Horse trainer
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In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. As such, he takes responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter. Leading horse trainers can earn a great deal of money from a percentage of the winnings that they charge the owner for training the horse.
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Prominent horse trainers
United Kingdom & Ireland
United States
- D. Wayne Lukas
- Bobby Frankel
- Bill Mott
- Ron McAnally
- Charlie Whittingham
- Bob Baffert
- Richard Mandella
According to The American Racing Manual, the thoroughbred horse racing trainers who have led the annual money-earning list more than twice since 1908 are:
- D. Wayne Lukas (14)
- Sam Hildreth (9)
- Charlie Whittingham (7)
- Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, Horace A. "Jimmy" Jones (5)
- Bob Baffert, Laz Barrera, Ben A. Jones, Willie Molter (4)
- Hirsch Jacobs, Eddie Neloy, James Rowe, Sr. (3)