TRM Trainer of the Quarter - Michael Figge

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The TRM Trainer of the Quarter Award goes to Michael Figge who started off in racing by being a successful amateur jockey, winning 31 races, he was once leading amateur in Germany and also Fegentri vice-champion. He then followed in his fathers footsteps by because a trainer in 2006 and saddled the Italian Derby winner in 2012.

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THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN - EUROPEAN TRAINER - ISSUE 38

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Author: David Conolly-Smith

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The new headgear - The Fixator

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IT has become part of accepted practice that most professional athletes have a team of experts around them, their aim is to identify whether small, incremental changes in one or more elements can produce an exponentialenhancement to the overall comp…

 

 

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THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN - EUROPEAN TRAINER - ISSUE 37

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Dermot Weld

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VISITING the home of Dermot Weld is rather like visiting a museum. It’s bright, airy and welcoming – and packed with photographs, awards,and trophies from every known corner of the world. Weld is a traveller and he is very much a conqueror, in the n…

 

 

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Resurgent Libya

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When we in the West hear of racing in such countries as Libya we automaticallythink that it must revolve around non- thoroughbreds and poor purses for scant reward, all of which must surely have ground to a halt following the uprising and overturn o…

 

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Robert and Rodolphe Collet

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COLLET senior was registering his first victory at the meeting since Last Tycoon’s win in the 1986 Kings Stand Stakes. For Collet junior,it was further indication that he is following fast in the footsteps of one of France’s most prominent trainers“…

 

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Oliver's travels

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I TOUCHED down in Dallas at 7.30am on an ancient American Airlines jet from Louisville, Kentucky. Most of the in-flight staff must have been on the maiden voyage! We’d just been treated tosome of the best racing in the world over the two days of the…

 

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Oliver Cole (European Trainer - issue 37 - Spring 2012)

 

 

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Calming influence - the effects of diet on behaviour

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THERE is an enormous amount written about the link between feeding and behaviour, and the ‘calming supplement’ market is sizeable. However, there is infact very little direct research in horses that investigates how diet impacts on behaviour if at a…

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Foal Surgeries - are they really needed?

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THE two main most common limb deformities on the front legs that are treated are known as valgus and varus. A foal that has valgus conformation in his frontimbs is when the legs move away from the midline between the foals shoulders. This can often …

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Thermography

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TODAY we have many sensitive and specific tools that are used by veterinary surgeons to diagnose the cause of lameness. These include radiography, scintigraphy, ultrasound and MRI. These however not all suitable for regular routine monitoring.Ultras…

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