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Challenges Backing Off A Trailer? Top Event Rider Demonstrates A Few Exercises To Help

Some horses express resistance or skepticism when asked to back off a trailer or down a ramp, even if they're previously loaded onto the trailer with no problem. Top eventer Cathy Wieschhoff recently encountered a horse with this problem and coached followers of her One Minute With Cathy videos through a few ground exercises to help.

The strategies Wieschhoff used were aimed at helping the horse gain confidence about detecting and navigating objects with his hind feet, as well as teaching him more about the various cues she may use to ask a horse to back up when not mounted.

Wieschhoff has competed at the four-star level of eventing at both Kentucky and Badminton, is an ICP certified Level IV instructor and holds an r course design license. She owns a boarding and training facility in Lexington, Ky.

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The Friday Show Presented By Rowayton, Standing At Diamond B Farm In Pennsylvania: The Prep Season

Eight races offering Kentucky Derby qualifying points have been run this year with two more scheduled this weekend, including Saturday's Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds in New Orleans – the first in the Kentucky Derby Championship Series with 85-points each (50-20-10-5 to the first four finishers).

What have we learned so far? What horses have had their stock rise and which ones have fallen? And how many potential Triple Crown race winners have we yet to see racing in 2021?

In this week's edition of the Friday Show presented by Rowayton, standing at Diamond B Farm in Pennsylvania, Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick, bloodstock editor Joe Nevills and news editor Chelsea Hackbarth tackle those questions and more. They've also got a surprising pick for the “star of the week.”

Watch the Friday Show below.

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‘By Showing Compassion For One Life, We Can Mend Many More’: Merck Research Horses Find A New Job

Merck Animal Health's equine division periodically conducts research on their product's efficacy. But what happens to the study horses when the research is complete? Click below to find out how Merck made sure the horses used in an EPM study had a soft place to land—specifically one where they would still be helping.

Watch below to see where they ended up.

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‘Your Guess As Good As Mine’: Announcer McNerney Gets Creative During Snowstorm At Turfway

Visibility became an issue during a snowstorm Saturday evening at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky. Track announcer Jimmy McNerney was unable to see the horses rounding the far turn in the fourth race due to the snow, and got a little bit creative with his race call.

“They continue to race around the turn, and your guess as good as mine with about a quarter mile to go,” McNerney said on the live feed. “Up top it's somebody who just leads somebody there in second, and a couple lengths back somebody is coming after a quarter in 1:13 and four. They run to the top of the stretch, it's absolutely wide open!”

Watch the race from far turn through the stretch run here:

McNerney laughed about the call when reached by phone on Monday, saying he'd received a lot of positive feedback from racing participants and fans.

“You just try to pick them out, relay what you see, and when you can't see you just don't want dead air,” said McNerney. “I've always had some things in my head, especially if it was football or baseball season or something, but obviously there's nothing going on right now because of COVID, so that's just what came out!”

McNerney is also a jockey's agent, representing Turfway-based riders DeShawn Parker and Rafael Hernandez.

Saturday's race reminded McNerney of a similar issue with visibility at Turfway under retired track announcer Mike Battaglia. On Jan. 22, 2012, a dense fog covered the backstretch of the track, and Battaglia used the time to make up an advertisement for the track's gift shop.

Watch Battaglia's call here:

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