Contents

• Cover Profile - Michael Appleby.

• SPECIAL REPORT on the incidence of respiratory infection of Thoroughbreds in training.

• Incentivising staff - what trainers can do to maximise output from stable staff.

• State of the art transport - what can be done to improve the travelling horse?

• Disease risks associated with International horse movement.

• EquiBiosafe - a new resource to minimise infectious disease risk. Ulceration treatment from a nutritional angle.

• News from the European and Mediterranean Horseracing Federation. Reports from the Merial veterinary seminar at York on May 11th.

• TRM Trainer of the Quarter - Adrian Keatley.

• Product Focus - new products for Trainers.

• Course to Course - news from around the racecourses of Europe.

• Stakes Schedules Listings.