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Encyclopedia > Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. As such, he takes responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter. Leading horse trainers can earn a great deal of money from a percentage of the winnings that they charge the owner for training the horse. Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...

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Prominent horse trainers

United Kingdom & Ireland

Mick Channon (born Orcheston, Wiltshire, 28th November 1948) was a feared goalscorer with Southampton and England in the 1970s and later became a hugely successful racehorse trainer. ...

United States


According to The American Racing Manual, the thoroughbred horse racing trainers who have led the annual money-earning list more than twice since 1908 are: Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is an American thoroughbred race horse trainer. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Bob Baffert (January 13, 1953 — ) American horse owner and trainer. ... Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ...

Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is an American thoroughbred race horse trainer. ... James Edward (Sunny Jim) Fitzsimmons (July 23, 1874 – March 11, 1966) was a thoroughbred racehorse trainer. ... Horace A. Jimmy Jones (November 24, 1906 – September 2, 2001) was an American thoroughbred horse trainer. ... Bob Baffert (January 13, 1953 — ) American horse owner and trainer. ... Ben Jones Benjamin Allyn Jones (December 31, 1882 – June 13, 1961) was a thoroughbred horse trainer. ... James Rowe, Sr. ...

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Horse Trainer (248 words)
The Horse Trainer must be able to assess the needs of the horse and owner, and teach both of them in a discipline.
The Horse Trainer must be able to manage the people that they work with.
The qualifications of a Horse Trainer should include a bachelor's degree in Equine Sciences with classes in form and function, general anatomy, and training and riding classes.
Train With Self Control (1014 words)
Once the horse tunes in to the trainer's body language and acknowledges the trainer is leading the dance, the trainer then uses body language to create shapes that the horse can successfully mirror.
The trainer starts by mirroring the horse's natural shapes (such as the animal's normal walking stride) until the horse learns that matching shapes is the name of the game.
Your attention to your horse must be the greatest when something startles it or when something goes wrong such as another horse kicking out as you trot past.
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