Association of thoroughbred racehorse workloads and rest practices with trainer success

Abstract

Understanding the relationship between the training practices of Thoroughbred racehorses and race performance is important to ensure advice given to trainers for injury prevention or management is practical and consistent. We assessed associations between intended volume and speed of gallop training (i.e., typical workloads for horses free of injury or other performance limit-ing conditions) and rest practices on official trainer career and previous season success rates (rate of wins and places, prizemoney per start). Sixty‐six Australian Thoroughbred trainers were sur-veyed. Multivariable negative binomial regression models were employed for the outcomes career and previous season wins and ..