Horse trainer
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In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. As such, he takes responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and 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. Outside horse racing, most trainers specialize in a certain area, such as gaming, pleasure riding, ground work, starting the horse, or working with problem horses. Each trainer has different methods that they use to teach the horse to do the things that they want them to do.
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[edit] Prominent horse trainers
[edit] United Kingdom & Ireland
- John Best
- Henry Cecil
- Mick Channon
- Dick Hern
- Mark Johnston
- Henrietta Knight
- Aidan O'Brien
- Vincent O'Brien
- Ted Walsh
[edit] United States
- John Lyons
- Richard Shrake
- Van Harges
- Michael Dickinson
- Monty Roberts
- Josh Lyons
- D. Wayne Lukas
- Bobby Frankel
- Bill Mott
- H. Allen "the Giant Killer" Jerkens
- Alan "The Wolf" Hyland
- Ron McAnally
- Charlie Whittingham
- Bob Baffert
- Richard Mandella
- James M. Cassidy
- Michael Matz
- Jane Armour
- Todd Pletcher
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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:
- D. Wayne Lukas (14)
- Sam Hildreth (9)
- Charlie Whittingham (7)
- Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones (5)
- Bob Baffert, Laz Barrera, Ben A. Jones, Willie Molter (4)
- Hirsch Jacobs, Eddie Neloy, James G. Rowe, Sr. (3)
[edit] Australia
- Bart Cummings
- Tommy Smith
- Colin Hayes
- Gai Waterhouse
- Lee Freedman
- Graeme Rogerson
- John O'Shea
- Ron Quinton
- Grahame Begg
- Clarry Connors
- John Hawkes
- David Hayes
- Anthony Cummings
