CLASS INFORMATION: Thursday and Friday 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM with morning and afternoon  breaks and a one hour working lunch.  Saturday 8:00 AM to Noon.  Students will be sent home with a practice exam. Class will be held in the chapel in the stable area at Canterbury Park.  Parking is free and students without MnRC licenses will be given passes to park in parking lot behind racing office.

TUITION: $350. Includes morning coffee and doughnuts, National Trainers' Exam Study Guide notebook, CD with Power Point study guides including "Weights, Step by Step; DVD of hoof care, DVD of Racing Official Accreditation Program duties of racing officials, and practice supplies that will be yours to take home. MnHBPA scholarships may be available for graduates of Groom Elite 101 and 201. 
Class size will be limited to 15 so  register early. 
You may also register and pay the tuition online by Credit Card using the link below.   

Thursday morning
Registration and Introduction
Requirements for assistant trainer's & trainer's license 
Equine and racing terminology, body parts of horse
Horse behavior and training

Thursday afternoon
Behavior and training (continued)
Health check
Digestive and Respiratory systems
Coggins and health paper rules
Racing tack identification and use
Bandaging evaluation

Friday morning
Trainer responsibility, licensing, administrative rules
People to know, duties of racing officials, "the 3 lists"
Conformation and lameness analysis
Leg Anatomy, Leg Exam & common racehorse injuries

Friday Afternoon
Morning routine, track rules, track layout & distances
Entry procedures, condition book, coupled entries
Preference date system, overnights, extras
Entering horses with correct weight & exercises
Bandaging practice lagniappe

Saturday Morning
Claiming and claiming rules
Lasix and other medication rules
Review entering horses with correct weight 
Review
Hand out practice test 
Questions and Answers
Evaluation