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- Win Luxury Trip For 2 To Hong Kong
- Shinn & Robl Under Investigation Over Illegal Bets
- Hospitalised Cummings Still Hopes To Be At Melb Cup
- Cummings Declares "Get On So You Think Now" In Cup
- Magic Millions 2YOs Day-2: $150k Fastnet Rock Colt
- Magic Millions 2YOs Day-2: Top Lots
- Magic Millions 2YOs Final Average Up 11.4%
- Vets Clear Faint Perfume, Dariana & Jessicabeel
- Vet Tests For Master O'Reilly & Harris Tweed
- Trifecta For King Of Prussia
- BC3 Racing Club Launched
- NSW Saturday Metro Fields Declared On Wednesday
- Rekindled Interest Favourite For Gr1 Victoria Derby
- So You Think Favourite For Gr1 Mackinnon Stakes
- Star Witness Favourite For Gr1 Coolmore Stakes
- Typhoon Tracy Favourite For Gr1 Myer Stakes
- Chaparral Leads Ready & Street Cry On Aust Sires Table
- Montjeu Leads Keeper & Pins On NZ Sires Title
- 2nd Win For NZ$450k Fastnet Rock Filly
- Trainer John Sargent NZ$6k Drug Fine
- Don't Let Your Business Be Invisible For The Next 12 Months
- Danetime Adds UK Black-Type
- UK Tatts HIT Final Average Up 5.1%
- 10 Mares In-Foal To Sea The Stars In Tatts Dec Sale
- UK Gr2-Winning 2YO Approve To Stud In Ireland
- Irish Trainer Paddy Mullins Dies Aged 91
- 13th Winner For Freshman Shuttler Ad Valorem
- Gr1 Kentucky Derby Winner Super Saver Retired To WinStar
- Kentucky Yearlings Day-3: US$130k Congrats Colt
- Kentucky Yearlings Day-3: Top Lots
- Kentucky Yearlings Final Average Down 2.4%
- 6th Winner For US Freshman Sire Flower Alley
- 1st Winner For US Freshman Sire Cherokee Rap
- US Sire Coal Play Retired To McMahon Of Saratoga
- US Sire A Little Warm Retired To Stud
- US Sire Officer Rocket Retired To Bybee Road
- 1,000 Wins For US Jockey Rosie Napravnik
- EXCLUSIVE 1: Key Traits Determine Horse's Ideal Distance
- EXCLUSIVE 2: Vitamin K Combats OCDs In Young Horses
- EXCLUSIVE 3: Special Feeds For Yearling Preparation
- EXCLUSIVE 4: Experts Plan Breeding A Melb Cup Runner
- EXCLUSIVE 5: What "5-Year" Aust Sire Tables Reveal
- B&R's Galloping Horse Never Sleeps
EXCLUSIVE 1: Key Traits Determine Horse's Ideal Distance
Friday, 29th October 2010
Yearling buyers beware: do you know whether "a forward-set wither, strong hind, muscular forearm & long body type" are more likely to be typical traits in a sprinter or a stayer? In the latest issue of Breeding&Racing Magazine (out this week) conformation expert Ross Brunt of Racehorse Conformation Scientific Research explains "distance gearing" & how "certain key conformation traits determine a horse's preferred distance". (For a preview of the exclusive report "Distance Gearing: Key Traits Determine Horse's Ideal Distance" click on the direct link to the story on the right-hand-side of this page.)
