CONTENTS
Yasmin Almenräder - cover profile - a rising star in German racing
David Conolly-Smith portrays trainer Yasmin Almenräder at her Mülheim stable and her aspirations for hopefully another successful year for German racing and breeding - in particular for the Mülheim training centre, the second largest training centre in the country.
Nutrition - antioxidants - their role in racing
Catherine Rudenko questions if there is merit in specifically supplementing antioxidants to enhance performance? Antioxidants are substances that slow down damage to organisms created by the presence of oxygen.
Zilpaterol fallout - isn't it time for a European wide threshold testing protocol?
Alysen Miller investigates another biosecurity scare threatened to cast the longest shadow over the blighted 2020 racing season when the French racing authority France Galop announced that five horses had recently tested positive for zilpaterol.
Anne-Marie Poirier - Riding short; took me months
John Gilmore visits the Dutch native that has come a long way from show jumping horses in Holland to now having a yard for backing and pre-training racehorses at Soucelles in France.
Saddle + Half Pads - The effect that pads, when used beneath the saddle, have on race saddle pressures and gallop kinematics
Dr. Russell Mackechnie-Guire researches how well pads under the saddle really work. A recent study suggests that using a pad beneath the saddle might not always achieve the desired pressure-relieving effect.
European Pattern Committee - regulating 'black type' races
Paul 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 - how trainers are coping with the added paperwork they now need to produce for racing authorities
Understanding hydrotherapy and the benefits of water based conditioning
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.
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 racing stars.
TopSpec Trainer of the quarter - TBC
Trainers and the importance of communicating with owners
Lissa Oliver shows that remote communication has become a necessity especially during a pandemic-stricken 2020.
Funding research in equine veterinary development - what we can expect to learn in 2021
Annie Dodd fills us in on the financial impact of the pandemic on scientific research.
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