As featured extensively on the front page of the Sunday New York Times in 2012, the horse racing industry is under siege. Unscrupulous trainers continue to unnecessarily medicate these beautiful animals to try to win at costs and at the same time destroy the chance for the horse to experience a healthy life after racing.
Excitement of working with race horses
"Backyard Race Horse" shares the experience Janet gained during her years as a trainer, beginning with First Prediction, a throw-away filly she successfully trained from her farm without using medications.
© 2013 by Dave Mock
Now in its 5th Edition, "Backyard Race Horse" serves as your insider's guide to this complex industry and sets out a methodology for you to train your racehorses without medications and develop the animal's natural talent.
You are guided through the entire racing experience. Learn the ropes of racing, from purchasing the horse to making the transition to the track for race day. You will learn how to navigate that intimidating terrain with Janet's detailed information and first-hand experience, sprinkled with her sense of humor.
"Backyard Race Horse" shares the experience Janet gained during her years as a trainer, beginning with First Prediction, a throw-away filly she successfully trained from her farm without using medications.
First Prediction ran clean and became a leading stakes winning filly in Florida. She was dubbed "The Iron Maiden" for her ability to run every eight to ten days consistently. She ran over 100 times and retired sound. Curiously, Janet’s methods were dubbed unorthodox.
"Backyard Race Horse" is a book that will delight young readers also, whether they have a horse or dream of having one. The stories and illustrations are appealing yet filled with solid information about horsemanship. Open to any page and the reader will be drawn in immediately!
The new, expanded 5th edition includes A Word from the Experts on gate work, syndications, and medications, as well as interviews with an outrider, and a pony girl among others. Janet also guides you through her experiences with five yearlings purchased one year, and nine two year olds purchased the next.
You will follow their progress and problems, as well as their costs and earnings on their journey to becoming race horses.
Don't miss the illuminating interview with Phyllis Lose, VMD, who not only was one of the first female equine veterinarians in the United States, but also attained a Thoroughbred training license at the age of 19. You will be fascinated by her revealing insights into the old fashioned art of training based on horsemanship as compared to today’s business of training based on medications.
"Janet Del Castillo shows owners and trainers how to school, train, and condition racers properly and economically at home. Horse lovers will appreciate this book" stated Tom Ainslie, International Turf Writer.
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