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April 3, 2012

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Guide For Wagering On The Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby won\’t take place for a couple of weeks yet, but lots of folks are already pumped up about the chance to cash a huge wager. I cannot blame them because there is nothing more exciting than this race, and the build up to it is tough to take. It is too early for us to handicap the horses that could be entered. We need to wait two weeks for that as the field gets finalized. What we will do is finely tune our processes so we are ready when the time comes. Here are 3 things it\’s important to be on the lookout for you start breaking down the horses entered. If you are going to bet the Kentucky Derby, might as well do it right. Speed Unlike the Preakness, the Derby winner is not a horse built for speed. It seems like each year we see a horse get to the front of the pack and try and hold off the rest, however it doesn\’t often work out. Even though the fastest pony does not win this race, it does not mean speed does not play a role. You want a horse that has reached at [...] read more
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Stages of a Racehorse\’s Life – Re-training

While there are thousands of horses bred to run flat and jump courses each year, only a very small percentage of these racehorses are successful enough to be destined for the breeding shed. However, it is possible to train a racehorse for a variety of other disciplines and the usefulness of these horses does not have to end with their racing careers. With the correct training and understanding of these horses, a racehorse can excel at dressage or be put to work as a successful hack, jumper, or eventer. Horses are intelligent and highly athletic creatures and can form great partnerships with their trainer. read more
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How To Detect Navicular Disease In Your Horse

Maybe one of the more alarming equine illnesses an equestrian can ever encounter is the navicular disease; on any normal day a tutor could find her horse brought to her haunches by extraordinary bouts of pain, or may be unpleasantly surprised by a horse undergoing training suddenly slowing down in intense agony halfway into the routine. For owners of steeds used basically for leisurely horse riding, it can be more worrying, what with their horses all of a sudden being unable and unwilling to move on, stumbling over through gaits they'd routinely nonchalantly perform. The agony comes from a powerful burning agony owing to increased blood flow in the hooves of the horse and the accompanying shifting of what is often known as the coffin bone. read more
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