A racehorse trainer could tell the potential racehorse owner volumes about buying and owning a racehorse. This can end with nothing more than an injured horse, or it can end rather lucratively. Horses are living creatures and are just not able to be predictable all the time. However, there are seven things that the potential racehorse buyer should take into account.

Do They Have Enough Money to Buy and Keep a Racehorse?

Even a jade ridden for pleasure can be expensive to maintain. A racehorse has a lot of requirements: food, shelter, and other specialists to take care of and train the animal. You have to get and pay for the right permits and adequate insurance. Racehorses also have travel expenses as they move from one racecourse to the other over the season.

Lineage

Someone who is looking to own a racehorse needs to know the stock it comes from. Identify the horse’s dam. Who sired it? Can they and their ancestors be found in the General Stud Book? Who are the horse’s full or half brothers and sisters? Have they performed well on this particular course?

The Horse’s Conformation

Seabiscuit ran with a strange, eggbeater action for a horse, but despite this he was a great champion. Other horses might not compensate for flaws in the same way. If possible, the potential buyer needs to see the horse run around several laps.

Which Gender?

Is the owner willing to take a chance on a filly? Some fillies have been brilliant, of course, and Falmouth and Ribblesdale Stakes, among other races, are open only to fillies. Would the owner be interested in a gelding after considering that even champion geldings do not generate stud fees? It is possible to buy several horses from the same exact lineage but it does not guarantee that each will be a champion.

Where Do They Want to Race the Horse?

Some horses excel on Epsom, Doncaster, and other flat racing courses. Others are good at National Hunt races like Cheltenham, or mixed racecourses like Folkestone or Kempton Park. When the owner determines he wants to enter the National Hunt race they should make sure their racehorse trainer is ready to prepare for it. Some horses simply don’t like to jump, and won’t.

How Willing Are They to Keep a Horse That Doesn’t Win?

To put it differently, how long will an owner keep a horse that is not paying its own way?

What Are the Plans for Their Horse When It Retires?

The most a horse can run competitively is several years. A champion stallion can bring in stud fees, and a champion mare can be used for breeding, but not all racehorses are going to be allowed to reproduce and a horse can live up to thirty years. Will the owner simply put them out to pasture, sell them to a horse-lover, an abattoir or some other concern, or donate them to a charity?

If you have a passion for horseracing and would like to have further involvement then racehorse trainers can provide you with the vital next step.

www.HorseRaceGame.com – Visit cf1970 for classic racing footage http – A composite of a few different angles of the amazing SECRETARIAT running his way into immortality in the 1973 Belmont Stakes, when he became the 9th Triple Crown Winner in history. I tried to jack up the wonderful audio so that we can drink in the great call by Chic Anderson and hear the roaring approval from the raucous crowd. This is by far the most watched horse race in history; it garnered an all-time record Nielsen rating of 17.5 with a 52 share. Only the great Seattle Slew, at 17.2/53, is anywhere near. As we all know, that record audience was treated to the most incredible performance ever seen in the history of horse racing. Enjoy!

Calvin Borel made the right choice and history was made May 16 at Pimlico, when for the first time, the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner not only ran in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) but won the race in convincing fashion. Rachel Alexandra won the middle jewel of the Triple Crown by a length over Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Mine That Bird. The week following her win in the Oaks, Rachel Alexandra was purchased by Jess Jackson and Harold McCormick and transferred from trainer Hal Wiggins to Steve Asmussen. Borel, who had ridden both Rachel Alexandra in the Oaks and Mine That Bird in the Derby, was asked to continue riding the filly and he agreed. Mine That Birds trainer, Chip Woolley, picked up Mike Smith on the Derby winner. It made for one of the most intriguing Preakness Stakes ever, and after drawing post 13, Borel knew he would have to send the filly from the outset, which he did. Big Drama, under John Velazquez, who had the rail, was an obvious pacesetter and he went with the filly as the field went down the stretch the first time and through the first turn. They went the opening quarter in :23.13 and the half in :46.71. Borel was able to open up just a bit on the backstretch but he had used the daughter of Medaglia dOro a great deal to get the lead and knew he had to try and slow the pace a bit. “I was comfortable early, but down the backside they started to pick it up,” Borel said. Big Drama, who had skipped the Derby, was still in second down …

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This is Afleet Alex’s Preakness 2005 run where he almost falls at the top of the stretch! He recovers to take off and win in stunning fashion. There is footage after the race which covers slow motion footage of the near fall.

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