Beef Or Salmon Never Gives Up

The story of Beef Or Salmon started in the year 2000 and is still ongoing. He is a racehorse that has excited, disappointed, overcome injury and illness, surprised the opposition and has kept punters wondering, anticipating and confused for years. Beef Or Salmon has lived through a career of highs and lows like no other, and just when everyone starts to think that the fat lady has sung on his racing days, he comes back to prove them wrong.

The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium

The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium was established in the year 2000, with their main objective being to take on the serious issues within the racing industry, and any form of horse racing, and find solutions for them. May it be live horse racing, cart races or steeple racing, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium is involved to ensure that guidelines in regard to medication are adhered to for the safety of the horses and their jockeys.

Careers in Horse Racing Regulation

The industry of horse racing is one of adventure, excitement and adrenalin. It is at the many racecourses around the world that speed, strength and endurance are tested everyday, and spectators support the racecourses for the thrill and for the love of the sport. Not many of those spectators realize how much work is done before the starting gates open, or what goes on behind the scenes. Horse racing is not just a sport that opens doors for racehorses, jockeys, owners and trainers but has many career opportunities available at the racecourses, such as regulation careers.

Purim Fulfills a Dream

At the Shadwell Turf Mile, a Grade 1 race, hardly anyone took notice of a racehorse named Purim. All eyes were on the racing favorites, with names such as Shakis, Astronomer Royal and Cosmonaut. But it was Purim, the 21-1 underdog, and his jockey, Jamie Theriot, who knew that this race was their ticket to the Breeders’ Cup and their chance to fulfill the dream of E.J. Sukley, Purim’s owner. When it all came down to Cosmonaut and Purim, it was Purim that dug a little deeper and caused a huge upset win at the Shadwell Turf Mile.

Starting Gate Training – Why and How

Unfortunately, all the sales talk that company representatives use to sell a starting gate does not guarantee that a race horse is going to enter them. Trying to reassure a race horse that it has been fitted out for his safety and that of his rider, with maximum padding and electro-magnetic mechanisms does not always convince a horse of why he wants to be in there. We have all seen sights of rearing horses, bucking and reversing away from starting gates before a race. Most people put it down to a horse being difficult, but many horses have either not been given the necessary starting gate training, or they have had a bad experience in the starting gates and refuse to enter them again.

Get Down to the Track for the Caulfield Cup

Every country has their premier horse racing event, and in Australia it is the Caulfield Cup. Everyone in the country is gearing up for this amazing event that will take place at the Caulfield Racecourse on Saturday, the 20th of October 2007. It is a race that has been synonymous with the racing greats for years; creating legendary racehorses, successful trainers and famous jockeys. This year will be no different, as the tensions rise in anticipation of this $2.5 million international Thoroughbred race.

John Henry – King of the Turf

On the 8th of October 2007, the horse racing industry bid farewell to one of their racing greats and a living legend, John Henry. He did not start out as a racing favorite and many did not think that he had the right qualities to become a successful racehorse. His fiery personality and uncontrollable stable manners made him more of a nuisance then an asset, but all John Henry needed was someone to see past his outbursts, to love him and encourage him.

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