Kentucky Racehorse Trainer

Getting More Speed From Your Racehorse

Attendees at the 2010 International Equestrian Festival, which is going on simultaneously with the 2010 World Equestrian Games, received a bonus when rider biomechanics expert Colleen Kelly spoke about how to make your thoroughbred racehorse faster. For those who do not know Colleen Kelly, she is one of the most sought-after speakers in the world and lectures on the science of improving riders’ balance, seat and posture.

During the presentation, Colleen Kelly focused on the relationship between the horse and the jockey, and explained that a rider who had exceptional balance using certain postures and techniques would be able to beat another rider who had good balance but poor posture and riding technique.  For example, as an example of poor technique, she stated that many jockeys ride with their on "toenails" on the stirrips instead of on the balls of their feet and do not properly use their arms and hands. Without using proper technique, the horse will have to work harder to run faster.  Racehorses which do not have to overcome a jockey's poor riding techinique can run faster.

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Types of Thoroughbred Races

Graded Stakes - A graded Stakes is the highest level of racing in North America. They are listed as Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3, with Grade 1 being the most important and prestigious. The horse usually has to be nominated for these races, which means the owner may have to pay an entry stakes fee and / or the horse may have had to won certain types of races and / or the horse may need to meet certain requirements.

Optional Claiming Race - This is still a claiming race, with the difference being that only the horses that are listed as claiming horses can be claimed.  For example, if a horse is entered in an $80,000 optional claiming race but the owner did not want the horse claimed, then the trainer would enter the horse without the option of it being claimed.

Claiming Race - A claiming race is a race that every horse int eh race can be “claimed”. There is a claiming price and any horse can be claimed for the amount specified in the race requirements.  For example, if a horse is entered into a $30,000 claiming race than, and another owner/trainer desires to purchase that horse, then they can give the racing stewards $30,000 and chose to claim the horse after the race.  Of importance, if the horse finishes in the money, then the owner will receive that money and not the person claiming the horse.  Claiming races make races more fair for all horses since a trainer / owner may decide not to enter a high-caliber and expensive horse in a race with slower less-expensive horses so as not to risk having the horse claimed for less than its value. 

Condition Books, Stakes Races, Overnights - Links

• Equibase - Horsemen Area

This list is provided as a service to the thoroughbred race horse community and is for information only. The list is believed up to date but its accuracy is not guaranteed. No recommendation nor guarantee are made as to availability of products or the quality of service.

Horse Database, Pedigree, Entries, Past Performance

• Blood Stock Information Services
• Bloodstock Research
• BRIS Stable Alert
• BRISBet
• California Racing
• Daily Racing Form
• Del Mar Pedigree Query   
• Equibase Co. LLC
• Equineline.com
• Interactive Stallion Directory
• Pedigree Online    
• Pedigree Online Thoroughbred Database
• Race Replays - Cal Racing (Free) 
• The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc.
• The Jockey Club Technology Services, Inc.
• Trackmaster    
• TVG

This list is provided as a service to the thoroughbred race horse community and is for information only. The list is believed up to date but its accuracy is not guaranteed. No recommendation nor guarantee are made as to availability of products or the quality of service.

Events & Museums

• Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
• American Saddlebred Museum
• Belmont Stakes   
• Blood-Horse - Calendar 
• Breeders Cup Limited
• Kentucky Horse Park
• Kentucky Derby
• Kentucky Derby Museum
• National Museum of Racing
• Preakness Stakes
• Radnor Hunt Races   
• Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event
• Steeplestakes.com
• Thoroughbred Center
• Virginia Gold Cup   

This list is provided as a service to the thoroughbred race horse community and is for information only.

Horse Capital of the World

Lexington Kentucky lays claim to the "Horse Capital of the World." Other cities have attempted to capture this title, but considering all of the facts, fail in comparison. A few facts supporting this title include:

• Lexington contains some of the most famous horse farms in the world, such as Calumet Farms. There currently exist more than 450 horse farms in the Lexington area.
• The Kentucky Horse Park, located in Lexington, Kentucky, the only park in the world dedicated exclusively to the horse.
• Lexington is the home of the Thoroughbred Training Center, a thoroughbred race track facility dedicated to the care and training of thoroughbred races horses.
• Lexington will host the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park. It will be the first time the Games have been held outside Europe.
• Lexington is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the population of the United States. It is accessible by two major interstate highways, and by air.
• Lexington is located in the center of the Kentucky Bluegrass Region. The Kentucky Bluegrass Region has long been known for its beautiful rolling landscapes, fertile soil, high quality pastures, along with the horse and stock farms. Bluegrass (Poa Pratensis) thrives on the minerals under the soil from the underlying limestone which plays an important part in the development of champion horses.
• Many dignitaries, such as the queen of England, travel to Lexington and the nearby area in order to purchase horses.
• Lexington is one of two homes of The Jockey Club, the breed Registry for Thoroughbred horses in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. The Jockey Club dedicates itself to the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing. The Jockey Club also maintains an officein New York City.

• Lexington is the site of two horse racing tracks, Keeneland Race track and The Red Mile race track.

• Lexingtion is the site of two large and very popular horse auction sales events, located at the Keenland Horse Sales and Fasig Tipton.

Furthermore, many international, national, and state organizations dedicated to the horse are located in Lexington or in adjacent counties. They include, but are not limited to the following:

• American Farrier’s Association

• American Association of Equine Practitioners

• Association of Racing Commissioners International

• Breeders Cup Limited

• Equibase Company, LLC

• Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation

• Groom Elite Program

• Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association

• InCompass

• International Racing Bureau

• Jockey’s Guild (in Nicholasville, 14 miles from Lexington)

• Kentucky Equine Humane Center

• Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center

• National Turf Writers Association

• National Racing Compact

• National Thoroughbred Racing Association

• North American Racing Academy

• Race for Education

• Racing Medication and Testing Consortium

• Racing Officials Accreditation Program

• The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc.

• The Jockey Club Foundation

• The Jockey Club Technology Services, Inc.

• The Blood-Horse Magazine

• Thoroughbred Charities of America (In Midway, 10 miles from Lexington)

• Thoroughbred Owners & Breeders Association

• Thoroughbred Times

• United States Equestrian Federation, Inc.

Hands down, Lexington, Kentucky is the Horse Capital of the World.