Trainers – Page 2 – Horse Racing Noise

Jockeys and trainers are energetic, focused, and highly driven people with exceptional horsemanship abilities. While the world's top racehorses and jockeys get most of the attention and plaudits, the people who prepare them for their races are not always given the respect they deserve. Training is more than ensuring the horse is fit and well when it arrives at the racecourse on Raceday. Months of patience and care go into a horse's career, which begins when they are selected at auction sales, invariably with the trainer's input, and continues with schooling, starting stall practise, and systematic introduction of pace work. In addition, trainers must ensure that all the horses in their care receive all veterinary attention for what can be several minor niggles or more complicated ailments, selecting suitable races, nominations, pre-race preparation, consultation with assistant trainers, farriers, and work riders. Who are the best Horserace Trainers - Trainers frequently work under intense pressure because managing a stable of very expensive equine athletes (the best trainers can have up to hundreds of horses in their care) necessitates training expertise and expert management skills, which include supervising a team of qualified assistants and stable hands, sometimes in different locations. Depending on where the Punter finds themselves in the world, there are many diverse opinions on who the best trainers are. The Best Trainers from across the Globe – An Opinion Aidan O'Brien (IRE) Aidan O'Brien, the trainer of choice for John Magnier's Coolmore empire in Ireland, is regarded as one of the most gifted trainers in the world. When Saxon Warrior won the Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster, O'Brien established a new world record by training 26 Group or Grade 1 winners in one calendar year, breaking Bobby Frankel's 2003 total of twenty-five. He has won at least one of the world's most iconic races, and his superstars include Galileo, Giant's Causeway, Rock Of Gibraltar and Hawk Wing. John Gosden (UK) Gosden was born into the world of horse racing trainers and is the son of another great trainer, John Gosden. Gosden learned the profession from his father and worked with Noel Murless and Vincent O'Brien. Over time, he became a household name and was at the helm of some of the greatest successes ever. He has trained over 3,000 wins internationally, including the Breeders' Cup Classic, Derby, Arc and the King George. He has trained more than 600 winners in the USA, and his top horses include Oasis Dream, Cracksman and the superstar mare, Enable. Charles Appleby (UK) Charlie Appleby, a relative newcomer to the greats, rose to prominence recently due to his affiliation with Sheik Mohammed's Godolphin enterprise. He has shown to be a unique breed of horseman. He was the World Trainer of 2021 in the TRC Global Rankings and the British flat racing Champion Trainer in the 2021 season, with runners like Pinatubo, Creative Force and the speed merchant Blue Point. Andre Fabre (FR) Fabre is regarded as France's most astute horse trainer, having previously been a renowned jumps rider. He had won races all around the globe and accomplished a longtime dream when he won the English Derby with Pour Moi in 2011. Even more astounding is that he has won 24 French trainers' titles, including 21 in a row from 1987 to 2007. He has won his country's most prestigious event seven times, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. - Todd Pletcher (USA) New York-based Todd Pletcher learned his trade as the right-hand man for the renowned D. Wayne Lukas and has won the Eclipse Award for US trainer of the year seven times, including four in a row from 2004 to 2007. His runners have won the Breeders' Cup races with monotonous regularity. Pletcher's stable has won more stake money than any other trainer in US history, totalling more than $400 million. Mike de Kock (SAF) With 128 G1 triumphs to his name, Mike de Kock rose to prominence in the early 2000s as a "pioneer of traveling horses overseas," and he has trained winners in ten nations. De Kock was not born into a racing family but learnt his trade working alongside leading trainer Ormond Ferraris. He has won all the big races in his own country several times and has also had success in England, the United States, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai. He has had significant success with the wealthy Oppenheimer family in South Africa, and he trains for the late Sheik Hamdan Al Maktoum's Shadwell enterprise and Sheik Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum. In this writer's humble opinion, his best horse was the superstar, Horse Chestnut. After winning all the iconic races in South Africa at a canter, he was sent to the USA to continue his career, but that was tragically curtailed whilst in his prime. Chris Waller (AUS) Chris Waller, a Hall of Fame trainer in Australia and New Zealand, has made great strides in racing in the previous ten years and was catapulted into the public eye as the trainer that orchestrated the stunning winning run of the superlative mare Winx. A four-time Australian Horse of the Year winner, he has trained 130 Group 1 victories and is noted for his superb stable management and attention to detail. The Best Trainers – Untold Pleasures and the thrill of the Win A trainer's job is not for everyone and is not an easy one. The job provides many benefits, including a good salary and the ability to be their own boss, but the love of the horse is always their priority. Winning races and seeing horses and riders you've supported from apprentice years attain their full potential provide untold on-the-job pleasure. Of course, you always have the thrill of working with Racehorses daily. Ultimately, trainers are rated on the number of winners the Trainers Yard produces over the Horseracing Season. There will be challenges and disappointments along the way and difficult conversations. However, top trainers are usually given carte blanche by owners on how to plot a horse's career because their records speak for themselves, and the owner knows that their horse will be given every advantage to be the best.