Trainer Lonnie Briley, 72, said he never dreamed of having a Kentucky Derby contender but now has one in a $70,000 yearling purchase named Coal Battle ...

Crisis was averted at the Ten Mile Creek Training Center in Benton ... "All horsemen are deeply concerned for the well-being of the horses, horsemen, and their families affected by this severe ...

His parents, from Pembrokeshire, have been training horses for 30 years but James’s first love as a child was football. “I can’t say I grew up loving it. I enjoyed football until I was ...

Amid massive rainfall in and around Oaklawn Park, 68 horses were forced to evacuate from the track's Ten Mile Creek Training Center in Lonsdale, Arkansas, according to a press release from the ...

CHICAGO — At the sprawling South Shore Cultural Center, the early-morning sun casts a golden glow on the stables nestled just beyond the gated entrance. On this 20-degree Thursday, the waves of ...

The most common form of positive reinforcement we see would be clicker training. Because horses have a short short-term memory, the click is used to tell the horse the exact timing of the ...

compared to other equine pursuits where horses received basic handling and riding training over a period of months or years. "There such a rush to get a horse broken in and into the races," she said.

Horses on the track are typically fed high-grain diets and provided hay. Most Thoroughbred racehorses receive three grain meals a day—an early morning meal a few hours ahead of training ...

Clicker training is a powerful method of training dogs using positive reinforcement. It is based on operant conditioning, where a clicker — a small handheld device that makes a distinct clicking sound ...