are in foal toDeep Impact.

Shunsuke Yoshida, a father of two with aquick sense of humor and who is well-spokenin English, studied economics at KeioUniversity in Tokyo, although the formerJapanese Junior show jumping championadmits, “Show jumping came first – no study,only show jumping!” He gained workexperience outside of Japan with broodmares atThree Chimneys, yearlings at Lane’s End, and

“We need good stallionsfor our Sunday Silencemares, so we keep buying stallions”

Shunsuke Yoshida (pictured)

Carrot Club's 2011 champion

two-year-old Alfredo after training

on the indoor gallop at Kuko

two-year-olds with Niall Brennan, from the end of 1998 to the spring of2000, and visited the winner’s circle at Churchill Downs when FusaichiPegasus, in whom his family had purchased an interest at two, won theKentucky Derby. When he’s not travelling for races or to check in onhorses at one of two of Northern Farm’s training centres, Shigaraki inShiga and Tenei in Fukushima – both on Honshu – he spends morningsfocused on the horses in pre-training, often joined by Katsumi. “He lovesto watch the horses training!” Shunsuke says.

On-site facilities include a massive pre-training and lay-up operationwith two covered uphill gallop courses – 900-metre Kuko and 800-metreHayakita – on a deep bed of top-quality Hokkaido wood chips. Even inmid-summer, the arrows on the road to help keep drivers on snow-covered roads serve as reminders of the extremely harsh winters inHokkaido. It is not hard to imagine how the covered gallops, which havetall curved metal roofs with skylights, make the conditions bearable forhorses and riders throughout the year. “It works quite good. It was agood idea!” says Shunsuke Yoshida. Nathy Kelly agrees: “We call themthe eighth wonder of the world.” There are subtle differences to thecourses, with Hayakita having a steeper grade but with more spring inthe footing and slightly less taxing than Kuko, in the opinion of farm vetDr Hirofumi Kawasaki.

Besides the two main gallops, there are also an outdoor 800-metrewood chip gallop and a 600-metre indoor canter at Hayakita, an outdoor1,000-metre dirt course at Kuko, and more than 15 treadmills betweenboth.

The foyer a t Kuko, where Shunsuke spends most of his mornings,serves as a reminder of traditional Japanese culture, with worn shoesneatly piled around on the floor and in a corner, a rack of slippers forpeople to change into before entering the main room. Trainingequipment, however, is high-tech. Horses wear heart monitors andcomputer chips, and their lactate levels are monitored regularly. Thecovered gallops have cameras located throughout, streaming live feed tosix televisions in a viewing room at the steep end of each track, whereriders, who get on three or four mounts per day, check their time on anoutdoor screen. Footage of the works is kept for three months. Sixteen


Shoes forged by hand by the farm’s two champion farriers

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barn managers – ten at Kuko and six atHayakita – each oversee a group of 30-60horses each. Yuya Takami, for instance, is incharge of C-1 (“one” is “ichi” in Japanese), andhis graduates include 2011 Triple Crownwinner Orfevre, who was not bred at Northernbut was broken there and races for SundayRacing; successful young US-based sire HatTrick, a Group 1 winner in Hong Kong forCarrot Club; and three Grade 1 winners still intraining – Curren Black Hill (NHK Mile Cup),Fenomeno (Tenno Sho-Spring), and RealImpact (Yasuda Kinen) – all of whom arecurrently back in his barn for some R&R.

The young horses are exercised on the woodchip gallops, as it is thought that the all weathersurface is too fast for two-year-olds at this stage.Kawasaki reminds that “this is only a trainingcentre,” adding that fifteen seconds per furlongis the ideal for their juveniles before they areshipped off to one of 90 trainers employed bythe various racing partnerships managed byNorthern Farm.

Four hundred-plus head receive their earlylessons on these grounds annually. The lastthree Japanese Horses of the Year – Gentildonna(Kuko), Orfevre (Kuko), and Buena Vista(Hayakita) – got their early starts at these pre-training stables. Deep Impact, Japan’s 2005 and2006 Horse of the Year and currently the hottesthorse in the country, was also put through hispaces at Hayakita prior to going to trainer YasuoIkee, whose son Yasutoshi trains Orfevre.

Shunsuke Yoshida takes pride in theireducational program. “Before we send thehorses to trainers, we make them practice, weeducate them. They need to stand still in thestalls, but we don’t force them to go out quicklyhere. We just get them to have experience. Tomake them dash from the barrier, I think it’s ajockey’s job. If you feel that in Japan loading

horses in the barrier is very quick,” – and it is –“I think it’s our mentality: We can’t wait. I feelthat too. When I go to races in other countries,it feels very slow. ‘Please load!’ I know thementality here is different, so I understand theycan be slow. When you’re getting aboard aJapanese airline, you feel it, too.”

The racing syndicates managed by NorthernFarm also fall under Shunsuke’s purview. Inwhat is surely an understatement, he says, “I domany small things.” The syndicates are verypopular. “Last Monday was the (syndicate)deadline. Most of the yearlings already sold –we sell 40 shares in each horse – but someyearlings have more than 200 people wanting tobe in on them, so we needed to have a lottery.Because some people have a longer relationshipwith us, we give them seniority, but ten out ofthe 40 are lottery, and then new people with uscan have a share.” Just one very lucky partnerowns a share in Triple Crown winners Orfevreand Gentildonna.

A number of the 600 Northern Farmemployees – this figure includes part-time help– are tasked with keeping syndicate members

aware of what is going on with their horses.Owners can log on to a website and get updatesevery three or four days on the horses activelyin training, and they frequently come to thefarm to look at their horses at Kuko andHayakita.

Horseracing is popular in Japan, butcompared to 15 or 20 years ago, it’s less so,Shunsuke opines, citing the Internet andmobile phones as distractions that cut into freetime. Also, he suggests, “Maybe many peoplewait to get into horses. They keep working untilthey turn 60, working hard and never lookingaround, and suddenly when they don’t have togo to the company and they want something todo,” they turn to horseracing. He would like tosee more young people at the track. “Sometimespeople of a younger age never understand whatolder people are thinking about.”

It costs roughly ¥600,000 (£4,000/€4,650)per month to keep a horse in training with JRAtrainers – JRA being the top tier racecourses inthe country. Prize money is strong, which forhorses that are pulling their weight offsets thehigh training fees so that “not so many peoplewant to sell,” explains Shunsuke. “My motherowns Jaguar Mail,” a Grade 1 winner whoremains in training at age seven. “He ran secondin (the Hong Kong Vase-G1) twice. When hewas three or four, people wanted to buy him butwe knew he was going to be a Group stakesperformer.”

Japan has gradually been opening up racesand granting ownership licenses to citizens ofother countries. Shunsuke Yoshida would liketo see more foreigners licensed, as well as locallybred horses participating internationally. “I wantto make many people know about Japaneseracing,” he says. “I’m kind of proud of Japaneseracing and how JRA (Japanese RacingAssociation) is organised. I want people to

“Before we send the horses to trainers, wemake them practice, weeducate them. They needto stand still in the stalls,but we don’t force them togo out quickly here”

Shunsuke Yoshida

Hollywood Park's American Oaks-G1 winner Cesario being led in from the field

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know Japanese racing and the quality of thehorses and horseracing.”

Many employees of Northern Farm live onthe premises and make use of one of the mealplan options at the full-service dining hall. Staffon the Hokkaido properties includes six vetsand eight full-time blacksmiths, two of the latterbeing Japanese champion shoemakers. “Quiteamazing,” says Kelly, showing a thick metal barthat these men can fashion into a perfectJapanese-style horseshoe at a rate of two in 25minutes. The farm brings podiatry expert Dr.Scott Morrison from Rood & Riddle inKentucky to look at their stock two or threetimes a year. Vets and blacksmiths keep a closeeye on conformation as well, performingcorrective surgery, says Kelly, if it will help thehorse. “There’s no stone unturned here. If they

need it, they get it.” Another system that workswell is that radiographs are available for viewingwithin minutes in offices across the farm withinminutes after being processed.

Hirofumi Kawasaki stresses what he believesis the crucial factor in Northern Farm’s success:“We have many good pedigreed mares andstallions, but I think the most important thing– it’s very, very important – is the humanaspect, and staff and veterinary education.Katsumi thinks so, too. Next come pedigreeand the facility. A horse could have a very goodpedigree but if the people aren’t good he won’tlearn the important things right.” Aveterinarian for ten years, Kawasaki’s onlyemployment since obtaining his license hasbeen here at the farm. “For many people,” hesays, “this is their first job and they never leave.

All the staff loves Katsumi. I love it here. Thisis very, very important, too.”

What would Shunsuke Yoshida like for thefuture of Northern Farm? “Basically that wekeep going this way.” But for a culture driven byefficiency and perfection, don’t think that meansthat they’re satisfied with maintaining the statusquo: “We change. We find we need to changeevery year, every month,” Shunsuke adds.

That statue at Shadai Stallion Station of acontented Zenya Yoshida suggests that the greatman knew his dream would be in good hands.Each success attached to the hallowed groundsof Northern Farm pays tribute to him, who hada vision for Japanese racing – a vision that hisson Katsumi and grandson Shunsuke continueto advance to heights that not even Zenya mayhave believed possible. n

Grooms in C-1 barn manager Yuya Takami's block at the Kuko division polish Sunday Racing's 2013 Tenno Sho-G1 winner

Fenomeno for a viewing

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ZENYA YOSHIDA had a great eye for pickingout quality thoroughbreds. He proved thisinternationally, with 1975 champion three-year-old colt Wajima in the US; Group 1winners Northern Taste in 1974 and JadeRobbery in 1989 and 1982 Group 2 winnerReal Shadai in France; and Lassalle, whopulled off the Ascot Gold Cup-G1 and Prix duCadran-G1 double in 1973.

Yoshida had spearheaded the East-WestStable syndicate that purchased Wajima as ayearling in 1973 for $600,000, a record priceat the time and remarkable in that only twobids were placed on the colt in the sale ring. Inhis championship season, Wajima won fourGrade 1 races: the Marlboro Cup over 1974-1976 Horse of the Year Forego, the Travers,Monmouth Invitational, and the GovernorStakes.

But none of these racehorses were bred inJapan.

The first horse to carry a (Jpn) suffix andscore a black type win in North America orEurope was Hakuchikara, Japan’s 1957 Horseof the Year and winner of the Washington’sBirthday Handicap at Santa Anita in 1959.Multiple Group 2 French stakes winnerLimnos, a Northern Farm-foaled homebred forStavros Niarchos, was the first Graded orGroup stakes winner, earning that distinctionin 1998.

In 1989, Zenya Yoshida told a reporter that,

Rise of theJapanese-bredracehorseabroad

“Ultimately we want to win the KentuckyDerby and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.” While aJapanese-bred has yet to do either, Japanesebusinessman Fusao Sekiguchi’s Kentucky-bredFusaichi Pegasus wore the garland of rosesafter the 2000 Kentucky Derby. Yoshida’s sonsbought into that colt late in his juvenileseason, so they have won a Derby, althoughnot in their silks or stable name.

A horse bred in Japan and owned by aNorthern Farm entity is unlikely to contest theAmerican or European Classics any time soon.Yoshida’s grandson Shunsuke Yoshida says thatthe logistics of travelling from Japan make itdifficult on three-year-old horses. “Myopinion’s changing every year. Two years agowe sent Grand Prix Boss to [the St. James’sPalace Stakes at] Royal Ascot and last year wesent Deep Brillante to the King George, and itwas a bit difficult to maintain their condition.Maybe if we had more experience of sending ahorse abroad I’d have a different opinion.”Neither Grand Prix Boss, who was already atwo-time Grade 1 winner, nor Tokyo Yushun-Japanese Derby-G1 winner Deep Brillante didwell in their respective races abroad.

As to the other half of Zenya Yoshida’s goal,British-bred White Muzzle nearly pulled it offunder his silks in 1993, finishing second by aneck in the Arc to Urban Sea. The German-bred and -trained filly Danedream won the2011 running of France’s flagship event afterson Teruya of Shadai Farm (not to be confusedwith Shadai Stallion Station, which is ownedby all three of Zenya’s sons) had bought intoher; as with Fusaichi Pegasus, she raced in heroriginal owner’s colors. American-bred,Japanese-based Grand Prix du Jockey Club-G1winner El Condor Pasa, who was later astallion at Shadai Stallion Station, was secondin the Arc to Montjeu in 1999.

Shadai Stallion Station resident Heart’s Cry earned a trip to the winner’s circle in the 2006 Dubai Sheema Classic

Queen Elizabeth II Cup-G1 winner

Rulership at Shadai Stallion Station

But the Japanese breeding program hascome close in the Arc. Agonizingly close.Sunday Racing Co.’s quirky Triple Crownwinner Orfevre looked home free in 2012before Solemia pipped him by a neck at thewire. Nakayama Festa was a head behindWorkforce in second place, four years afterDeep Impact was disqualified from a third-place effort.

Perhaps Japan will get a coveted Arc thisyear. As of July, plans call for 2011 Prix Foy-G2 winner Orfevre to ship to France in Augustfor another tilt at the Arc in October. He isexpected to be joined in the Arc by the three-year-old Deep Impact colt Kizuna, who has theTokyo Yushun-Japanese Derby-G1 on his CV.

One celebrated local horse, Symboli Farms’1984 Japanese Triple Crown winner SymboliRudolf, nicknamed “The Emperor,” was sent totrainer Ron McAnally in California in early1986. Making one start, he was injured andretired to stud in Japan after running sixth inthe San Luis Rey Stakes-G1.

Japan’s later efforts to succeed inGraded/Group stakes races have proven moresuccessful. From few attempts, Japanese-bredhorses have won important races in the UAE,Australia, the US, France, Hong Kong, andSingapore. Shadai Stallion Station residentsHeart’s Cry earned trips to the winner’s circlein the 2006 Dubai Sheema Classic; AdmireMoon in the 2007 Dubai Duty Free-G1; andVictoire Pisa in the 2011 Dubai World Cup-G1, ten years after the Japanese mare To theVictory was second in that race.

A nose separated Northern Farm-bredsDelta Blues and Pop Rock in the 2006 runningof Australia’s most famous race, the MelbourneCup-G1, while the 2005 American Oaks-G1fell to Cesario, a year after Dance in the Moodwas runner-up to Ticker Tape (now abroodmare at Northern Farm, as is Cesario) inthat event. Dance in the Mood returned toHollywood Park in 2006 to win the Grade 3CashCall Invitational. In Hong Kong, StayGold, a Grade 2 winner in Dubai, won the2001 Hong Kong Vase-G1; Hat Trick the 2005Hong Kong Mile-G1; Lord Kanaloa the HongKong Sprint-G1; Rulership the 2012 QueenElizabeth II Cup-G1. The Singapore AirlinesInternational Cup-G1 fell to Cosmo Bulk in2006 and Shadow Gate in 2007.

It bears noting that Sunday Silence was thesire or grandsire of nearly all of the Japanese-bred horses – bar Symboli Rudolf, LordKanaloa, Rulership, and Cosmo Bulk – nameddirectly above. That illustrious sire has only ahandful of Northern Hemisphere-season basedsons at stud outside of Japan, but two of them– Divine Light, who was initially in Francebefore moving to Turkey, and Hat Trick, nowat Gainesway Farm in Kentucky – siredEuropean juvenile champions. Divine Light’sNatagora’s Group 1 wins came in the CheveleyPark Stud Stakes at two and the 1,000 Guineasat three. Dabirsim, by Hat Trick, wasundefeated at two, led by victories in the Prix

Morny and the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-GrandCriterium.

Although foaled in the United Kingdom,Wildenstein Stables’ 2012 Poule d’Essai desPouliches-French 1,000 Guineas-G1 winnerBeauty Parlour, by Deep Impact, was anothertriumph for Japan.

Making an ImpactFor the immediate future, Deep Impact,Sunday Silence’s equivalent of Galileo to

Sadler’s Wells, promises to be the biggestprogenitor of Japanese-bred suffixes across theworld.

Foaled at Katsumi Yoshida’s Northern Farmon March 25, 2002 – five months beforeSunday Silence died from laminitis – DeepImpact was a member of his sire’s penultimatecrop. His dam, Irish-bred Wind in Her Hair(by Alzao), placed second in the Epsom Oaks-G1 and Yorkshire Oaks-G1, then washighweighted from 11-14 furlongs at four inGermany having won the Group 1 Aral-Pokal.Wind in Her Hair had produced US Grade 3stakes winner Veil of Avalon prior to DeepImpact selling for ¥70 million (£383,000 /€598,000), just out of the top ten, as a foal inthe Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA)Select Sale.

Racing for Kaneko Makoto Holdings Co.and trained by Yasuo Ikee, Deep Impactdebuted in December at two and won his firstseven starts, including the Japanese TripleCrown: Satsuki Sho-Japanese 2,000 Guineas,Tokyo Yushun, and Kikuka Sho-Japanese St.Leger, over 2000 metres, 2400 metres, and3000 metres, respectively. He met his firstdefeat, a second in the Arima Kinen inDecember, in his eighth start but had doneenough to be named Horse of the Year andchampion three-year-old colt.

Deep Impact resumed his winning ways at

22-year-old retired broodmare Wind in Her

Hair, the Group 1-winning dam of Triple

Crown winner Deep Impact, now acts as a

nanny to weanling and yearling fillies

Deep Impact, twice Japanese Horse of the Year, is also the country’s leading stallion


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four, going three-of-three in his first Japanesestarts – the Hanshin Daishoten-G2, the TennoSho (Spring) over 3200 metres, and the Grade1 Takarazuka Kinen – before Rail Link andPride finished ahead of him in the 2006 Arc.He was later disqualified. He made his finaltwo starts in Japan, winning the Japan Cup-G1and the Arima Kinen (Grand Prix). DeepImpact repeated as Japanese Horse of the Yearand was champion older horse.

He retired to Shadai Stallion Station with arecord of 12 wins and one second in 14 startsfrom about 10 to 16 furlongs, earning¥1,454,551,000 – the equivalent of £9.8million, or €11 million. Although in Japan DeepImpact won seven Grade 1s and three Grade 2s,International Cataloguing Standards didn’t atthe time classify those races as Graded/Group,so outside of his home country he is onlycredited with three Graded stakes victories.

IN 1989, Zenya Yoshida made big news byoffering the session-topping bid of $2.8million on the last yearling by NorthernDancer to sell at auction, one of two foalsfrom that sire’s last crop. Yoshida namedthe colt – a son of European championMrs. Penny – Northern Park to mark theopening of his Northern Horse Park inHokkaido, Japan.

Northern Park, the horse, was a Listedstakes winner in France, and he became amodest sire in the US and Europe. ButNorthern Horse Park, now operated byZenya’s son Katsumi, flourishes nearly 25

years on as yet another resounding successfrom the drawing board of Zenya Yoshida.

The 50-hectare (123-acre) park inTomakomai abuts Katsumi’s Northern Farm’sKuko division. A sign in the horse gallery onthe grounds states: “Zenya Yoshida hadwished that many people would come incontact with horses. For this purpose, heopened Northern Horse Park in 1989. Andthis gallery was established to give visitorsinformation about thoroughbreds andhorseracing.” Also, “We hope every visitorwill get to know of Northern Taste [and]great horseman Zenya Yoshida.”

Displays in the gallery are primarily inJapanese, although you can get a sense ofhistory from the photos, trophies, racesashes, and other priceless racing relicswithout being able to read in that language.

Outside, from minis to drafts, horses areeverywhere. Thirty-two-year-old quarterhorse Brown (who is a chesnut) is the elderstatesman, and he looks quite well for hisadvanced age. He is one of many horses andponies that fans can get close enough to petin their stalls or paddocks. Activities includea carriage ride (or, in the wintertime, a sleighride) and a five-minute circuit on horseback

Northern Horse Park

Yukichan (right), whose dam is also white, is a three-time stakes winner in Japan and the

only known white thoroughbred stakes winner. Her second foal, this daughter of

Harbinger, is white, too

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GROWING JAPAN


With his initial two crops of racing age,Deep Impact catapulted to the number threespot on the leading sires’ table, and as leadingsire in 2012 and to date in 2013, he hasn’tlooked back. Through mid-July, he has sirednine Grade/Group 1 winners, seven Grade 2winners, and 13 Grade/Group 3 winners.Deep Impact’s fillies have dominated the OkaSho-Japanese 1,000 Guineas-G1 (Marcellina,Gentildonna, Ayusan), and his sons have wontwo editions of the Tokyo Yushun (DeepBrillante, Kizuna), all with just three crops ofsophomores.

Gentildonna was 2012 Horse of the Yearafter becoming the fourth filly to sweep theFilly Triple Crown, comprised of the Oka Sho,Yushun Himba-Japanese Oaks, and ShukaSho, all Grade 1s. Her most thrilling race wasarguably the 2012 Japan Cup, in which shesurvived an inquiry to defeat 2011 Horse of

yearlings and ¥95,375,000 (£636,385/€739,513), providing a healthy return on his¥15 million (£100,000/€116,000) coveringfee. He had four of the top five yearlings andseven of the top ten foals.

Ecurie Wildenstein, as Dayton InvestmentsLimited, has reaped the benefits of breeding toSunday Silence’s heir apparent: in addition toFrench Classic winner Beauty Parlour, thestable’s 2012 French Group 3 winnerAquamarine is a five-year-old Japanese-breddaughter of Deep Impact. Other prominentinternational breeders, such as the Niarchosfamily, also have some up-and-cominghomebred stock by Deep Impact.

With more and more foreign breederspatronizing the services of Deep Impact andother sires, it is only a matter of time before“(Jpn)” attached to the name of important racewinners worldwide is commonplace. n

around a pretty area on a lead-rein, mostlyfor children though the occasional adult isspotted enjoying their first time on a horse.

The “Happy” show features a miniaturepony performing tricks for an audience…andfor carrots. The routine is directed andnarrated in Japanese by the bubbly,enthusiastic Hisa Sato, and occasionally theshow is closed by Katsumi Yoshida’s 12-year-old off-track thoroughbred Delta Blues, whoraced for Sunday Racing Co., jumping fencesunder English tack and standing for photoswith the crowd. The grandson of SundaySilence won the 2004 Kikka Sho-Japanese St.Leger-G1 and the 2006 Melbourne Cup-G1.

Locals and tourists, most of them fromJapan, also go to the horse park to play golf,miniature golf, tennis, half-court basketball,or to go cycling, snowmobiling in winter,and many other outdoor activities. A freeshuttle bus from New Chitose Airport to thepark runs every hour on the hour up toseven times a day, depending on the season.

Two restaurants include excellent fareserved on plates with Northern Taste’slikeness at K’s Garden (the “K” is for KatsumiYoshida’s wife Kazumi), where full-lengthwindows face the garden and a waterfall

constructed of volcanic rocks from Mt Usu,which last erupted in 2000. The stunninggarden features a brook and Hokkaidoflowers, plants, and trees around a 1-kilometre path. The 8-metre high viewingdeck, looking out over horses turned out inscenic pastures on Northern Farm, is ahighlight of the facility.

People can also tour Shadai StallionStation, a 15-minute bus ride away inHayakita Genbu, and observe the stallions intheir paddocks from stands set up along thefence. Deep Impact and his Japanese Derby-winning son Deep Brillante occupy two ofthe paddocks closest to the decks. Even onrainy days, people gather here to see thestallions.

Through Northern Horse Park, ZenyaYoshida ensured that his wish to bringpeople and horses together became reality, alegacy carried on with devotion by his sonKatsumi.

the Year and fellow Triple Crown winnerOrfevre – by Sunday Silence son Stay Gold –by a nose, with jockeys of the first three home– King Kamehameha’s son Rulership was third– wearing the silks of Sunday Racing Co. “Wehad Orfevre, too, so we didn’t have to sendGentildonna to the Japan Cup, but we wantedto and it was an exciting race,” says ShunsukeYoshida of the show of sportsmanship inrunning both of their stars.

Gentildonna has yet to resume her winningways this season, but ran a solid second to StNicholas Abbey in the Dubai Sheema Classic-G1 and was third to Gold Ship most recentlyin the Takarazuka Kinen-G1, in which anotherDeep Impact, Danon Ballade, ran second.

Not surprisingly, Deep Impact has reignedas the most in-demand sire at the JRHA selectsales. This year, his progeny averaged¥90,666,667 (£604,970/€703,005) for

Activities at the park include a carriage ride

(above left) while visitors can get up close to

the horses such as Melbourne Cup winner

Delta Blues (above right) and also enjoy a

show with a minature pony performing tricks


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Feeding fibre to racehorsesTraditionally, racehorses have been fed high-concentrate low-forage diets. Twenty years ago cereal-rich diets seemed to be

the best way to get sufficient energy and protein intoperformance horses, as the only fibre feed readily availablewas hay – and much of that was of poor quality. However,the last two decades have seen a big increase in equine

nutrition research and this has improved our knowledge ofdigestive physiology and encouraged feed companies to

develop a range of feeds that cater for all activities. WORDS: MeRial MOORe-COlyeR PHOTOS: SHUTTeRSTOCK

ORE recently,researchers haveturned their attentionto feeding behaviourand the results ofthese studies are

helping horse owners to feed their animalsin a more natural manner, while meetingnutrient requirements and minimisingperformance-crippling digestive andmetabolic disorders. This article discussesthe advantages and practicalities of feedingfibre-based diets to racehorses.

Problems with high-cereal dietsThere is now clear evidence to show thatfeeding high levels of cereal-basedconcentrates predisposes horses to gastriculcers, colic, laminitis, and set-fast(azoturia), all of which have seriousnegative impacts on performance. Theincidence of gastric ulcers in racehorses isgreater than 90%, which presents theindustry with major costs in terms ofveterinary fees, expensive supplements, andlost training days. Moreover, by meal-feeding high-cereal diets, the amount of timea stabled horse spends eating is severelyrestricted and this can encourage thedevelopment of stereotypic behaviours suchas weaving and crib-biting.

When horses perform stereotypies theyrelease endorphins (dopamine) from thebrain. These endorphins are addictive and

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are now thought to be a ‘coping mechanism’in response to a stressful situation. Recentwork has found a clear relationship betweengastric ulcers, crib-biting, and meal feedingcereal-based diets to horses. While there islittle evidence to show that stereotypicbehaviours actually impair performance,they are an indication that the horse finds itsenvironment unacceptable, and this is aserious welfare issue.

A new generation of feeds Happily alongside the research into thenegative effects of feeding cereals to horses, scientists have investigated ways of supplying more energy and protein using novel ingredients, many of them by-products of the human food industry.Many of these feeds are fibre-based, asresearch has shown that gut health andgeneral wellbeing is facilitated by feedinghorses what they have evolved to eat i.e.,fibre.

While not advocating that all racehorsesshould be fed fibre-only diets – as thosedoing predominantly sprint work will needto have some cereals to replenish muscleglycogen stores – most racehorses wouldbenefit from having a large proportion oftheir cereal feed replaced with high-qualityfibre feeds.

Feeds containing sugar beet pulp, alfalfa,chopped grass, citrus pulp, or soya hulls areall useful substitutes for cereals. Many of

these high-fibre mixes, nuts, and chops haveenergy and protein contents similar tocereals and so supply equal levels ofnutrients to a traditional ‘hard-feed.’ Becausethese are fibre-based feeds they are digested in the hindgut, producing shortchain fatty acids (acetate, propionate, andbutyrate) that are readily metabolised toenergy.

Evidence to support feeding fibre toracehorsesRecent work by Swedish researchers Janssonand Lindberg (2012) has shown thatracehorses fed all-forage diets had similarperformance levels but lower blood lactateand higher venous pH post-exercise thanthose fed a cereal and forage diet. Thesemeasurements indicated that the horseswere able to perform more aerobically,which increased time to fatigue and reduced

stress and recovery time. Giving horsesbicarbonate (milkshake) has been acommon practice in the racing industry tocounteract the effects of acidosis induced byintensive exercise. The raising of venous pHon the all-fibre diets fed in this studyshowed that this effect can be achievednaturally by feeding fibre. While nodigestive parameters were measured here,other studies have shown that fibre reducesgastric ulcers, so there are several well-documented reasons to increase the fibre inracehorse diets.

Fibre feeds naturally have better mineral,vitamin, and electrolyte profiles than cerealsand in a form that is readily available, so thehorse can utilise these micronutrients moreefficiently than those in cereals. Mineralimbalances can cause bone, muscle, andnerve problems while electrolyte loss is amajor cause of fatigue, so a natural source ofthese nutrients presented in a palatable formis highly desirable.

Energy demandsThose racehorses galloping over longerdistances have higher total energy demandsthan those doing short sprints. Short, veryfast races (world record at 70km/h) aremostly run anaerobically and for this thehorse uses glucose and muscle glycogen asfuel. However, a high proportion ofracehorses run longer distances and like allother athletes they use a combination of

“Recent work has founda clear relationshipbetween gastric ulcers,crib-biting, and mealfeeding cereal-baseddiets to horses.”

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anaerobic and aerobic energy. As the researchabove indicated, feeding a substrate such asfibre that is metabolised aerobically canincrease the time to fatigue and allow thehorse to gallop for longer.

If you are concerned that a fibre-only diet isnot supplying enough total energy to thehorse then adding oil can be a really usefulway of getting a little bit more energy inwithout increasing cereals. Oil is also a bettersubstrate for those doing extended work at itis metabolised to energy aerobically and soprovides more ATP (adenosine triphosphate,the body’s form of energy) than when glucoseis used as the energy substrate.

A lot of research has been done on thebenefits of feeding fat to horses. Fat is veryefficiently digested and is broken down toenergy-dense long-chain fatty acids and glycerol. Glycerol isprocessed in theliver to glucose,so fat can helpto replenishmuscle glycogenstores. When fedfat for threeweeks the horseis conditionedto preferentiallyuse fat as anenergy sourceinstead ofglycogen.

This glycogen-sparing effect is energetically very useful as it means that the horse isgetting them a x i m u mamount ofenergy fromits food as itis beingme t abo l i s edaerobically, and‘saving’ theglycogen for fastwork. Glycogendepletion is the major cause of fatigue inhorses, so if the animal can fuel its work fromanother source, it can work for longer. Fat canbe added to the diets up to a maximum of1g/kg bodyweight/day = (500g for a 500kghorse); greater amounts can interfere withhindgut fermentation and is notrecommended.

Non-working timeMany horse owners forget that horses spendmost of their time in maintenance and low-level activity, i.e., eating, resting, and walkingto and from the gallops, all of which useaerobic energy. To fuel this activity the horseshould be using fibre and fat, so feed these in

and if not satisfied a horse can rapidly developthe digestive disorders and behaviouralproblems mentioned above. Fitthoroughbreds can be a bit ‘wired’ at the bestof times, so giving them something to dowhile in the stable will help them relax.However, all too often forage is regarded assomething for the horse to do in the stableand not really seen as a food source.

The two most commonly fed long fibres inthe UK are hay and haylage. There areadvantages and disadvantages to both, butwhatever you choose to feed, offer the bestquality forage possible so that it makes avaluable contribution to the nutrient content

of the diet. Young leafy forages havebetter energy and protein levels than

stemmy mature hays. Theavailability of protein can

be an issue with forage,as much of it is cell-

wall bound andtherefore not

available tothe horse.

However, ifyou are

feeding high-fibre nuts,

mixes, orchop –

particularlythose containingchopped alfalfa,

dried grass, orclover – then

your horsewill be

receiving adequateavailable protein.

Haylage isgenerally of highernutrient qualitythan hay because it

is cut at an earlierstage of growth, so it has

a higher proportion of leaf tostem. However, it must be well

made to be suitable to be fed to horses.Haylage needs to drop to pH 5.4 toensure a good fermentation and

prevent fungal and bacteria growth. In well-fermented haylage, the water-solublecarbohydrates are converted to lactic acid,which preserves the haylage. The lactic acid isreadily metabolized in the body to energy.Drier haylage is preserved by excluding air bywrapping; however, once opened this foragequickly deteriorates.

Well-made leafy hay can be equal tohaylage in nutrient quality but hay like this ishard to get in the UK. Commonly, hay is madewhen the grass is flowering, and this drops thenutrient content considerably. Furthermore,hay needs to be a minimum of 85% drymatter to prevent mould growth duringstorage. Even good quality hay contains

sufficient amounts to ensure that muscleglycogen levels are kept in reserve for morestrenuous fast-work.

Feeding long fibre (Forage) If given the chance horses will eat forapproximately 16 hours per day. This eatingpattern evolved when grazing on rough low-nutrient dense grass, which is a world awayfrom what our horses are fed now. Theproblem is this innate behaviour is very strong

“A lot of research hasbeen done on the benefitsof feeding fat to horses.Fat is very efficientlydigested and is brokendown to energy-denselong-chain fatty acids and glycerol”

significant amounts of dust, which can inducerespiratory disorders in horses.

Problems with forageWhile providing ad libitum forage to anystabled horse is the ideal management regime,there are four well-accepted disadvantagesthat make this difficult to achieve: increasedbody weight, water holding capacity of fibre,the acidity of haylage, and dust in hay. Whenfeeding low-quality fibre – i.e., stemmy,mature forage – more weight is held withinthe gut and much of this additional weight isdue to the water that is held by the cell-wallfibre. Ellis et al (2002) found that a low-quality forage diet did increase heart rate inexercising horses and thus impairedperformance.

More recently, no such negativerelationship has been found when high-quality fibre is fed. Leafy forages are morefully digested, hold less water, and havehigher protein levels, which Essen-Gustavsson et al (2010) found helpedreplenish muscle glycogen reserves.Furthermore, Jansson and Lindberg (2012)reported no significant rise in bodyweight orheart rate during exercise when feeding early-cut haylage. So choosing high-quality forageseems to be the key here.

Effective conservation of grass into haylageis dependent upon achieving a rapid drop inpH, down to 5.4 over the first few days afterwrapping. However, horses suffering fromgastric ulceration already have excessive acidin their stomachs and to add to this by feeding

acidic forage is unwise. Drier haylage has ahigher pH but is more susceptible to bacteriaand mould contamination once opened, andthis can pose a serious health threat to yourhorse. In such circumstances it is probablybest to choose high-quality hay. Grass speciesis less important than stage of growth, so anyseed or meadow hay that has been well-conserved and has a high proportion of leaf tostem is best.

Hay is still the most common forage offered to performance horses in the UK. Evenwell-made hay contains significant levels ofdust, which can cause respiratory disorders.Soaking is the traditional method for reducingairborne dust in hay, but recent work hasshown that soaking more than doubles thebacteria content while leaching valuablenutrients, most notably minerals andelectrolytes.

The best way to deal with respirable-dustbacteria and mould is to thoroughly steam theforage. Research has shown that steaming hayand haylage using a specifically designedspiked steamer that injects steam into the bale reduces respirable particles, bacteria,

and mould contamination by greater than95%. Achieving very high temperatures (inexcess of 100C) is key to the efficacy of thisprocess, as partial steaming using ahomemade steamer actually increases bacteriacontent in forage.

All organic material, bedding (straw andshavings), cereals, and fibre feeds containdust. Even bagged and chopped feeds willproduce some dust, and this is released intothe horse’s breathing zone. It is best thereforeto avoid initiating any allergic respiratorydisorder by feeding chopped forage slightlydamp, using dust-extracted bedding material,and thoroughly steaming both hay andhaylage.

Achieving and maintaining topperformance in racehorses is challenging, andinjury and problems are never very far away.So minimise the incidence of gastric ulcers,acidosis, and colic by keeping the gut ‘happy’by feeding what it is designed to digest.Feeding a fibre-based diet to racehorses ispossible, it is just a matter of getting thebalance right! n

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“Soaking is the traditional method forreducing airborne dust inhay, but recent work hasshown that soaking morethan doubles the bacteriacontent while leachingvaluable nutrients”


Racing Against Arkle (from Chapter8: ENGLAND v IRELAND, MILLHOUSE v ARKLE 1963-64)

Arkle had run six times in his first season,seven in his second and now, 1963-4, was to bethe busiest of his career with eight. Hisreputation was red hot and the whole of Irelandwas on fire about him. England was not. Theyhad their own hero, Mill House, the ‘Big Horse’


who as a six-year-old had stormed toCheltenham Gold Cup glory while Arkle wascruising to a mere novice win at the Festival.

The build up on both sides of the water thatautumn was intense. Arkle had become what intoday’s parlance is called a ‘Saturday’ horse.Television sets were still few and far between inIreland and many fans, if they could not get tothe track, would flock to whatever friends,relations or pubs had this large, new-fangled,

somewhat ‘snowy’ black and white machinetaking up a chunk of the sitting room.

At the time Michael Hourigan, now one ofIreland’s leading trainers was an apprenticejockey serving his time with Charlie Weld(father of Dermot) at Rosewell House on theCurragh. It was a strict life but a fair one and thelads found Mrs Gita Weld a perfect motherfigure. When Arkle was running the lads wereallowed into the house to watch him on the

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Racing commentator, Sir PeterO’Sullevan called him “a freak ofnature”. Fan mail to him wasaddressed, “Himself, Ireland”. InMarch 2014 it will be 50 years sinceArkle won his first CheltenhamGold Cup, and this issue ofEuropean Trainer is featuring anexcerpt from Anne Holland’s newbiography, which tells his storyand of the people around thelegendary steeplechaser whoenabled him to produce his brilliant best. ARKLETHE LEGEND OF ‘HIMSELF’By Anne HollandISBN: 978-1-84717-548-9£14.99 – published November 2013WORDS: ANNE HOLLAND

club and worked for the Greenshield stamppeople including half day Saturdays. My sisterCarmel and I were about twelve and fourteenand we used to go in to Dublin with him; hismother lived in Julianstown and on the wayback we would watch Arkle on their black andwhite telly; television was a great novelty then.’Arkle began his third season by running in a

Flat race, against pukka Flat racehorses (unlikehis two initial Bumpers which are specifically

for NH horses in the making.) Although Arklehad gone through the previous season unbeaten(two hurdles and five chases) he was eligible forthe one mile six furlong Donoughmore MaidenPlate because he was, indeed, a maiden on theFlat. There were thirteen runners for the weightfor age contest; Arkle had to carry 9 stone 6lbalong with three others and the lowest weightwas 7 stone 13lb; Arkle was odds-on favourite.

It meant he would have to have a Flat race

television.‘I remember the crowds following him in,

people were able to get a lot closer to the horsesthen,’ says Michael Hourigan. Schoolboy Kevin Colman (now manager of

Bellewstown and Laytown races) went to somelengths to reach a television.‘I got the impression that Arkle ran every

Saturday – he wasn’t wrapped in cotton wool. Afamily friend, Jim Kelly, ran the local athletics


he had, not only in the circumference of hisgirth, but in the width of his chest between hisfront legs. In addition, he was taking on the airfor which he became famed: high head carriage,pricked ears, inquisitive eyes, taking an interestin everything and everyone around him.First, the two horses were to meet in the

Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, Arkle havingmeanwhile sauntered to a ten-length victory inhis first handicap chase, the Carey’s Cottagechase at Gowran Park in October. In theHennessy, Arkle finished only third, his firstdefeat in a chase. It had been a foggy daymaking visibility poor. Word started goinground that Arkle had slipped on landing overthe third last, an open ditch, but nobody hadbeen able to see very well. This sounded like theIrish making excuses, although certainly in thepre-race preliminaries Arkle had lookedmagnificent.The television recording shows him jumping

the fence perfectly, but then the camerareturned to the leader, and Arkle’s slip onlanding was not seen. Pat Taaffe told the

jockey. One of the very best professionals waschosen in Tommy ‘TP’ Burns, who had not onlybeen Champion jockey three times, but whohad also grown up with Greenogue very mucha part of his childhood.Speaking in early 2013, just before his

eighty-ninth birthday, TP recalled, ‘I spent a lotof my childhood at Tom Dreaper’s and rode apony around the yard there. He taught me todrive a motor car and he was a friend. Myfather, Tommy, hunted with the Wards, andused to ride young horses from Tom when cattlewere his number one business and the horseswere his pleasure.‘There were some good horses there and they

were very carefully trained. They weren’troughed up and half broken down beforereaching maturity; he knew how to mindhorses, and they would go on racing until theywere twelve years old.’Before the race in Navan TP popped up to

Greenogue and rode out on Arkle.‘He was a bit special and gave me a “proper

racehorse” feel. He wasn’t unruly or bouncy, buthe took a good hold, especially when we’d goneacross the road to the gallops. I had a couple ofcanters on him.’

The Navan race was a midweek fixture,Wednesday 9 October 1963. One of the jockeysin Arkle’s race was Tommy Kinane, usuallyassociated with NH racing (he won the 1978Champion Hurdle on Monksfield), but lightenough to ride on the Flat.‘I was on a small little grey mare called Pearl

Lady, trained in the North,’ he says. ‘I rememberArkle being in front of me and I couldn’t catchhim.’TP takes up the story: ‘Arkle was a horse who

liked to come in at his own speed, he couldn’tbe rushed. Just before we came into the straightI was getting no feel off him, he was goingnowhere with me and I had to get a little bitbusy on him, but then he sailed. He was so usedto being held up, and he was used to havingfences to negotiate, but once he clicked intogear it was all over.‘He was intelligent and knew how to race; a

lot of the good ones have that characteristic. Ifthey’re too free they’ll win a few but not many.’He remembers the Duchess being there, and

everyone clapping. He beat Descador by five


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lengths, with Pearl Lady a further half lengthaway.Arkle had proved himself the complete

racehorse; the Cesarewitch, a two-mile Flathandicap held in October looked his for thetaking after this performance, but Pat Taaffeurged against it, saying it would make him toofree when reverting to chasing. This wasundoubtedly wise, for Arkle was alreadybeginning to take a healthy hold in some of hisraces, and a modicum of restraint wasimperative when there were thick birch fencesfour feet six inches high to be negotiated.The ultimate goal for this season was the

Cheltenham Gold Cup in March and alreadythe hype and banter and generally good-natured rivalry between the Arkle and MillHouse camps was becoming increasinglyvociferous. Arkle had reached his full height of16.2hh, but more than that, his frame had filledout and he had matured. Even his girth hadexpanded, but not in the way of beer-belliedmen or middle-aged ladies; his physique nowshowed how much chest room – heart room –

“England would not hearof defeat in the Gold Cupfor Mill House; after all,he was not only thereigning champion, buthadn’t he already beatenArkle in the Hennessy?”


Arkle jumps the last fence on his way to

victory over Mill House in the 1964

Cheltenham Gold Cup

Duchess afterwards that he was confident hewould have won, but Arkle had landed in a bitof poached ground, which caused the stumble.The going was described as ‘very soft’ that dayand so it will have been churned up by therunners earlier.One person who did see the mistake close

up, says Ted Kelly, was a character fromNorthern Ireland called John Taylor, anengineering student at the time.‘He was there, down the course, and he told

the Dreapers how bad the mistake was.’ At school in England I well remember

hearing about the Hennessy (we weren’tallowed to watch TV, but we had transistorradios), and the first reaction was, ‘Oh, so he’snot as good as he’s cracked up to be.’ Arkle was to have three more runs in Ireland

before the re-match for the Cheltenham GoldCup, handicaps at Leopardstown, Gowran Parkand Leopardstown again, all of them over three-miles. He carried top weight of 12 stonein all three.Irish racegoers flocked to the tracks and to

any television sets they could find; if they failedin both, they resorted to the Pathé News in thelocal cinema later in the week.Arkle did not disappoint his growing legions

of fans and won all three, although they werenot pushovers. For the Christmas Chase,Loving Record made a real fight of it, matchingArkle and actually leading over the last fencebefore Arkle strode on to a two length victory.He had given the useful grey nine-year-old29lbs. I can just remember watching Arkle on agrainy black and white television and theevocative voice of Peter O’Sullevan.’Noel O’Brien was only six when Arkle won

his third Gold Cup ‘but I knew somethingspecial was happening.’He was also influenced by the fact that pupils

were given the day off for racing atPunchestown by his national school, and thenlater three days by his secondary school.

‘I was six when I first went to Punchestownand I felt the allure and magic of that timecreated by Arkle, that’s what got me interestedin racing.’Arkle and Loving Record met again next

time for the Thyestes Chase at Gowran Parkwhen Arkle gave 31lbs and a ten-length beatingto the grey in heavy ground – so roughly the equivalent of giving that good horse afurlong lead at the start. One more pre-Cheltenham race was to come, back atLeopardstown, and once more Arkle had to pull out all the stops as the grey mare FlyingWild matched strides with him until falling atthe second-last fence.Today it is unthinkable that a horse of Arkle’s

calibre would be running regularly inhandicaps; for one thing there are many moreconditions races available to the top horses, andfor another, such horses are often limited toonly a few runs a year, gearing up forCheltenham; sometimes there are racecoursegallops or even trainers’ open days where thestars can be seen going through their paces. It isa gesture for the public, but it is not a substitute

for the real thing. For the trainers it is a meansto an end: Cheltenham.Mill House, meanwhile, also remained

unbeaten having seen off just two runners in theKing George VI Chase at Kempton on BoxingDay and a conditions race at Sandown. He wasdefending his crown as the winner of his last sixraces.The build up was almost over. England

would not hear of defeat in the Gold Cup for Mill House; after all, he was not only the reigning champion, but hadn’t he already beaten Arkle in the Hennessy? Fulke Walwyn could not conceive of defeat for his mighty chaser. And to his jockey, Willie Robinson, losing was unthinkable.

Willie Robinson was born and reared inKilcullen, County Kildare, close to where he stilllives today with his wife, Susan, née Hall. Williemarried Susan he married the year of this GoldCup, 1964; her father, Cyril, managed the IrishStud, not far from where his lifelong friend andrival, Pat Taaffe lived near Rathcoole. Willie Robinson began his career as an


“The special moment? Thefew seconds when I heardmyself offering the expendable words in commentary, “This is thechampion. This is the bestwe’ve seen for a long time”

Sir Peter O’Sullevan


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Kirriemuir, and was to win the Grand Nationalon Team Spirit soon after this pending duel. Herode in the Aintree epic ten times and also wonthe 1957 Irish Grand National on Kilballyown,having turned professional in 1956, and wasChampion Irish jockey in 1958. So it was not only two great horses, but also

two consummate jockeys who were taking eachother on at Cheltenham in 1964.In Ireland fans and connections were equally

convinced that victory would be Arkle’s. PaddyWoods says, ‘I was 150 per cent certain hewould win, I couldn’t see him being beaten.’

Johnny Lumley is slightly more cautious.‘None of us had been able to see what happenedin Newbury and we only had Pat Taaffe’s wordfor it and just hoped he was right. There was alot of confidence in the Mill House camp.’

In Cheltenham the night before the bigshowdown, Peter O’Sullevan took the twoprincipal riders out to dinner in the CarltonHotel (now the Hotel du Vin and Bistro) inParabola Road.

‘During the 1964 Cheltenham Festival, Pat,Willie and I dined together (just the three of us)… with my Daily Express column in mind, Iasked them to strike a notional bet, the winnerof the cup to pay for an exotic holiday for theloser. They were each firmly and seriouslyconvinced that neither Arkle nor Mill Housecould be beaten.’

Saturday 7 March 1964 and the scene wasperfectly set: a mix of sunshine and snowshowers bathed Prestbury Park, the hugeamphitheatre set beneath Cleeve Hill, thehighest point of the Cotswolds. It was one ofthose occasions when all the pre-race hype livedup to its billing; for many in National Huntracing the 1964 Cheltenham Gold Cup remainsthe epitome of the best in steeplechasing.

For much of the winter Mill House had been the odds-on ante-post favourite, at 1-2.There was plenty of Irish money for Arkle who was out to avenge his Newbury slip, butthere were even more who could not see why that result should be turned round, so at the off Mill House started at 8-13, and Arkle eased from 6-4 out to 7-4; it was the lasttime in his life that he did not start as favourite.

It was as good as a two-horse race in spite ofthe presence of previous Gold Cup winner PasSeul (back in 1960) who started at 50-1 andKing’s Nephew who had not only recently wonthe Great Yorkshire Chase but also, in the cannyhands of Stan Mellor, had pounced on andbeaten Mill House himself the previous year atKempton. In spite of this, he started at odds of20-1.

At school in Eton, Johnny Bradburne (whobecame a noted amateur rider and husband ofScottish trainer Susan Bradburne) sneaked off toa friendly maid’s room to settle down and watchthe race.

Memory plays tricks, and having seen areplay of the race many times I feel I saw it live;yet I cannot have done. I was also at school, itwas a Saturday (and my birthday – little white

Jockey Pat Taaffe parades Arkle at the Dublin Horse Show

Owner the Duchess of Westminster on Arkle

amateur, riding for his father. His first employerwas Mrs Peggy St John Nolan, but women inthose days were not allowed to hold a trainer’slicence, which had to be in the name of herhead man (Matt Geraghty). His next retainers

were with John Corbett and Dan Moore. Apart from having already won the Gold Cup

with Mill House, Willie Robinson had also wonthe 1962 Champion Hurdle on Anzio; he was totake the hurdling crown again in 1965 on


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china models of horses given by my school pals)and I was almost certainly playing lacrosse thatafternoon. My recollection of that is nil, yet ofthe race it is pristine: Mill House making therunning, jumping superbly with his earspricked; Arkle fighting for his head and beingheld back forcibly by Pat Taaffe; the watersecond time and the pair put some distancebetween themselves and the other two. MillHouse gained ground in the air at the third last,going nearly four lengths clear heading down thehill. Peter O’Sullevan intoned ‘and it’s the big twonow,’ and Pat Taaffe’s name is being called fromthe stands.

And the next thing is Arkle just being there,he has moved up imperceptibly and is nowpoised on Mill House’s quarters. He joins himeffortlessly at the second last; they gallop roundthe final bend heading towards the last fenceand Willie Robinson goes for his whip. All Pathas to do is shake up Arkle and he goes a lengthup into the last before drawing clear to a five-length win.

Writing to me in 2013, Sir Peter recalled, ‘Thespecial moment? The few seconds when I heardmyself offering the expendable words incommentary, This is the champion. This is thebest we’ve seen for a long time.!”

As they pulled up, the two jockeys lent acrossand shook each other’s hands.

Racegoers went wild and virtually mobbedPat Taaffe and Arkle on their way back to thewinner’s circle, cheering him all the way; theIrish threw their hats up into the air and cheeredsome more, and thronged into the hallowedenclosure still cheering, a forerunner of things tocome twenty-two years later with Dawn Run.

The Duchess of Westminster received theexquisite Gold Cup, Johnny Lumley led Arkleback down the slope to the racecourse stables,and in the jockeys’ changing room Pat Taaffetried to console and commiserate with a forlornWillie Robinson.

Speaking almost fifty years on when we met at Cheltenham, Willie, wearing a natty rich blue tie with colourful racing motifs, was

anxious not to find a reason for the defeat.He said, ‘I always thought there should only

be necks between them but Mill House didn’tsparkle that day. I don’t want to make excuses.Fulke Walwyn couldn’t understand; he believedno horse could beat him. Arkle was somethingspecial; we knew in our hearts that Arkle was thebiggest threat to Mill House.’

Life was never quite the same in Greenoguefrom that day on, though. Overnight, Arkle hadconfirmed himself superstar status, a pop idol torival the Beatles, an equine to admire and revere,to pay homage and genuflect to. It neverchanged. From now on, unexpected callerscould arrive at any time of day and by and largeTom Dreaper acquiesced to their requests for apicture with him, or for their child to sit on him,or a hair from his tail. Again, it was a tribute toArkle’s incredible temperament that he took it allin his stride.

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STRIDE ANALYSISThe next step towardspredicting a horse’s future

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TRIDE analysis technology has nowgiven trainers the option ofemploying an accurate, scientific aidto bolster their understanding.Simple to use, automated strideanalysis technology is still in its

infancy and is now available on the market.Only time will tell how much value it will add,or whether it can supersede jockey feedbackand the observation of the naked eye, but theearly signs are encouraging.

The extent of man’s fascination with thethoroughbred stride is best emphasised by thefact that the first motion picture displayingdevice in history, the zoopraxiscope invented byEdweard Muybridge, was developed in order tosettle an argument on whether all four of ahorse’s hooves were ever off the ground at thesame time during a gallop.

On the other hand, the importance of strideanalysis might be best emphasised by expensivetwo-year-old The Green Monkey, who was soldfor US$16 million on the basis of his 9.8-secondbreeze at the 2006 Fasig-Tipton Calder sale.EQB, a bloodstock agent and consultantcompany in the USA that offer gait analysis aspart of their package, would have advisedagainst buying the colt. EQB said of The GreenMonkey’s breeze: “…high-speed film revealedthat the entire work was done at a rotary gallop,a very quick gait that can produce fast times but

The stride of the thoroughbred has been a subject offascination for horsemen since the early days of racehorsebreeding. Furthermore, trainers of the racehorse have for along time recognised the importance of stride patterns as afactor in ascertaining an individual’s ability, fitness, andsoundness as well as predicting what distance it will be suitedto and on what going it is most likely to act.WORDS: DaviD ThiSelTOn PhOTOS: GeORGe SelWYn, Si BaRBeR

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costs more energy and is unlikely to bemaintained over longer distances.”

The Green Monkey ran three times, runningthird once and fourth twice, before being sent tostud for a covering fee of US$5,000.

EQB were pioneers in “gait analysis” 25 yearsago and also invented the world’s first heart ratemonitor. Today they consult some of the topracing stables in the USA. They use digital high-speed v ideo equipment in order to analysea horse’s stride in ultra-slow motion, digitised tohundreds of pictures per second. Theirextensive research revealed a positivecorrelation between the efficiency of the strideand subsequent racing success.

They divulged, “Once a horse attains racingspeed, the motion of the limbs consumes the

most energy, and efficiency in this area is worthnoting. Extraneous limb motion can also havesoundness consequences.”

The “extraneous” movement is oftenimpossible to spot with the naked eye, or even with regular video, and EQB also pointedout that “inefficiencies seen at racing speed areoften unpredictable from the conformation andwalk seen back at the barn, which may seemperfect.” EQB also provide data with which tostudy stride length, stride frequency, extensionand other parameters of a horses’ gait, and the company measure horses’ cardiovascularsystems with ultrasound in addition to offeringa variety of traditional bloodstock services.

Equitronics, an Australian company, recentlyachieved a world first when adding a stride


Gmax, a fully integrated girth with GPS tracking, being attached during the Innovation Day at the Hauser Forum, Cambridge

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length function to its automated system, whichis called E-Trakka. E-Trakka’s electronic horseblanket collects the raw stride length data, inaddition to speed, heart rate, GPS, and sectionaltiming data, and the system’s software processesit into meaningful displays.

Andrew Stuart, who developed the E-Trakkasystem, is a former jockey and trainer who hasdedicated most of his career to improving theprofessionalism of the racehorse trainingindustry.

His methodology marries science, art, andwhat he calls “good old fashioned horse sense.”

The stride length function of the E-Trakkasystem has added immeasurably to the chancesof identifying a horse’s inherent ability, as well ashis chances of picking up soundness issues andhis capacity to monitor fitness. It could alsocontribute to a “best guess” of the horse’soptimum racing distance.

Stuart and his team noticed, after a lot of rawdata collection, that there was a very closerelationship between stride length and speed inthe zone between 28 and 60 km/hour.

He said, “In the average workout there is a lotof data in this zone and 50 km/hour wasidentified as the most relevant point.”

The resulting “SL50” (Stride Length 50)number is the captured stride length at the timethe horse travels at 50 km/hour. With the use of“high end maths,” the SL50 is computed afterthe analysis of hundreds of individual strides.To date the SL50 range has been between five,six, and seven metres, with an average of 6.1.Graded horses tend to have an SL50 larger than6.5.

The E-Trakka Profiler software also providesall other stride length readings during aworkout, including stride length at peak speed.

The stride length of a Graded horse at peakspeed could get close to eight metres.

For a 1200m race, a horse travelling at 61kph with an average stride of 6.6 metres wouldtake 182 strides compared to 166 strides for ahorse with an average stride of 7.2 metres.That’s an extra 16 strides, or 10% more, for thehorse with the smaller stride length.

A chart that couples stride length and speedversus time shows the stride shortening at theend of a workout. This could obviously beuseful in monitoring a horse’s fitness, for thestride length shortens as a horse tires. The stridelength function on the E-Trakka system wasfine-tuned before market release with the helpof feedback from trainers who used it during itssecond stage of development.

Stuart said, “With E-Trakka having alreadycollected over 20,000 benchmark readings ofGPS and heart rate in the field, the new stridelength [feature] fills a few important gaps thatwere missing. Stride length on its own, or GPSand heart on their own, does not supply ascomplete a picture as we now have.”

Stuart views the equine athlete as being madeup of “ten key factors.” These fall under thecategories of “Cardiovascular system” (heartsize, heart rate, and lung function/venous

system); “Conformation” (stride length,efficiency of stride, and peak speed); Muscularsystem (anaerobic capacity and aerobiccapacity); “Structural” (leg and bodysoundness); and “General” (controllable factorslike training methods, nutrition, general health,and mental health).

He said, “There are a few important points of basic knowledge in the determinationof stride relevance. One is that an equine athleteis made up of what we would call ten keyfactors. One factor is the actual stride lengthand the others determine the horse’s ability touse this asset. That is why sometimes trainerscan be confused as to why the best moving

horse does not win a race. They may have asmall heart and poor muscular development,which doesn’t allow them to use their asset of along stride. In the opposite example we havehorses with a shorter stride but great energysystems which allow them to cover theirweakness. But as a general rule of thumb alonger stride is a good asset. Other weaknesscan be picked up in the GPS and heart rateprofiles. For example, a poor recovering horsewith a low peak speed does not have the naturaltalent to use its asset.”

Stuart continued, “Longer striders are moresuitable to distance and in fact no short stridershave been successful over distance unless it isan extremely weak race where their other assets(heart size and fitness) are better than theothers. All our successful Group horses orstayers have had a long stride and a lot of theGroup 1 winners have had a stride of between6.7 - 6.9 SL50.” A key note, according to Stuart’sresearch, is that at peak speeds, every time ahorse lands on its front feet it slows down by anaverage of 3kph. It will make up this deficitwhen it pushes with its back legs, provided ithas sufficient energy to do so. However, thismeans more energy is required to maintainmotion and quite often in track work the peakspeed a horse can reach is only maintained for3-4 seconds, which means more energy isrequired to maintain motion.

Stuart added, “Shorter striders tend to runover shorter distances. However, a Group 11200m-1600m horse who had earned $1.7million in stakes had a 6.8m SL50. The shortstrider with a fast leg turnover can be successfulas long as they have a high peak speed and highanaerobic power. Where it gets very interestingis that 90% of the longer striders are winningand 90% of the short striders are losing acrossthe board.”

Stuart also spoke about soundness issues.“The general statement from trainers are thattheir short striders are experiencing issues! Ahorse that dropped from 6.4m SL50 to 6.1 wasfound to be shin sore. A beautiful big horse Iexpected to be 6.4-plus was found to be 5.85and the trainer said that the horse was ‘roughgoing.’ The horse had won a trial but then bled.Did he bleed because of the extra stress of atrial, and is breathing related to stride? I’m notsure but I suspect so. A Group horse whocarried issue was reading 6.3, but after he hadhis joints treated was reading 6.65 and won aGroup 1. A Group 1 horse who was reading 6.5dropped to 6.1 and was found to have bowed a

“Longer striders aremore suitable to distanceand in fact no shortstriders have been successful over distanceunless it is an extremelyweak race”

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tendon. All observations that you would expect,but have never seen before.”

Stuart said that the surface and weight of therider affected the mean average, but added thatmost trainers work their horses in the sameenvironment, so general trends can berecognised.

He said that “laziness” also affected stridelength and cited one example of a horse thatread 6.3 on its own, but 6.6 when workingupsides another horse, and this subject went onto win a Group 3.

Although he has not yet attempted tocorrelate a horse’s structural measurements with stride length, Stuart did mention theexample of an 18-hand mammoth that read only 6.1 and “could not get out of his ownway.”

Stuart believes that the most important firstphase of a horse’s training regimen is to identifyits athletic ability and capacity to race. Theimportance of this belief is connected to twokey statements he makes in his philosophy oftraining:

1) One of the greatest challenges athoroughbred horse trainer faces is theapplication of stress to a talented horse, as thestress applied may never be great enough tocreate the advance in the horse’s fitness.

2) Stress must never be applied greater thanthe limbs or body can tolerate.

Considering the stride length research todate, the SL50 measurement looks likely tobecome an invaluable aid in ascertaining ahorse’s capacity to race.

In making another point in his trainingphilosophy, Stuart says, “The percentage of fasttwitch muscle compared to slow twitch musclewill determine a horse’s ideal distance. Theability of a trainer to recognise the horse’smuscle fibre assets and train the combination o f

slow and fast twitch muscles correctly willproduce better performances than those that donot.”

Testing the horse’s anaerobic capacity bymeans of peak speed and recovery time is themethods he advises in “best guessing” a horse’soptimum distance. However, the SL50measurement might also make a contribution todetermining this, for as he says short striders areusually suited to shorter races.

E-Trakka is easy to use and requires no userinput.

The EquinITy system, developed by FineEquinity in the UK, is an intelligent trainingsystem designed to assist racehorse trainers inthe assessment of the health and fitness of theirhorses.

They are now in the process of developing astride length function. EquinITy also use trainerfeedback during their development phases. As aconsequence, their current software iscomprehensive and includes such facilities asstable management as well as a function called“racefinder” that can successfully place a fithorse in races for which it is eligible.

At present the lightweight girth they usecollects heart rate and GPS data. The EquinITy“second generation of hardware and software”will have the capacity to monitor stride lengthand a rollout is expected in about six months’time. It is planned that the second generationproduct will also include a “realtime simcard” sothat live data will be available to a personstanding on the side of the gallop.

EquinITy puts an emphasis on simplicity ofuse and affordability. No input is required fromthe trainer and each girth only requires onedownload per training period as it can beequated to the software’s “training schedule”function.

Tim Jones, the commercial director of FineEquinity, said, “A trainer can retrospectivelygather what a horse had done on any given day.For example, if a horse is running in the KingGeorge in 2013, the trainer will be able toestablish what they did right, or wrong, in thehorse’s preparation for that race in 2012.”

The EquinITy system records data four timesa second.

In their stride length function, the number ofstrides will be able to be monitored at any stageof the workout and for any distance chosen.However, their research has used number ofstrides per furlong as a base measurement.

Jones emphasised that the data gatheredwould be useful in combination with other data(sectional timing, heart rate, and GPS altitude)rather than on its own.

EquinITy’s research has shown that in a raceover a mile there is not much differencebetween the number of strides of differenthorses in the middle part of the race and that itis the “business end” that separates the menfrom the boys.

They found that the average stride perfurlong was 30, while the very best horsesachieved a reading of 23 or 24.

Jones said that the data gathered would allowa trainer to build up a stride pattern associatedwith each horse and it would be left to thetrainer to interpret how best this could be used.

In summary Jones said, “The stride patternmight be an indicator of how good a horse is orwhat distance it is best suited to as well as itsfitness and wellbeing. The system is notdiagnostic but can provide a pointer to aproblem. An increased heart rate might indicatea breathing issue or that the horse is a bleeder.Furthermore, alarm bells will ring if a horse has

“The stride patternmight be an indicator ofhow good a horse is orwhat distance it is bestsuited to as well as itsfitness and wellbeing”

Tim Jones

The Gmax girth features a heart-rate monitor, stride sensors and temperature sensors

be able to increase their frequency as theyaccelerate.

“There are other measures to be found.Different horses can suit different groundconditions and this may become clearer in timeas we are still working on this. Having acontrolled piece of work on a track with a rideris much harder to replicate than on a treadmill,but alas we cannot change the going on the

treadmill. When horses get tired the stridelength certainly decreases, although thefrequency may or may not change. Interestingly,the size of the horse doesn’t always match up tostride length, although it is obviously a factor.”

He added, “I have a couple of horses whohave very long strides but don’t seem to have

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“The ability of a trainer torecognise the horse’s musclefibre assets and train thecombination of slow andfast twitch muscles correctly will produce better performances thanthose that do not”

a pattern of 30 strides per furlong and all of asudden there are 32 or 34 strides.”

Horses First Racing is a racing yard inWiltshire that uses advanced scientific tools asan aid in the training of horses. Horses First’strainer Jeremy Gask has been researching stridelength for a few reasons, one of the main onesbeing as an early indication of lameness ordiscomfort.

He does all of his research on a treadmill asthis “allows for a controlled environment andsurface,” and factors like “wind speed,distraction or a rider moving aboutunnecessarily” are eliminated. The speed of thehorse can also be controlled on a treadmill.

Gask said that although stride lengthdecreases “as a rule” in a lame horse, this wasnot always the case, as “it appears the odd horsecan ‘climb’ or even try and get off its front legs,”and he uses “stride frequency” as a measure onthe treadmill as it will produce a more accuratereading and is easier to record.

He said that for any given speed there is a‘decrease’ in stride length, but in compensationthere is a consequent increase in frequency.

Gask added, “Stride length is going to bemore and more interesting over time as thetechnology and understanding increases. Thebetter horses certainly appear to have a greaterstride length and lower frequency at a givenspeed. However, in time it is going to beinteresting to measure the higher-class horsesthat have a larger stride length but that will also

the ability to increase frequency when the busypart of the work or race comes. I am working ontrying to increase this through training but timewill tell as to the success.”

Gask hasn’t yet worked on the possiblerelationship between stride length and a horse’sdistance preference. He uses a system calledGmax, a fully integrated girth with GPStracking, to collect speed and sectional timingdata. It has a heart-rate monitor, stride sensors,and temperature sensors for both ambient andskin temperatures. The data can be collected inreal time with 3G or through a Wi-Ficonnection

Gask also has a dedicated Treadmill DisplayUnit (TDU) designed by Gmax that recordsECG trace, heart rate, speed, and elevation.

Mike de Kock, who is known for his dynamicapproach, is another trainer who hasexperimented with stride length technology. Heused it as an aid in Shea Shea’s preparation forthe Grade 1 Al Quoz Sprint, which he won.

De Kock admitted he was still “learning,” buthe and his team have revealed that what theywere most interested in, after the horses’ stridepatterns had been built up, was to use the dataas an indicator of soundness issues and to alsomonitor the stride length at the end of aworkout as an indicator of peak fitness.

In conclusion, it is still early days, but thereseems little doubt that stride analysistechnology is going to add a new dimension tothe methods of racehorse trainers worldwide. n



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The downsides toantibiotic therapy

The Hippocratic oath, which encapsulates the concept thatit may be better to provide no treatment than to intervenebut as a result do more damage, is a central tenet ofmedicine introduced by the Ancient Greeks. Antibiotics arewidely used to treat or prevent infections and can be lifesaving. However, they have potential to do great harm, andthis can be easy to overlook until the worst happens. WORDS: Celia MaRR, eDitOR,equine VeteRinaRy JOuRnal, neWMaRket, SuffOlk

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HERE are many different classesand types of antibiotics, all ofwhich may result incomplications. Horses candevelop allergies to an antibioticand some antibiotics can be

toxic, with compromised kidney or liverfunction. However, one of the most frequentlyobserved adverse effects of antibiotic therapyin horses is diarrhoea. Antibiotic-associateddiarrhoea can range from mild signs requiringno treatment to severe diarrhoea, which mayrequire hospitalisation with intensive care andit may be life threatening. Overuse ofantibiotics will also lead to the developmentof resistance, an important emerging threat inequine medicine.

Antibiotic-associated DiarrhoeaThe mechanism whereby antibiotics lead todiarrhoea is relatively straightforward: whenantibiotics are administered, their effects arenot confined to stopping the infection that thehorse is suffering from. They can also kill offthe population of normal gastrointestinalbacterial, allowing harmful bacteria to grow.The over-growth of harmful bacterial resultsin an abnormal gastrointestinal environment,inflammation, and abnormal water andelectrolyte secretion within the intestinal tract.This in turn results in depression, fever, and diarrhoea. Toxic molecules derived from bacterial cell walls can enter thebloodstream, trigger widespread and severe inflammation, and lead to failure ofmultiple organs, a process known asendotoxaemia.

This process usually begins when horsesare treated with antibiotics themselves, butmares can develop diarrhoea when their foalsare under treatment with oral medicines, mostlikely because during administration, ratherthan swallowing the whole dose, the foal canend up with some of the drug on its face orlips and the dam ingests it. For this reason, it

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is always sensible to cleanany excess drug off the foalafter administration.

The Equine Veterinary Journal recentlypublished a study in which researchers in theUnited States attempted to determine howoften antibiotic-associated diarrhoea occursand examine whether some drugs are morerisky than others. Researchers at private

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equine referral clinics in Kentucky, Florida,and New Jersey examined the records of5,251 horses treated with antibioticmedications for non-gastrointestinal illnesses. Of these horses, 32 (0.6%) were diagnosed with diarrhoea that wasprobably associated with antibioticadministration. In other words, six of every1000 horses treated with antibioticsdeveloped diarrhoea.

In the horses that developed diarrhoea themost common reason for treatment with anantibiotic was a respiratory infection, and thesecond most common reason was a fever of

undetermined origin. The affected horses hadbeen treated for an average of four days withantibiotics before the diarrhoea developed. Amajority of them developed fever(temperature greater than 38.9C) and thefaecal consistency ranged from watery toslightly soft. Length of hospitalisation variedfrom 3-21 days. Complications secondary todiarrhoea included laminitis (3/32 patients),colic (3/32 patients), and venous thrombosis(4/32 patients). Six horses (19%) died or wereeuthanased.

All classes of antibiotic agents wererepresented in the cases that developed

“In the horses that developed diarrhoea the mostcommon reason for treatment with an antibiotic wasa respiratory infection and the second common reason was a fever of undetermined origin”

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diarrhoea, and no particular class was more orless likely to create problems. Someantibiotics had previously been thought to beless problematic than others, but this mythwas dispelled since enrofloxacinadministration (seven cases) and gentamicin(two cases) were associated with diarrhoea inthis study. The combination of penicillin andgentamicin also resulted in seven cases ofdiarrhoea. Combining antibiotic agents mayincrease the risk of diarrhoea by causing abroader change in the intestinal flora. Themost important message was there is somerisk involved with administration of anyantibiotic.

Common bacteria that are associated withdiarrhoea in horses are Clostridium perfringens,Clostridium difficile, and Salmonella species, andso the researchers tested faecal samples fromthe horses with diarrhoea for these organisms:Clostridium difficile toxins were isolated fromfour horses and Salmonella species from threehorses. Clostridium perfringens was notisolated. But, since less than one-quarter ofthe horses with diarrhoea had a pathogenidentified, it is likely that additional factorsmay play a role. Many horses which developdiarrhoea while receiving antibiotic haveadditional risk factors including on-goingdisease, alterations in food intake and diet,and administration of additional medicationsthat can be irritating to the gastrointestinaltract. Difference in the management (housingpractices and feeding regimes), use of othersupplements, and soil composition affectingthe normal gastrointestinal bacteria may alsocome into play. The researchers concludedthat antibiotic-associated diarrhoea has manycauses and likely involves several possiblesynergistic mechanisms.

Although the incidence of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea is low, it was fatal in one in five of the affected horses, highlightingthe importance of appropriate use ofantibiotics. Antibiotics should beadministered only when there is a known orsuspected infection, and selection should bebased on bacterial culture and sensitivityresults. It is important that antibiotics be usedin the manner in which they are prescribedand that specific instructions are followedexactly.

Antibiotic resistanceOveruse or inappropriate use of antibioticscan also lead to antibiotic resistance, meaningthat the drug becomes ineffective againstspecific bacterial species. Once a bacteriumdevelops resistance to an antibiotic it passeson the trait to future generations of bacteria,rapidly magnifying the problem. In the past,antibiotic resistance has been overcome asnew drugs with anti-bacterial effects werediscovered. The golden age of antibiotics isnow nearing its end and it has become moreand more likely that no new drugs will bediscovered, while resistance to existing

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Diarrhoea is often followed by laminitis. This major complication increases the risk of

fatality, and treatment includes applying ice to the feet


antibiotics is becoming increasinglywidespread in bacterial species that infecthumans and animals. There is even concernthat the use of antibiotics in animals iscontributing to the problem of resistance inhuman disease. As a result, doctors andveterinarians are being urged by the WorldHealth Organization (WHO) to consider theiruse of antibiotics carefully.

Unnecessary use of antibiotics should beavoided: the horse’s immune system can berelied on to clear many minor infections suchas those associated with minor skin wounds.When antibiotics are used, it is essential thatthey are given at an effective dose; ineffectivedosing can encourage the proliferation ofresistant bacteria. WHO has produced a list of“critically important antimicrobials” for whichwe need to develop strategies to contain use innon-human species because they are soimportant for human health.

The drugs that are relevant to equinemedicine that appear on this list are thequinilones; third/fourth generationcephalosporins; and macrolides such asazthromycin, clarithromycin, anderythromycin, which are used forRhodococcal infection in foals but are nottypically used in adults. The quinilone groupincludes enrofloxacin, which is marketed asBaytril™, while third/fourth generationcephalosporins include ceftiofur andcefquinome, of which there are several brandsavailable, many being commonly used inequine practice.

At the moment, there are no legalrestrictions on the use of these drugs inhorses, and professional organisations such asBritish Equine Veterinary Association areurging their members to develop localstrategies to refine and limit their use ofantibiotics and to monitor data collected fromtheir patients for evidence of antimicrobialresistance. Vets are discouraging the use of theprotected antibiotics unless there are strongclinical grounds to indicate they are needed,ideally backed up with laboratory culture andsensitivity testing.

Weigh up the risks and benefitsbefore treating with antibioticsLoss of effective antibiotics due to thedevelopment of widespread resistance is adoomsday scenario that will take us back tothe years prior to the introduction of the firstantibiotics in the early part of the last century.And, when it occurs, antibiotic-associateddiarrhoea can be a life-threatening situation.Antibiotics are an essential and beneficial toolfor horses’ health, but think carefully beforeyou reach for them. Ask yourself, does thepotential harm they can do stack up againstthe benefits?

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maximise reproductive efficiency and performance. The

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developed from novel research conducted at University

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Professor John Sheridan. It is an automated headpiece

for horses that provides the optimum level of blue light

to a single eye to successfully advance the breeding

season but with other important applications for trainers.

The universal birth date for Thoroughbreds of

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breeders, including difficulty ensuring mares are

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gestation lengths and reduced average foal birth

weights. The Equilume Light Mask has been

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lighting regimes. An ideal application is for use on

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career. For pregnant mares, it prevents prolonged

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weights. An additional response to the light treatment is

the early shedding of the winter coat, a desirable

consequence for many performance and sales animals.

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revealed that an extended light regime early in the year

increases muscle mass in Thoroughbred colts.

Dr Murphy’s early research on circadian rhythms in

horses suggests that the light mask will also benefit

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The mask itself fits comfortably under the headcollar

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Checking a horse for health status includes the use of blood testing which,up until now, required the samples to be sent to a lab. Not anymore.

A new horse side test launched in early 2013 can help vets and trainerscheck health status without the need for lab analysis. The test, EquiChek,is the world’s first horse side blood test that can be used by any vet, traineror owner at anytime, anywhere. The beauty of the test is that it can helpdetect problems that could be incubating in a horse, for example an activeinfection, or to help confirm a diagnostic suspicion, enabling immediateassessment of inflammatory health condition which could seriously impacton equine health or performance.

EquiChek provides a quick, simple and convenient way to assess ahorse’s inflammatory status, avoiding the delay and cost associated withsending a sample to a lab. Detection of inflammation is one of the firstindications of infection or other underlying condition that can affect ahorse’s health and performance. The test detects a protein in blood, SerumAmyloid A, that occurs at very low levels where a horse is healthy butwhich increases significantly in the blood where there is an active infectionor other inflammatory condition. It is easy to use, requiring just a smalldrop of blood and no laboratory equipment, giving results in as little as 2-3minutes. EquiChek is equally useful for monitoring recovery, whereantibiotics or other anti-inflammatory treatments have been given.

EquiChek was developed initially for vets but trainers have found itequally useful, especially before an event when they want reassurance thatthere is no underlying condition that could affect performance. Irish trainerMichael Halford has been using the test as a support tool and has found itvery useful where a horse was not working to full potential or where he feltsomething was not quite right. In Michael’s words “EquiChek gives mepeace of mind that a horse is OK, and where it isn’t, it’s a red flag there is aproblem”. Sending a horse to any event incurs a range of costs but if thehorse is not in the right condition, this can be money lost. “EquiCheking”it in the run up to race day can help the trainer save money.

The patented test is the brain child of Kieran Walshe who set upAccuplex Diagnostics in 2011 to develop and bring such tests to market.While some vets and horse owners have good access to laboratories, manyvets do not and may have to wait anywhere from 24-96 hours to get aresult, at which time the condition may well have deteriorated. Walshe sawthis as a gap in the market and decided to see if he could address this. “Theidea has been there for a long time, the challenge was to make it work.Making a test that was user friendly was not difficult; overcoming thetechnical issues to make it simple and easy to use, and still give a reliableresult, needed a little more thought. We knew we had something thatwould be useful from talking with vets and trainers”.

EquiChek can be used to check health status prior to an event or as a

biosecurity tool where horses are moved from one location to another,where preventing spread of infection might be a concern, but is not limitedto these situations. Walshe, who has developed several lab products forSerum Amyloid A in the past along with a range of other tests, alwaysthought a horse side test would be the first in a range of tests. Walshe says,“The concept of horse side testing is not new but we are the first to make ithappen in a way that vets or trainers can run a test when it matters, whereit matters: horse side”.

EquiChek was launched in early 2013 in the UK, more recently inIreland, with vets and trainers. In some cases vets who previously sentblood samples to commercial service providers have now opted for thespeed, convenience and cost effectiveness of the EquiChek-SAA test. Saleshave also recently started in the US and Canada but Walshe believes thepotential for use of the test is global.

A big breakthrough came when Accuplex Diagnostics collaborated witha US equine association who used the test for assessing equine health.While trials are still on going, the results are very encouraging and the testis expected to achieve routine use in the near future. In addition, the testhas been used by the Gluck Equine Research Centre in Lexington,Kentucky, where it has proved very useful in such areas as assessing foalhealth status and monitoring broodmares for infection.

The company is still at a very early stage of growth and recently set upoperation in National University of Ireland, Maynooth, located inCo.Kildare in Ireland. “We have plans to expand sales of the EquiChek testas well as introduce a range of other tests for use in the wider veterinarysector. We hope to launch a version of the test specifically for cats in thenext few months, and we will follow on with a third test for use in theequine sector within 12 months” says Walshe.

Information is available on the website www.accuplexdiagnostics.comwhich is currently being re-developed for re-launch early September 2013.

For sales or any further information, Kieran can be contacted [email protected] and/or @ +353 87 2823555.

Be sure – EquiChek it

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Technology to measure race horse performance (to scientific standards)has been in the industry for some 10 years and, as with all innovations,has developed with both easy to use and impressive functionality. Ahorse’s speed, heart rate, stride length, and sectional timings can bemeasured with confidence from the start of its training session, throughwarm up and at full speed gallop, accurately measuring (at all stages)the horses performance, the information being transferred in real timedirectly to a PC for detailed analysis. In the post event analysis, thewhole training session can be replayed with location, speed and HRdisplayed at second intervals.

The resultant information is both powerful and impressive and isshown in summary displays similar to the one shown above:

While summary information is captured to the left of the screen, thestandout graph (in red and blue) displays the relationship between heartrate, speed and session times. It is this graph that is principally used toidentify whether a horse has overall potential or lacks the characteristicsfor success, is working to its potential, or whether there are injury orillness problems. Recent developments also allow stride length to bemeasured and graphed showing key variances from day to day andhorse to horse.

Just as importantly, a horse’s illness, injury or other issue can beidentified, usually evidenced by an elevated heart rate, reduced peakspeed, reduced stride length or extended recovery.

As an example, a horse performedexceptional sectionals during training butthen had a very poor recovery. Because thetrainer had captured and recorded keyinformation, the vet scoped the horse andfound a throat infection. Another occasionrecorded a horse that usually jogged with a100 bpm heart rate, jogged on another day at140 bpm and was found to have knee chips.

From the fitness point of view, if the horse is having poor recoveriesduring training it may suggest not to advance their training as quicklyas the trainer had intended, thereby potentially saving the horse fromextra stress. The opposite also occurs; exceptional recoveries allow thetrainer to advance the horse more quickly, thereby not wasting valuabletraining sessions. Better recoveries than average can also mean the horseis most likely to be talented.

Technology used as a professionalaid to training

Over time and with a collection of information, a horse’s performancecan be trended, compared and benchmarked to establish a detailedprofile of its training history and how it compares to its peers giving thetrainer a ‘window’ into the horse’s fitness and capacity levels. After 10years and over thousands of readings, clear profiles for successful horseshave emerged and are used to both benchmark horse performance andalso assist in the management of stable operations with the identificationof non performing horses for elimination.

Periodic public concerns over racehorse treatment, injury rates and‘fitness to race’ attract wide publicity. Use of thistechnology to further professionalise horsemanagement, document training history foraudit purposes, and then produced as evidenceto the authorities would contribute to improvingindustry image and standards.

One performance measurement tool availableto the industry is the E-trakka system providedby the Australian company Equitronics Pty Ltd.

For the second year in a row, when Ocean Park won the Australian$3 million Cox Plate last year, E-Trakka had collated and assistedtraining decisions providing valuable heart rate, speed and stride lengthinformation. Similar data captured the previous year also assisted PinkerPinker’s Cox Plate victory in the same race.

For more information on E-Trakka contact CEO of Equatronics,Andrew Stuart on + 61 8 9315 4570 or visit www.etrakka.com.au.


Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Breeders Cup Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingGB Doncaster Scarbrough St L 11-Sep-13 £40,000 2+ T 1000 5 05-Sep-13GB Doncaster Flying Childers St (Polypipe) Gp 2 13-Sep-13 £70,000 2 T 1000 5 07-Sep-13FR Longchamp Petit Couvert (Qatar) Gp 3 15-Sep-13 €80,000 3+ T 1000 5 28-Aug-13ITY Rome Divino Amore L 15-Sep-13 €41,800 2 T 1000 5GB Ayr Harry Rosebery St L 20-Sep-13 £30,000 2 T 1000 5 14-Sep-13GB Ascot Rous (Macquarie Group) L 05-Oct-13 £37,000 3+ T 1000 5 30-Sep-13GB Ascot Cornwallis St (Jaguar Xj) Gp 3 05-Oct-13 £37,000 2 T 1000 5 30-Sep-13FR Longchamp Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp (Qatar) Gp 1 06-Oct-13 €350,000 2+ T 1000 5 28-Aug-13ITY Milan Cancelli L 06-Oct-13 €41,800 3+ T 1000 5ITY Milan Premio Omenoni Gp 3 20-Oct-13 €61,600 3+ T 1000 5 19-Sep-13IRE Dundalk Mercury St L 25-Oct-13 €40,000 2+ AWT 1000 5 21-Oct-13FR Longchamp Criterium de Vitesse L 27-Oct-13 €55,000 2 T 1000 5 18-Oct-13

GB Newbury World Trophy (Dubai Airport) Gp 3 21-Sep-13 £55,000 3+ T 1030 5.15 16-Sep-13

FR Chantilly Arenberg Gp 3 10-Sep-13 €80,000 2 T 1100 5.5 28-Aug-13USA Keeneland Woodford Gr 3 05-Oct-13 $150,000 3+ T 1100 5.5 18-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Pilgrim St Juv Turf Gr 3 06-Oct-13 $150,000 2 T 1100 5.5 21-Sep-13FR Chantilly Bonneval L 07-Oct-13 €52,000 3+ T 1100 5.5 30-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Miss Grillo St Juv F Turf Gr 3 07-Oct-13 $150,000 2 F T 1100 5.5 21-Sep-13USA Keeneland Buffalo Trace Franklin County L 11-Oct-13 $100,000 3+ F&M T 1100 5.5 25-Sep-13

SWE Taby Galopp Taby Open Sprint L 15-Sep-13 SEK 400,000 3+ T 1150 5.75 19-Aug-13

IRE Curragh Go and Go Round Tower St Gp 3 01-Sep-13 €52,500 2 T 1200 6 27-Aug-13GB Salisbury Dick Poole St (EBF) L 05-Sep-13 £35,000 2 F T 1200 6 30-Aug-13GB Kempton Park Sirenia St (Betfred Bonus King) Gp 3 07-Sep-13 £40,000 2 AWT 1200 6 02-Sep-13GB Haydock Park Sprint Cup (Betfred) Gp 1 07-Sep-13 £250,000 3+ T 1200 6 09-Jul-13GB York Garrowby L 08-Sep-13 £37,000 3+ T 1200 6 02-Sep-13ITY Milan Eupili L 08-Sep-13 €41,800 2 F T 1200 6JPN Hanshin Centaur St Gr 2 08-Sep-13 $1,433,000 3+ T 1200 6 30-Jul-13IRE Curragh Renaissance St Gp 3 14-Sep-13 €57,500 3+ T 1200 6 07-Aug-13GB Ayr Firth of Clyde St (Laundry Cottage Stud) Gp 3 21-Sep-13 £50,000 2 F T 1200 6 16-Sep-13GB Newmarket Cheveley Park St Gp 1 27-Sep-13 £170,000 2 F T 1200 6 23-Jul-13USA Belmont Park Vosburgh Invitational Sprint Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $400,000 3+ D 1200 6 14-Sep-13IRE Curragh Blenheim St L 29-Sep-13 €40,000 2 T 1200 6 24-Sep-13ITY Milan Criterium Nazionale L 29-Sep-13 €41,800 2 T 1200 6JPN Nakayama Sprinters St Gr 1 29-Sep-13 $2,470,000 3+ T 1200 6 13-Aug-13USA Keeneland Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Sprint Gr 3 04-Oct-13 $200,000 3+ AWT 1200 6 18-Sep-13GB Redcar Two-Year-Old Trophy L 05-Oct-13 £150,000 2 T 1200 6 30-Sep-13GB Newmarket Boadicea St (EBF) L 05-Oct-13 £40,000 3+ F&M T 1200 6 30-Sep-13GB Ascot Bengough St (John Guest) Gp 3 05-Oct-13 £70,000 3+ T 1200 6 30-Sep-13USA Keeneland Thoroughbred Club of America S F&M Sprint Gr 2 05-Oct-13 $200,000 3+ F&M AWT 1200 6 18-Sep-13USA Santa Anita The Santa Anita Sprint Championship (Ancient Title S) (Prov race date) Sprint Gr 1 05-Oct-13 $250,000 3+ D 1200 6 TBAGB York Rockingham (Coral.co.uk) L 12-Oct-13 £45,000 2 T 1200 6 07-Oct-13GB Newmarket Middle Park St (Emaar) Gp 1 12-Oct-13 £170,000 2 C T 1200 6 30-Jul-13CAN Woodbine Nearctic S Turf Sprint Gr 1 13-Oct-13 CAN300,000+ 3+ T 1200 6 25-Sep-13IRE Curragh Waterford Testimonial St L 13-Oct-13 €40,000 3+ T 1200 6 08-Oct-13GB Doncaster Doncaster L 26-Oct-13 £25,500 2 T 1200 6 21-Oct-13ITY Rome Ubaldo Pandolfi L 27-Oct-13 €41,800 2 F T 1200 6GB Newmarket Bosra Sham St (EBF) L 01-Nov-13 £30,000 2 F T 1200 6 26-Oct-13

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RACES

Races are divided by distance and the relevant surface is indicated

as follows:

AWT - All Weather Track D - Dirt T - Turf

European counties covered in this issue are: Denmark, France,

Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom. The

indexes also include Grade 1 races from North America as well as

major races from Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and

Slovakia. Races highlighted in purple indicate the race is a

Breeders’ Cup win and you’re in race.

CLOSING DATES

Closing dates for all Irish races are set for domestic entry dates.

Please check International entry dates with the relevant issue of

The Racing Calendar. The Italian authority (UNIRE) do not publish

closing dates for Listed races but we have been advised to set

race closing dates ten days in advance of the race.

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Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Breeders Cup Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingUSA Santa Anita XpressBet Breeders’ Cup Sprint (GI) Gr1 02-Nov-13 $1,500,000 3+ D 1200 6 22-Oct-13FR Maisons-Laffitte Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte Gp 2 05-Nov-13 €190,000 2 T 1200 6 16-Oct-13FR Maisons-Laffitte Seine-et-Oise Gp 3 05-Nov-13 €80,000 3+ T 1200 6 16-Oct-13GB Doncaster Wentworth St (Betfred) L 09-Nov-13 £37,000 3+ T 1200 6 04-Nov-13ITY Rome Premio Carlo & Francesco Aloisi (Ex Umbria) Gp 3 10-Nov-13 €61,600 2+ T 1200 6 10-Oct-13GB Lingfield Park Golden Rose St L 16-Nov-13 £37,000 3+ AWT 1200 6 11-Nov-13FR Fontainebleau Contessina L 21-Nov-13 €52,000 3+ T 1200 6 13-Nov-13FR Fontainebleau Zeddaan L 21-Nov-13 €55,000 2 T 1200 6 13-Nov-13ITY Siracusa Criterium Aretuseo L 08-Dec-13 €41,800 2 F T 1200 6

GB Newbury Mill Reef St (Dubai Duty Free) Gp 2 21-Sep-13 £65,000 2 T 1210 6.05 30-Jul-13

USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Gr 1 03-Nov-13 $1,000,000 3+ T 1250 6.25 22-Oct-13

GER Munich Bayerischer Fliegerpris L 15-Sep-13 €20,000 3+ T 1300 6.5 03-Sep-13FR Maisons-Laffitte Saraca L 20-Sep-13 €55,000 2 T 1300 6.5 12-Sep-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (GI) Gr1 02-Nov-13 $1,000,000 3+ T 1300 6.5 22-Oct-13

IRE Curragh Moyglare Stud St Juv F Turf Gp 1 01-Sep-13 €225,000 2 F T 1400 7 29-May-13USA Saratoga Spinaway St Gr 1 01-Sep-13 $300,000 2 F D 1400 7 17-Aug-13USA Saratoga Three Chimneys Hopeful St Gr 1 02-Sep-13 $300,000 2 D 1400 7 17-Aug-13USA Del Mar Del Mar Futurity Gr 1 04-Sep-13 $300,000 2 AWT 1400 7 07-Jun-13FR Longchamp Pin Gp 3 08-Sep-13 €80,000 3+ T 1400 7 21-Sep-13FR Longchamp La Rochette Gp 3 08-Sep-13 €80,000 2 T 1400 7 21-Aug-13GB Doncaster Sceptre St (JRA) Gp 3 12-Sep-13 £60,000 3+ F T 1400 7 06-Sep-13GB Doncaster Flying Scotsman L 13-Sep-13 £25,500 2 T 1400 7 07-Sep-13GB Doncaster Champagne St Gp 2 14-Sep-13 £75,000 2 C&G T 1400 7 23-Jul-13GB Doncaster Park St Gp 2 14-Sep-13 £100,000 3+ T 1400 7 23-Jul-13IRE Curragh Vincent O’Brien National St Gp 1 15-Sep-13 €200,000 2 CF T 1400 7 29-May-13GB Newbury Cup (Dubai Duty Free) L 20-Sep-13 £37,000 3+ T 1400 7 14-Sep-13GB Newmarket Somerville St (Tattersall) Gp 3 26-Sep-13 £40,000 2 C&G T 1400 7 20-Sep-13GB Newmarket Oh So Sharp St (Sakhee) Gp 3 27-Sep-13 £40,000 2 F T 1400 7 21-Sep-13IRE Curragh Park St (CL Weld) Gp 3 29-Sep-13 €55,000 2 F T 1400 7 24-Sep-13GER Cologne Kolner Herbst Preis L 03-Oct-13 €20,000 3+ T 1400 7 24-Sep-13GB Redcar Guisborough St L 05-Oct-13 £40,000 3+ T 1400 7 30-Sep-13GB Ascot October St (Miles & Morrison) L 05-Oct-13 £37,000 3+ F&M T 1400 7 30-Sep-13FR Longchamp Prix de la Foret (Qatar) Mile Gp 1 06-Oct-13 €300,000 3+ T 1400 7 28-Aug-13FR Longchamp Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-Grand Criterium Juv Turf Gp 1 06-Oct-13 €350,000 2 CF T 1400 7 28-Aug-12FR Chantilly Herod L 07-Oct-13 €55,000 2 T 1400 7 30-Sep-13IRE Dundalk Star Appeal EBF St L 11-Oct-13 €47,500 2 AWT 1400 7 07-Oct-13GB Newmarket Rockfel St (Vision.Ae) Gp 2 12-Oct-13 £60,000 2 F T 1400 7 07-Oct-13GB Newmarket Challenge St Gp 2 12-Oct-13 £100,000 3+ T 1400 7 17-Sep-13GB Newmarket Dewhurst St Gp 1 12-Oct-13 350000 2 C&F T 1400 7 30-Jul-13FR Longchamp Saint-Cyr L 16-Oct-13 €55,000 3 F T 1400 7 08-Oct-13USA Keeneland Lexus Raven Run Gr 2 19-Oct-13 $250,000 3 F AWT 1400 7 02-Oct-13GB Newbury Radley St L 26-Oct-13 £23,000 2 F T 1400 7 19-Oct-13GB Newbury Horris Hill St (Worthington Highfield Social Club) Gp 3 26-Oct-13 £37,000 2 C&G T 1400 7 21-Oct-13IRE Leopardstown Killavullan St Gp 3 26-Oct-13 €47,500 2 T 1400 7 21-Oct-13JPN Kyoto Mainichi Broadcast Swan St Gr 2 26-Oct-13 $1,433,000 3+ T 1400 7 10-Sep-13GER Hannover Neue Bult Youngster Cup L 27-Oct-13 €20,000 2 F T 1400 7 15-Oct-13GER Hannover Neue Bult Stuten Sprint-Preis L 27-Oct-13 €20,000 3 + F T 1400 7 15-Oct-13ITY Milan Premio Chiusura Gp 3 02-Nov-13 €61,600 2+ T 1400 7 03-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (GI) Gr1 02-Nov-13 $1,000,000 3+ F&M D 1400 7 22-Oct-13IRE Leopardstown Knockaire St L 03-Nov-13 €40,000 3+ T 1400 7 29-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Sprint Gr 1 03-Nov-13 $1,500,000 3+ D 1400 7 22-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Gr 1 03-Nov-13 $1,000,000 3+ FM D 1400 7 22-Oct-13FR Maisons-Laffitte Miesque Gp 3 05-Nov-13 €80,000 2 F T 1400 7 16-Oct-13JPN Tokyo Keio Hai Nisai St Gr 2 09-Nov-13 $931,000 2 T 1400 7 24-Sep-13FR Fontainebleau Ceres L 21-Nov-13 €55,000 3 F T 1400 7 13-Nov-13JPN Hanshin Hanshin Cup Gr 2 23-Dec-13 $1,687,000 3+ T 1400 7 05-Nov-13

IRE Tipperary Concorde St (Coolmore Stud Home of Champions) Gp 3 06-Oct-13 €65,000 3+ T 1490 7.4 28-Aug-13

ITY Rome Repubbliche Marinare L 15-Sep-13 €41,800 2 F T 1500 7.5GER Cologne Winterkonigin Trial L 22-Sep-13 €20,000 2 F T 1500 7.5 10-Sep-13ITY Rome Rumon L 22-Sep-13 €41,800 2 C T 1500 7.5ITY Milan V. Riva (ex del Dado) L 22-Sep-13 €41,800 2 C T 1500 7.5ITY Milan Coolmore L 29-Sep-13 €41,800 2 F T 1500 7.5ITY Rome Criterium Femminile L 03-Nov-13 €41,800 2 F T 1500 7.5ITY Pisa Criterium di Pisa L 08-Dec-13 €41,800 2 T 1500 7.5FR Deauville Luthier L 14-Dec-13 €52,000 3+ AWT 1500 7.5FR Deauville Miss Satamixa L 29-Dec-13 €52,000 3+ 1500 7.5

FR Chantilly La Cochere L 04-Sep-13 €55,000 3 F T 1600 8 27-Aug-13FR Toulouse Prix Millkom L 07-Sep-13 €55,000 3 T 1600 8 30-Aug-13GB Haydock Park Ascendant St (Betfred) L 07-Sep-13 £25,500 2 T 1600 8 02-Sep-13GB Haydock Park Superior Mile Gp 3 07-Sep-13 £60,000 3+ T 1600 8IRE Leopardstown ICON BC Juv Turf Trial (Golden Fleece St) Juv Turf Gp 3 07-Sep-13 €60,000 2 T 1600 8 02-Sep-13

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Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Breeders Cup Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingIRE Leopardstown Matron St (Coolmore Fusaichi Pegasus) Gp 1 07-Sep-13 €190,000 3+ F T 1600 8 03-Jul-13GER Hannover Grosser Preis der Metallbau Burckhardt GmbH L 08-Sep-13 €20,000 3 + F T 1600 8 27-Aug-13ITY Milan Bessero Pietro L 08-Sep-13 €41,800 3+ F&M T 1600 8TKY Veliefendi International Topkapi Trophy Gp 2 08-Sep-13 €459,000 3+ C&F T 1600 8 31-Jul-13FR Chantilly Aumale Gp 3 10-Sep-13 €80,000 2 F T 1600 8 28-Aug-13GB Doncaster May Hill St (Barrett Steel) Gp 2 13-Sep-13 £70,000 2 F T 1600 8 07-Sep-13CAN Woodbine Natalma S Juv F Turf Gr 2 14-Sep-13 CAN200,000+ 2 F T 1600 8 28-Aug-13CAN Woodbine Ricoh Woodbine Mile Mile Gr 1 15-Sep-13 CAN1,000,000+ 3+ T 1600 8 28-Aug-13FR Longchamp Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Gp 1 15-Sep-13 €450,000 3 + CF T 1600 8 28-Aug-13GER Dusseldorf Junioren-Preis L 15-Sep-13 €20,000 2 T 1600 8 03-Sep-13GER Munich Grosse Europa-Meile Gp 3 15-Sep-13 €55,000 3+ T 1600 8 23-Jul-13IRE Curragh Flame of Tara EBF St L 15-Sep-13 €50,000 2 F T 1600 8 10-Sep-13IRE Curragh Solonaway (Moyglare Stud) Gp 3 15-Sep-13 €57,500 3+ T 1600 8 07-Aug-13SWE Taby Galopp Nickes Minneslopning L 15-Sep-13 SEK 400,000 3+ D 1600 8 19-Aug-13GB Sandown Park Fortune St L 18-Sep-13 £37,000 3+ T 1600 8 12-Sep-13FR Longchamp Chenes Gp 3 21-Sep-13 €80,000 2 CG T 1600 8 04-Sep-13GER Cologne Kolner Stutenpreis L 22-Sep-13 €20,000 3+ F T 1600 8 10-Sep-13FR Lyon-Parilly Criterium de Lyon L 26-Sep-13 €55,000 2 T 1600 8 18-Sep-13FR Saint-Cloud Coronation L 27-Sep-13 €55,000 3 F T 1600 8 19-Sep-13GB Newmarket Rosemary (Mawatheeq) L 27-Sep-13 £37,000 3 + T 1600 8 21-Sep-13GB Newmarket Joel St (Nayef) Gp 2 27-Sep-13 £100,000 3+ T 1600 8 03-Sep-13GB Newmarket Fillies’ Mile (Shadwell) Gp 1 27-Sep-13 £170,000 2 F T 1600 8 23-Jul-13GB Newmarket Royal Lodge St (Juddmonte) Juv Turf Gp 2 28-Sep-13 £100,000 2 C&G T 1600 8 23-Jul-13GB Newmarket Sun Chariot St (Kingdom of Bahrain) Gp 1 28-Sep-13 £160,000 3+ F T 1600 8 23-Jul-13USA Belmont Park Kelso H’cap Dirt Mile Gr 2 28-Sep-13 $400,000 3+ D 1600 8 14-Sep-13IRE Curragh Beresford St (Juddmonte) Gp 2 29-Sep-13 €95,000 2 T 1600 8 21-Aug-13ITY Milan Premio Sergio Cumani Gp 3 29-Sep-13 €61,600 3+ F T 1600 8 29-Aug-13ITY Milan Premio Vittorio di Capua Gp 1 29-Sep-13 €209,000 3+ T 1600 8 29-Aug-13FR Longchamp Prix Daniel Wildenstein (Qatar) Gp 2 05-Oct-13 €200,000 3+ T 1600 8 28-Aug-13JPN Kyoto Daily Hai Nisai St Gr 2 05-Oct-13 $931,000 2 T 1600 8 27-Aug-13USA Keeneland First Lady S Gr 1 05-Oct-13 $400,000 3+ F&M T 1600 8 18-Sep-13USA Keeneland Shadwell Turf Mile Mile Gr 1 05-Oct-13 $750,000 3+ T 1600 8 18-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Frizette St Juv F Gr 1 05-Oct-13 $400,000 2 F D 1600 8 21-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Foxwoods Champagne Juv Gr 1 05-Oct-13 $400,000 2 D 1600 8 21-Sep-13FR Longchamp Prix Marcel Boussac (Total) Gp 1 06-Oct-13 €300,000 2 F T 1600 8 28-Aug-13FR Chantilly Ranelagh L 10-Oct-13 €52,000 3+ T 1600 8 03-Oct-13FR Saint-Cloud Thomas Bryon Gp 3 10-Oct-13 €80,000 2 T 1600 8 25-Oct-13GB Newmarket Autumn St Gp 3 12-Oct-13 £40,000 2 T 1600 8 07-Oct-13GER Cologne Weidenpescher Stutenpreis L 13-Oct-13 €20,000 3+ F T 1600 8 01-Oct-13GER Munich Winterfavoriten Gp 3 13-Oct-13 €155,000 2 T 1600 8 05-Feb-13GER Munich Preis des Winterfavoriten Gp 3 13-Oct-13 €155,000 2 T 1600 8 CLOSEDIRE Curragh Silken Glider (Staffordstown) St L 13-Oct-13 €42,500 2 F T 1600 8 08-Oct-13ITY Milan Gran Criterium Gp 1 13-Oct-13 €209,000 2 C&F T 1600 8 12-Sep-13SPN Zarzuela Gran Premio de la Hispanidad L 13-Oct-13 €45,900 3+ T 1600 8 05-Sep-13GB Ascot Queen Elizabeth II St (Quipco) Gp 1 19-Oct-13 £1,000,000 3+ T 1600 8 06-Oct-13IRE Cork Navigation St L 19-Oct-13 €40,000 3+ T 1600 8 14-Oct-13JPN Tokyo Saudi Arabia Royal Cup Fuji St Gr 3 19-Oct-13 $985,000 3+ T 1600 8 10-Sep-13GER Baden-Baden Winterkonigon Gp 3 20-Oct-13 €105,000 2 F T 1600 8 CLOSEDIRE Naas Garnet EBF St L 20-Oct-13 €50,000 3+ F&M T 1600 8 15-Oct-13ITY Milan Premio Dormello Gp 3 20-Oct-13 €88,000 2 F T 1600 8 19-Sep-13ITY Milan Del Piazzale Gp 3 20-Oct-13 €61,600 3+ T 1600 8GB Pontefract Silver Tankard St (totepool) L 21-Oct-13 £40,000 2 T 1600 8 15-Oct-13FR Deauville Reservoirs (Haras d’Etreham) Gp 3 23-Oct-13 €80,000 2 F T 1600 8 09-Oct-13FR Nantes Sablonnets L 26-Oct-13 €55,000 2 T 1600 8 18-Oct-13GB Doncaster Trophy (Racing Post) Gp 1 26-Oct-13 £200,000 2 C&F T 1600 8 13-Aug-13GB Lingfield Park Fleur de Lys St (EBF) L 31-Oct-13 £37,000 3+ F&M AWT 1600 8 25-Oct-13FR Saint-Cloud Perth Gp 3 01-Nov-13 €80,000 3+ T 1600 8 16-Oct-13FR Saint-Cloud Criterium International Gp 1 01-Nov-13 €250,000 2 CF T 1600 8 16-Oct-13IRE Dundalk Cooley EBF St L 01-Nov-13 €50,000 3+ F&M AWT 1600 8 28-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (GI) Gr1 01-Nov-13 $1,000,000 2 F T 1600 8 22-Oct-13GB Newmarket Ben Marshall St (Novae Bloodstock) L 02-Nov-13 £37,000 3+ T 1600 8 28-Oct-13GB Newmarket Montrose St (EBF) L 02-Nov-13 £30,000 2 F T 1600 8 28-Oct-13JPN Tokyo Artemis S 02-Nov-13 $725,000 2 F T 1600 8 24-Sep-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Gr 1 02-Nov-13 $1,000,000 2 F T 1600 8 22-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (GI) Gr1 02-Nov-13 $1,000,000 2 C&G T 1600 8 22-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Mile (GI) Gr1 02-Nov-13 $2,000,000 3+ T 1600 8 22-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (GI) Gr1 02-Nov-13 $1,000,000 3+ D 1600 8 22-Oct-13ITY Rome Premio Ribot Gp 2 03-Nov-13 €104,500 3+ T 1600 8 03-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Gr 1 03-Nov-13 $1,000,000 3+ D 1600 8 22-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Mile Gr 1 03-Nov-13 $2,000,000 3+ T 1600 8 22-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Gr 1 03-Nov-13 $1,000,000 2 CG T 1600 8 22-Oct-13FR Compiegne Isola-Bella L 04-Nov-13 €52,000 3+ F T 1600 8FR Chantilly Prix Isola Bella L 04-Nov-13 €52,000 3+ T 1600 8 28-Oct-13JPN Tokyo Tokyo Chunichi Sports Hai Musashino St Gr 3 10-Nov-13 $911,000 3+ D 1600 8 24-Sep-13FR Toulouse Criterium du Languedoc L 11-Nov-13 €55,000 2 T 1600 8 04-Nov-13JPN Kyoto Mile Championship Gr 1 17-Nov-13 $2,600,000 3+ T 1600 8 01-Oct-13FR Chantilly Tantieme L 19-Nov-13 €52,000 3+ T 1600 8 12-Nov-13FR Chantilly Isonomy L 19-Nov-13 €55,000 2 T 1600 8 12-Nov-13GB Kempton Park Hyde St L 20-Nov-13 £40,000 3+ AWT 1600 8 14-Nov-13USA Aqueduct Cigar Mile H’cap Gr 1 30-Nov-13 $400,000 3+ D 1600 8 16-Nov-13ITY Siracusa Criterium Mediterraneo (ex Ippodromi e Citta) L 08-Dec-13 €41,800 2 T 1600 8JPN Hanshin Hanshin Juvenile Fillies Gr 1 08-Dec-13 $1,687,000 2 F T 1600 8 22-Oct-13

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Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Breeders Cup Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingJPN Nakayama Asahi Hai Futurity St Gr 1 15-Dec-13 $1,832,000 2 No G T 1600 8 05-Nov-13

FR Craon Criterium de l’Ouest L 09-Sep-13 €55,000 2 T 1650 8.32 02-Sep-13FR Craon Point du Jour L 23-Sep-13 €52,000 3+ T 1650 8.32 16-Sep-13

USA Churchill Downs Pocahontas St Juv F Gr 2 07-Sep-13 $150,000 2 F D 1700 8.5 TBAUSA Churchill Downs Iroquois St Juv Gr 3 07-Sep-13 $150,000 2 D 1700 8.5 TBAUSA Parx Racing Cotillion St Gr 1 21-Sep-13 $1,000,000 3 F D 1700 8.5 06-Jul-13USA Santa Anita The Frontrunner Stakes (Norfolk Stakes) (Prov race date) Juv Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $250,000 2 D 1700 8.5 TBAUSA Santa Anita The Zenyatta St (Lady’s Secret) (Prov race date) F&M Classic Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $250,000 3+ F&M D 1700 8.5 TBAUSA Santa Anita The Chandelier St (Oak Leaf S) (Prov race date) Juv F Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $250,000 2 F D 1700 8.5 TBAUSA Keeneland Darley Alcibiades S Juv F Gr 1 04-Oct-13 $400,000 2 F AWT 1700 8.5 18-Sep-13USA Keeneland Dixiana Breeders’ Futurity Juv Gr 1 05-Oct-13 $400,000 2 AWT 1700 8.5 18-Sep-13GER Dusseldorf Landeshauptstadt Dusseldorf Gp 3 06-Oct-13 €55,000 3+ T 1700 8.5 13-Aug-13USA Keeneland Bourbon S Juv Turf Gr 3 06-Oct-13 $150,000 2 T 1700 8.5 18-Sep-13USA Keeneland JP Morgan Chase Jessamine S Juv F Turf Gr 3 09-Oct-13 $150,000 2 F T 1700 8.5 25-Sep-13USA Keeneland Pin Oak Valley View Gr 3 18-Oct-13 $150,000 3 F T 1700 8.5 02-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (GI) Gr1 01-Nov-13 $2,000,000 2 F D 1700 8.5 22-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Gr 1 02-Nov-13 $2,000,000 2 F D 1700 8.5 22-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (GI) Gr1 02-Nov-13 $2,000,000 2 C&G D 1700 8.5 22-Oct-13GER Krefeld Herzog von Ratibor-Rennen Gp 3 03-Nov-13 €55,000 2 T 1700 8.5 13-Aug-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Gr 1 03-Nov-13 $2,000,000 2 CG D 1700 8.5 22-Oct-13

GER Baden-Baden Berenberg Bank Cup L 01-Sep-13 €20,000 3 + F T 1800 9 09-Jul-13IRE Curragh Dance Design St Gp 3 01-Sep-13 €67,500 3+ F T 1800 9 24-Jul-13USA Belmont Park Garden City St Gr 1 14-Sep-13 $300,000 3 F T 1800 9 31-Aug-13CAN Woodbine Canadian S F&M Turf Gr 2 15-Sep-13 CAN300,000+ 3+ F&M T 1800 9 28-Aug-13JPN Hanshin Kansai Telecasting Corp Sho Rose St Gr 2 15-Sep-13 $1,306,000 3 F T 1800 9 30-Jul-13FR Longchamp Automne - FEE L 21-Sep-13 €128,000 3+ F T 1800 9 13-Sep-13GB Goodwood Foundation St L 25-Sep-13 £40,000 3+ T 1800 9 19-Sep-13USA Santa Anita The Awesome Again St (Goodwood St) (Prov race date) Classic Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $250,000 3+ D 1800 9 TBAUSA Belmont Park Beldame Invitational F&M Classic Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $400,000 3+ F&M D 1800 9 14-Sep-13ITY Milan M.Se Ippolito Fassati L 29-Sep-13 €41,800 3 T 1800 9USA Belmont Park Jamaica H’cap Gr 1 05-Oct-13 $400,000 3 T 1800 9 21-Sep-13JPN Tokyo Mainichi Okan Gr 2 06-Oct-13 $1,560,000 3+ T 1800 9 27-Aug-13USA Keeneland Juddmonte Spinster S F&M Classic Gr 1 06-Oct-13 $500,000 3+ F&M AWT 1800 9 18-Sep-13FR Maisons-Laffitte Le Fabuleux L 08-Oct-13 €55,000 3 T 1800 9 30-Sep-13GB Newmarket Darley St Gp 3 12-Oct-13 £55,000 3+ T 1800 9 07-Oct-13USA Keeneland Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S (by invitation only) Gr 1 12-Oct-13 $400,000 3 F T 1800 9JPN Tokyo Fuchu Himba St Gr 2 14-Oct-13 $1,324,000 3+ FM T 1800 9 27-Aug-13FR Longchamp Casimir Delamarre L 20-Oct-13 €55,000 3 F T 1800 9 11-Oct-13FR Longchamp Conde Gp 3 20-Oct-13 €80,000 2 T 1800 9 02-Oct-13GER Baden-Baden Defi du Galop L 20-Oct-13 €20,000 3 + T 1800 9 08-Oct-13USA Keeneland Fayette S Gr 2 26-Oct-13 $150,000 3+ AWT 1800 9 09-Oct-13ITY Rome Premio Guido Berardelli Gp 3 01-Nov-13 €88,000 2 T 1800 9 03-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (GI) Gr1 01-Nov-13 $2,000,000 3+ F&M D 1800 9 22-Oct-13ITY Milan Campobello L 02-Nov-13 €41,800 2 T 1800 9USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic Gr 1 02-Nov-13 $2,000,000 3+ FM D 1800 9 22-Oct-12IRE Leopardstown Eyrefield St L 03-Nov-13 €37,500 2 T 1800 9 29-Oct-13FR Marseille Borely Delahante L 10-Nov-13 €55,000 2 T 1800 9 01-Nov-13JPN Tokyo Tokyo Sports Hai Nisai St Gr 3 16-Nov-13 $834,000 2 T 1800 9 08-Oct-13JPN Hanshin Japan Cup Dirt Gr 1 01-Dec-13 $3,392,000 3+ D 1800 9 08-Oct-13JPN Hanshin Asahi Challenge Cup Gr 3 07-Dec-13 $1,040,000 3+ T 1800 9 22-Oct-13

IRE Gowran Park Denny Cordell Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Fillies St Gp 3 22-Sep-13 €70,000 3+ F T 1890 9.4 14-Aug-13

FR Bordeaux Grand Criterium de Bordeaux L 09-Oct-13 €55,000 2 T 1900 9.5 01-Oct-13FR Deauville Lyphard L 03-Dec-13 €52,000 3+ AWT 1900 9.5FR Deauville Petite Etoile L 03-Dec-13 €55,000 3 F AWT 1900 9.5

SWE Taby Galopp Lanwades Stud St L 15-Sep-13 SEK 400,000 3-5 F&M T 1950 9.5 19-Aug-13FR Longchamp Prix Dollar (Qatar) Gp 2 05-Oct-13 €200,000 3+ T 1950 9.5 28-Aug-13SWE Taby Galopp Stockholm Fillies And Mares St L 13-Oct-13 SEK 400,000 3+F&M T 1950 9.5 16-Sep-13

FR Longchamp Boulogne L 01-Sep-13 €52,000 4+ T 2000 10 23-Aug-13FR Marseille Borely Coupe de Marseille L 06-Sep-13 €55,000 3 T 2000 10 29-Aug-13










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Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Breeders Cup Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingFR Toulouse Occitanie L 07-Sep-13 €55,000 3 F T 2000 10 30-Aug-13IRE Leopardstown Kilternan St Gp 3 07-Sep-13 €57,500 3+ T 2000 10 31-Jul-13IRE Leopardstown Irish Champion St (Red Mills) Turf Gp 1 07-Sep-13 €750,000 3+ T 2000 10 22-May-13IRE Curragh Blandford St (Moyglare Stud) Gp 2 14-Sep-13 €100,000 3+ F T 2000 10 07-Aug-13GB Yarmouth John Musker (EBF) L 18-Sep-13 £40,000 3+ F&M T 2000 10 12-Sep-13FR Maisons-Laffitte La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte Gp 3 20-Sep-13 €80,000 3+ T 2000 10 04-Sep-13FR Longchamp Prince d’Orange Gp 3 21-Sep-13 €80,000 3 T 2000 10 04-Sep-13GB Ayr Doonside Cup (williamhill.com) L 21-Sep-13 £50,000 3+ T 2000 10 16-Sep-13JPN Hanshin Sirius St Gr 3 28-Sep-13 $911,000 3+ D 2000 10 13-Aug-13USA Santa Anita Rodeo Drive St F&M Turf Gr 1 28-Sep-13 3+ FM T 2000 10 24-Aug-13USA Belmont Park Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational St Classic Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $1,000,000 3+ D 2000 10 14-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Flower Bowl Invitational St F&M Turf Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $600,000 3+ F&M T 2000 10 14-Sep-13ITY Rome Archidamia L 29-Sep-13 €41,800 3+ F T 2000 10FR Chantilly Charles Laffitte L 02-Oct-13 €55,000 3 F T 2000 10 24-Sep-13GER Hoppegarten 21st Westminster Deutschen Einheit Gp 3 03-Oct-13 €85,000 3+ T 2000 10 06-Aug-13GER Hoppegarten Deutschen Einheit Gp 3 03-Oct-13 €85,000 3+ T 2000 10 06-Aug-13FR Longchamp Prix de l’Opera (Longines) F&M Turf Gp 1 06-Oct-13 €400,000 3+ F T 2000 10 28-Aug-13FR Saint-Cloud Dahlia L 10-Oct-13 €48,000 4+ F T 2000 10 02-Oct-13GER Munich Nereide-Rennen L 13-Oct-13 €20,000 3+ F T 2000 10 03-Sep-13ITY Milan Premio Verziere (Memorial A. Cirla) Gp 3 13-Oct-13 €61,600 3+ F T 2000 10 12-Sep-13SWE Taby Galopp Songline Classic L 13-Oct-13 SEK 400,000 3+ D 2000 10 16-Sep-13

IRE Dundalk Carlingford St L 18-Oct-13 €40,000 3+ AWT 2000 10 14-Oct-13GB Ascot Champion (Quipco) Gp 1 19-Oct-13 £1,300,000 3+ T 2000 10 06-Oct-13IRE Leopardstown Trigo St L 26-Oct-13 €40,000 3+ T 2000 10 21-Oct-13CAN Woodbine E P Taylor S Gr 1 27-Oct-13 CAN500,000 3+ F&M T 2000 10 09-Oct-13ITY Rome Conte Felice Scheibler L 27-Oct-13 €41,800 3 T 2000 10ITY Rome Premio Lydia Tesio Gp 1 27-Oct-13 €209,000 3+ F T 2000 10 26-Sep-13JPN Tokyo Tenno Sho (Autumn) Gr 1 27-Oct-13 $3,437,000 3+ T 2000 10 10-Sep-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (GI) Gr1 01-Nov-13 $2,000,000 3+ F&M T 2000 10 22-Oct-13GB Newmarket James Seymour L 02-Nov-13 £37,000 3+ T 2000 10 28-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf Gr 1 02-Nov-13 $2,000,000 3+ FM T 2000 10 22-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) Gr1 02-Nov-13 $5,000,000 3+ D 2000 10 22-Oct-13ITY Rome Premier Roma Gp 1 03-Nov-13 €209,000 3+ T 2000 10 03-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Classic Gr 1 03-Nov-13 $5,000,000 3+ D 2000 10 22-Oct-13FR Saint-Cloud Solitude L 09-Nov-13 €55,000 3 F T 2000 10 01-Nov-13FR Saint-Cloud Criterium de Saint-Cloud Gp 1 09-Nov-13 €250,000 2 CF T 2000 10 24-Oct-13GB Doncaster Gillies St (EBF) L 09-Nov-13 £37,000 3+ F&M T 2000 10 04-Nov-13FR Marseille Borely Grand Prix de Marseille L 10-Nov-13 €60,000 3+ T 2000 10 01-Nov-13GER Frankfurt Hessen-Pokal Gp 3 10-Nov-13 €55,000 3+ T 2000 10 06-Nov-13ITY Rome G, Valiani (ex Buontalenta) L 10-Nov-13 €41,800 3+ F T 2000 10GB Lingfield Park Churchill St L 16-Nov-13 £37,000 3+ AWT 2000 10 11-Nov-13JPN Fukushima Fukushima Kinen Gr 3 17-Nov-13 $1,040,000 3+ T 2000 10 09-Oct-12JPN Chukyo Kinko Sho Gr 2 30-Nov-13 $1,560,000 3 + T 2000 10 22-Oct-13GB Lingfield Park Quebec St L 21-Dec-13 £37,000 3+ AWT 2000 10 16-Dec-13JPN Hanshin Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai St Gr 3 21-Dec-13 $834,000 2 T 2000 10 05-Nov-13

FR Longchamp Liancourt L 01-Sep-13 €55,000 3 F T 2100 10.5 23-Aug-13FR Strasbourg Grand Prix de la Region d’Alsace L 29-Sep-13 €52,000 3+ T 2100 10.5 20-Sep-13IRE Dundalk Diamond St Gp 3 04-Oct-13 €57,500 3+ AWT 2100 10.5 28-Aug-13FR Saint-Cloud Flore Gp 3 29-Oct-13 €80,000 3+ F T 2100 10.5 09-Oct-13FR Le Croise-Laroche Grand Prix du Nord L 02-Nov-13 €55,000 3 T 2100 10.5 25-Oct-13FR Croise-Laroche Grand Prix du Nord L 02-Nov-13 €55,000 3 T 2100 10.5 25-Oct-13FR Toulouse Fille de l’Air Gp 3 11-Nov-13 €80,000 3+ F T 2100 10.5 23-Oct-13

JPN Nakayama RF Radio Nippon Sho St Lite Kinen Gr 2 16-Sep-13 $1,354,000 3 T 2200 11 30-Jul-13GB Newbury Arc Trial (Dubai Duty Free) Gp 3 21-Sep-13 £60,000 3+ T 2200 11 16-Sep-13ITY Milan Premio Federico Tesio Gp 2 22-Sep-13 €104,500 3+ T 2200 11 22-Aug-13JPN Nakayama Sankei Sho All Comers Gr 2 22-Sep-13 $1,560,000 3+ T 2200 11 13-Aug-13GER Hannover Herbst Stuten-Preis Gp 3 29-Sep-13 €55,000 3+F T 2200 11 06-Aug-13ITY Rome Villa Borghese Memorial F. Cadoni L 29-Sep-13 €41,800 3 + T 2200 11GB Newmarket Pride (TRM) L 05-Oct-13 £37,000 3+ T 2200 11 30-Sep-13GER Hannover Neue Bult Stuten-Steher-Cup L 27-Oct-13 €20,000 3 + T 2200 11 15-Oct-13JPN Kyoto Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup Gr 1 10-Nov-13 $2,352,000 3+ FM T 2200 11 01-Oct-13GER Dresden Grosser Dresdner Herbstpreis L 20-Nov-13 €20,000 3+ T 2200 11 12-Nov-13

ITY Naples Unire L 22-Dec-13 €41,800 3+ T 2250 11.25

ITY Siracusa Francesco Faraci L 01-Dec-13 €41,800 3+ T 2300 11.5

GER Baden-Baden Longines Grosser Preis von Baden Turf Gp 1 01-Sep-13 €250,000 3+ T 2400 12 11-Jun-13HUNGARY Kincsem Park Kincsem díj L 01-Sep-13 7.4 million HUF T 2400 12TKY Veliefendi Bosphorus Cup Gp 2 08-Sep-13 €306,000 3+ C&F T 2400 12 31-Jul-13








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Country Track Race Name & (Sponsor) Breeders Cup Class Race Date Value Age Surface Metres Furlongs ClosingFR Craon Grand Prix de Craon L 09-Sep-13 €52,000 3+ T 2400 12 02-Sep-13IRE Galway Oyster St L 09-Sep-13 €50,000 3+ T 2400 12 04-Sep-13FR Saint Cloud Tourelles L 10-Sep-13 €52,000 3+ F&M T 2400 12GB Chester Stand Cup (Star Sports) L 14-Sep-13 £40,000 3+ T 2400 12 09-Sep-13CAN Woodbine Northern Dancer BC Turf Gr 1 15-Sep-13 CAN300,000+ 3+ T 2400 12 28-Aug-13FR Longchamp Prix du Niel (Qatar) Gp 2 15-Sep-13 €130,000 3 CF T 2400 12 28-Aug-13FR Longchamp Prix Foy (Qatar) Gp 2 15-Sep-13 €130,000 4+ CF T 2400 12 28-Aug-13FR Longchamp Prix Vermeille (Qatar) Gp 1 15-Sep-13 €350,000 3+ F T 2400 12 28-Aug-13SWE Taby Galopp Stockholm Cup International Gp 3 15-Sep-13 SEK 1,000,000 3+ T 2400 12 19-Aug-13FR Saint-Cloud Joubert L 16-Sep-13 €55,000 3 F T 2400 12 09-Sep-13IRE Listowel Listowel L 18-Sep-13 €42,500 3+ T 2400 12 12-Sep-13FR Saint-Cloud Turenne L 19-Sep-13 €55,000 3 C&G T 2400 12 11-Sep-13GER Cologne Preis von Europa Gp 1 22-Sep-13 €155,000 3+ T 2400 12 02-Jul-13JPN Hanshin Kobe Shimbun Hai Gr 2 22-Sep-13 $1,354,000 3 No G T 2400 12 13-Aug-13GB Newmarket Princess Royal Richard Hambro (EBF) L 26-Sep-13 £37,000 3 + T 2400 12 20-Sep-13SWE Jagersro Skanska Faltrittklubbens Jubileumslopning L 26-Sep-13 SEK 400,000 3+ D 2400 12 26-Aug-13GB Newmarket Godolphin L 27-Sep-13 £37,000 3+ T 2400 12 21-Sep-13USA Belmont Park Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational St Turf Gr 1 28-Sep-13 $600,000 3+ T 2400 12 14-Sep-13GB Ascot Cumberland Lodge St (Grosvenor Casinos) Gp 3 05-Oct-13 £60,000 3+ T 2400 12 30-Sep-13FR Longchamp Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Qatar) Gp 1 06-Oct-13 €4,000,000 3+ CF T 2400 12 15-May-13JPN Kyoto Kyoto Daishoten Gr 2 06-Oct-13 $1,560,000 3+ T 2400 12 27-Aug-13FR Toulouse Panacee L 11-Oct-13 €52,000 3+ F&M T 2400 12 03-Oct-13IRE Curragh Finale St L 13-Oct-13 €40,000 3+ T 2400 12 08-Oct-13USA Keeneland Sycamore Gr 3 17-Oct-13 $100,000 3+ T 2400 12 02-Oct-13FR Longchamp Conseil de Paris Gp 2 20-Oct-13 €130,000 3+ T 2400 12 02-Oct-13GER Baden-Baden Baden-Wurttemberg-Trophy Gp 3 20-Oct-13 €55,000 3+ T 2400 12 27-Aug-13ITY Milan Gran Premio del Jockey Club e Coppa d’Oro Gp 1 20-Oct-13 €209,000 3+ T 2400 12 19-Sep-13USA Keeneland Rood & Riddle Dowager L 20-Oct-13 $125,000 3+ F&M T 2400 12 02-Oct-13FR Nantes Grand Prix de la Ville de Nantes L 26-Oct-13 €60,000 3+ T 2400 12 18-Oct-13GB Newbury St Simon St (Worthington’s Champion Shield) Gp 3 26-Oct-13 £60,000 3+ T 2400 12 21-Oct-13CAN Woodbine Pattison Canadian International Gr 1 27-Oct-13 CAN1,000,000 3+ T 2400 12 09-Oct-13SPN Zarzuela Gran Premio Memorial Duque de Toledo L 27-Oct-13 €56,100 3+ T 2400 12 05-Sep-13ITY Milan Falck G. L 02-Nov-13 €41,800 3+ F T 2400 12USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Turf (GI) Gr1 02-Nov-13 $3,000,000 3+ T 2400 12 22-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Turf Gr 1 03-Nov-13 $3,000,000 3+ T 2400 12 22-Oct-13GB Kempton Park Floodlit St L 06-Nov-13 £37,000 3+ AWT 2400 12 31-Oct-13FR Lyon-Parilly Grand Camp L 15-Nov-13 €52,000 3+ T 2400 12 07-Nov-13JPN Tokyo Japan Cup Gr 1 24-Nov-13 $6,512,000 3+ T 2400 12 08-Oct-13GB Kempton Park Wild Flower St L 27-Nov-13 £37,000 3+ AWT 2400 12 21-Nov-13FR Toulouse Max Sicard L 08-Dec-13 €60,000 3+ T 2400 12 29-Nov-13

FR Longchamp Prix Royallieu (Qatar) Gp 2 05-Oct-13 €250,000 3+ F T 2500 12.5 28-Aug-13FR Deauville Vulcain L 23-Oct-13 €55,000 3 T 2500 12.5 15-Oct-13JPN Tokyo Copa Republica Argentina Gr 2 03-Nov-13 $1,433,000 3+ T 2500 12.5 24-Sep-13FR Saint Cloud Belle de Nuit L 14-Nov-13 €52,000 3+ F T 2500 12.5 06-Nov-13JPN Nakayama Arima Kinen (The Grand Prix) Gr 1 22-Dec-13 $5,200,000 3+ T 2500 12.5 05-Nov-13

GB Lingfield Park River Eden St (EBF) L 31-Oct-13 £37,000 3+ F&M AWT 2600 13 25-Oct-13

GER Dortmund Deutsches St Leger Gp 3 08-Sep-13 €55,000 3+ T 2800 14 16-Jul-13SLOVAKIA Bratislava Bratislava Oaks L 08-Sep-13 €21,000 T 2800 14IRE Curragh St Leger (Irish) Gp 1 15-Sep-13 €220,000 3+ T 2800 14 22-May-13FR Saint-Cloud Scaramouche L 04-Oct-13 €52,000 3+ T 2800 14 26-Sep-13GB Ascot Noel Murless (Keltbray) L 04-Oct-13 £37,000 3 T 2800 14 28-Sep-13ITY Milan St Leger Italino Gp 3 26-Oct-13 €61,600 3+ T 2800 14 26-Sep-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Marathon (GII) Gr2 01-Nov-13 $500,000 3+ D 2800 14 22-Oct-13USA Santa Anita Breeders’ Cup Marathon Gr 2 02-Nov-13 $500,000 3+ D 2800 14 22-Oct-13ITY Rome Roma Vecchia L 10-Nov-13 €41,800 3+ T 2800 14

GB Doncaster Park Hill St (DFS) Gp 2 12-Sep-13 £90,000 3+ F T 2920 14.6 06-Sep-13GB Doncaster St Leger (Ladbrokes) Gp 1 14-Sep-13 £600,000 3 C&F T 2920 14.6 23-Jul-13

FR Longchamp Lutece Gp 3 08-Sep-13 €80,000 3 T 3000 15 21-Aug-13IRE Curragh Loughbrown St L 29-Sep-13 €40,000 3 T 3000 15 24-Sep-13FR Longchamp Prix Chaudenay (Qatar) Gp 2 05-Oct-13 €200,000 3 T 3000 15 28-Aug-13

FR Longchamp Gladiateur (Qatar) Gp 3 15-Sep-13 €80,000 4+ T 3100 15.5 28-Aug-13FR Longchamp Prix Royal-Oak Gp 1 28-Oct-13 €250,000 3+ T 3100 15.5 09-Oct-13FR Saint-Cloud Denisy L 14-Nov-13 €52,000 3+ T 3100 15.5 06-Nov-13

GB Newmarket Rose Bowl St L 26-Sep-13 £37,000 3 + T 3200 16 20-Sep-13

GB Doncaster Doncaster Cup (Stobart) Gp 2 13-Sep-13 £100,000 3+ T 3600 18 07-Sep-12JPN Nakayama Sports Nippon Sho Stayers St Gr 2 30-Nov-13 $1,560,000 3+ T 3600 18 22-Oct-13

FR Longchamp Prix du Cadran (Qatar) Gp 1 06-Oct-13 €300,000 4+ T 4000 20 28-Aug-13

FR Craon Prix du Conseil General de la Mayenne L 22-Sep-13 €65,000 5+ T 4200 21 13-Sep-13












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