Race horse's management

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Race horses are exceptional animals. They are the most venerated and respected animals in this world. An entire environment has been developed and created around this animal, and a real economic and social sphere has been formed over the centuries. Today, the horse racing environment is very complex even if all businesses turn around to the same purpose which is the development of horse racing. These different activities seem to have only one goal: to have the best horses. The way to contribute for this purpose is made of many activities, which are the purchase of a horse, the appreciation of it, its training and its career management. The specific management of a trainer is quite similar to any business in any sector even if the management of race horses is very uncertain. This thesis will show and develop different aspects of the trainer's activities in order to have an idea on his day to day business management.

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[...] Indeed, for example a horse's price can double, triple, quadruple or even more at the moment of the sale. It depends on the performances of the horse, the price the initial owner purchased the horse for, the new investors' objectives for the horse and their investment capacity To conclude, we can assume that the career of a race horse is very interesting to manage. This activity is part of the trainer's job and this is effectively what can make the difference between an excellent trainer and just a good one. [...]

[...] Nevertheless, if some trainers do not have the best skills to train but have facilities to find the races where their horses will perform the best, they will also have good results. This part of the job is in fact a study of the racing program edited by the French organization France Galop which governs and creates annual races in France. Thus, trainers have to study program's books but also to know other competitors horses and more specifically their ratings, in order to have the best chances. Ratings of horses are in fact the value of race horses. [...]

[...] In races, horses are characterized by their breeds. Indeed, horses which run in races are only of two breeds which are the English thoroughbred and the non thoroughbred. The English thoroughbred is the King of the racecourse. This breed is born in England in the 18th century from the crossing of Arabian and Turkmen stallions with light indigenous mares. This breed is very adapted to competition and more precisely for high speed and that is the reason why they are logically the most used in international races. [...]

[...] This work is to prepare horses to and to give them energy and need of galloping. Then, there is which is a little speedier than the “little canter” but slower than the breeze or the gallop. Canter is a warm-up gallop at sustainable speed that is also used to get to the start at races. This is the speed the most common because it is not a really fast speed and not a slow one. Therefore, horses can be trained the good way and develop their speed with their stamina and breath. [...]

[...] The stable is composed of sixty horses aged between two and six years old. Nevertheless, François Xavier does not have only flat racehorses in his stable; indeed, he trains jumpers too. François Xavier de Chevigny's specialties are the training of young horses years old) and the leaning to the “quintés” which are the most popular races for the bettors and for professionals; it represents handicap races. The main goal and objective of François Xavier is to give each horse the possibility to win. [...]