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Traits of a Winner: The Formula for Developing Thoroughbred Racehorses | 
 enlarge | Author: Carl A. Nafzger
Publisher: Russell Meerdink Company
Category: Book
Buy New: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 247867
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 282
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 0929346327
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.132
EAN: 9780929346328
ASIN: 0929346327
Publication Date: January 1, 1994
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Book Description
Thoroughbred trainer Carl Nafzger took 84 year-old Frances Genter's gawky yearling, Unbridled, and turned him into a Kentucky Derby winner and Breeders' Cup Champion. Millions of television viewers were touched as Nafzger hugged the frail first lady of the turf and declared, "You've won the Kentucky Derby! I love you!" Now Nafzger gives you his methods for developing champion Thoroughbreds in his book, Traits of a Winner: The Formula for Developing Thoroughbred Racehorses. In it he explains the four traits every champion racehorse must have and how to find those traits and develop them. Nafzger explains the key elements in successful Thoroughbred ownership. He tells you what to look for in a racing prospect, how much you should spend and how to bid during an auction. Nafzger gives you the key elements to breaking young horses so they reach the racetrack fit and ready to go to work. Once at the track, Nafzger tells you how to get "inside the horse's mind" and design a training program specifically for the individual. Nafzger shares his secrets for winning. He tells you when you should hire the best jockey and when you shouldn't, how to shoe your horses so they remain sound, and how to feed for optimum performance. You will learn how to ship into races so your horse arrives ready to race, how to campaign the Derby prospect, allowance runners, older horses and claimers.
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 Very insightful and very interesting..Could not put it down !! March 4, 2008
I would highly advise anyone who enjoys thoroughbred racing to purchase this book.It takes you behind the scenes and lets you know what really goes into preparing a horse to race.Great stories by Nafzger about the Derby Trail etc...and also the development process of the horses. I think I'll read the book again..Nice to incorporate a book like this into all the handicapping books I have read...A must read !!
The Zen of Horse training and how it is a microcosm of life. February 13, 2008
The Zen of Horse training and how it is a microcosm of life .
This is a book that can raise everyone's awareness of Life . . .
 how to train thoroughbred race horses February 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great book, written by a legend. Gd anecdotes for the non horsey hands on type. ted b.
Carl Nafzger strikes again with Street Sense! May 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Carl's treatise on Thoroughbred training deserves another look now that he has won the Kentucky Derby again (2007) with Street Sense.
Carl and Wanda are a class act, he isn't desparately entering horses in the Kentucky Derby so his owners can have cocktail party conversation like so many of the his contemporaries seem to be doing now.
Carl lets the horse bring them to the Derby, if he's worthy.
Inspiring real life January 5, 2007
Carl and Wanda Nafzger set goals and attained them in the highest manner in a horse business that often takes advantage of newcomers. The writer also gives a very clear picture of how horses attain the rarified status of "Stakes Horses" or continue on to the best of their abilities as "claimers" or in other endeavors. We bought and gave as holiday gifts five copies of this valuable story.
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