European Trainer Magazine - horse racing  |  Jan-Mar 2021
IN THIS ISSUE
Susan Corbett – TopSpec Trainer of the Quarter
Yasmin Almenräder – Cover Profile
Small but mighty
Catherine Rudenko questions if there is merit in supplementing antioxidants to enhance performance.
Zilpaterol fallout
Alysen Miller investigates the biosecurity scare when the French racing authority France Galop announced that five horses had recently tested positive for zilpaterol.
Hydrotherapy for performance
Georgie White explains the use of water for therapeutic benefit in the equine industry and hydrotherapy as a mechanism for
enhancing performance in the racehorse.
Pre-trainer, trainer, industry thinker – Anne-Marie Poirier
John Gilmore visits the Dutch native who has come a long way from show jumping in Holland to now having a yard for backing and pre-training racehorses at Soucelles in France.
Saddle and half pads
Dr Russell Mackechnie-Guire researches the effect that pads, when used beneath the saddle, have on race saddle pressures
and gallop kinematics.
Wish you were here
Lissa Oliver shows the importance of communicating with owners especially during a pandemic-stricken 2020, where visits to yards and racecourses have been few and far between.
Funding research in equine veterinary development
Annie Dodd fills us in on the financial impact the pandemic has had on scientific research and what we can expect to learn in 2021.
European Pattern Committee
Paull Khan looks at some of the EMHF region’s committees and starts with the European Pattern Committee, which controls the classification of black type races in Europe.
Bureaucracy in training
Lissa Oliver investigates how trainers are coping with the added paperwork they now need to produce for racing authorities.
Thoroughbred Tales
Sally-Ann Grassick describes the spirit that has resurfaced again with a campaign named in Pat Smullen’s honour, driven by John Butler, physiotherapist to the Irish.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in European Trainer Magazine - horse racing Jan-Mar 2021.