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Stacy Westfall (born September 26, 1974) is an American professional horse trainer who specializes in reining.In 2006, she became the first woman to compete in and win the Road to the Horse competition.
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 ...
Sire Uncle Mo was the 2-year-old champion in 2010 but missed the 2011 Kentucky Derby because of a liver disease. He returned to racing later in 2011 and won the Grade 2 Kelso at Belmont.
Fay Owen "Buster" Welch (May 23, 1928 – June 12, 2022) was an American cutting horse trainer and inductee into the NCHA Members Hall of Fame, American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, NCHA Rider Hall of Fame, and Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. Buster was chosen as the recipient of the 2012 National Golden Spur Award for his "outstanding contributions ...
The 2024 Kentucky Derby field for the May 4 Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs is coming together. Here's what you need to know about the horses.
Al Dunning (born March 5, 1950) is an American horse trainer specializing in western performance horses. [1] He has trained multiple world champions in reining, [1] cutting, [1] working cow horse, halter, and all-around. His most famous horse was Expensive Hobby. [2] He was inducted into the Arizona Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame in ...
A $4 million bonus was once offered to the horse that could sweep all three Triple Crown races. It started in 1959, with a purse of $129,686.85. [ 1 ] It has always billed itself as the richest race in American Quarter Horse racing; [ 2 ] in 1978, the purse was over a million dollars and in 1982, the winner's portion of the purse totaled over a ...
His father, Keith, is a retired jockey and his mother Marilyn is a trainer who became the first woman to win a major quarter horse race with Vespero in the 1978 Kansas Futurity. [4] They now operate El Primero Training Center and the Asmussen Horse Center, a breeding and sales operation, both in Laredo. [ 5 ]