Horses

Choosing how frequently to race a horse is one of the most important calls a trainer and owner make — and one of the easiest things for bettors to misread. Run them too tight and you start stacking fatigue, inviting injury, and dulling that edge that only real race pressure builds. Give them too much …

When I bought my first racehorse in 1994, I had the horse before I had a trainer — and no idea what separated a good one from a bad one. Thirty years of owning Thoroughbreds at Fair Grounds, Delta Downs, and Evangeline Downs taught me that a racehorse trainer’s decisions affect everything from race placement …