List of race horse trainers

Race horse trainers train horses for horse racing. This involves exercising, feeding, management and, in early years, to get them used to human contact.[1]

Once a horse is old enough to be ridden, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready by designing exercise routines tailored for each horse and its needs [2] as well as determining which races it should enter. Leading horse trainers can earn a great deal of money from a percentage of the winnings that they charge the owner for training the horse. They typically collect 10% of the purse money won by the horses they are currently training.[3]

Outside horse racing, most trainers specialize in a certain equestrianism discipline. Some fields can be very lucrative, usually depending on the value of the horses one trains or prize money available in competition.

Race horse trainers by country

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Australia

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Argentina

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Barbados

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Canada

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Cuba

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France

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Germany

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Hong Kong

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India

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Ireland

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Aidan O'Brien

Italy

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Japan

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Yoshito Yahagi

New Zealand

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Norway

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Singapore

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South Africa

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United Arab Emirates

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United Kingdom

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John Gosden

United States

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According to The American Racing Manual, the thoroughbred horse racing trainers who have led the annual money-earning list more than twice since 1908 are:[verification needed]

  • D. Wayne Lukas (14)
  • Sam Hildreth (9)
  • Charlie Whittingham (7)
  • Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, Horace A. Jones (5)
  • Bob Baffert, Laz Barrera, Ben A. Jones, William Molter (4)
  • Hirsch Jacobs, Edward A. Neloy, James G. Rowe Sr. (3)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "419.224-010: HORSE TRAINER (agriculture; amuse. & rec.)". Dictionary Of Occupational Titles. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  2. ^ "What does a racehorse trainer do? - CareerExplorer". www.careerexplorer.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  3. ^ "Racehorse Trainer Job Description: Salary, Skills, & More". LiveAbout. Retrieved 2024-02-19.