Early Bird registration  $299

17th Annual Lone Star Park Trainers' Exam Prep Class tentatively scheduled for April 5-7, 2017. Texas 2-year old sale is April 4. Conformation and Selection clinic tentatively scheduled for April 3 - Watch this site for more details.

Venues being considered (and a class calendar will be posted by March 1) include:

Lexington, Kentucky in April

Mid Atlantic (Parx, Delaware, Laurel) in June

Oklahoma in August

Souther California or Southwest in September

Florida (Ocala or Gulfstream Park) in October

Kentucky in November

Louisiana in December

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Scroll down for outline of Trainers' Exam Prep Class

CLASS INFORMATION: Each day will include a one hour lunch break with water and soda available throughout day. Final day will end early to allow for those that need to make travel plans.   Students will be given private link to online practice exam. Tuition includes up to two hours of email and phone tutoring after conclusion of class for those needing extra discussion prior to taking their trainers' exam. Class location and other details will be emailed to all that register unless you request regular US Mail. 

TUITION: $349 with an "early bird" tuition of $299 if signed up at least 3 weeks before first day of class. 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, Racing Official Accreditation Program DvD entitled "Duties of Racing Officials, and other teaching aids that will be yours to take home.  Save $50 by registering before EARLY BIRD deadline. Save $20 by registering a week before class starts. When Philosophy and Methods of Training (OTE 310) is offered you can save even more by signing up for both classes. 

CLASS SIZE: Maximum of 12 so register early. (The Lone Star Park class sold out on three separate occasions including the 2015 class. )

Day 1
Registration and Introduction
Requirements for assistant trainer's & trainer's license 
Trainer responsibility, licensing, administrative rules
Equine and racing terminology, body parts of horse
Horse behavior and training
Conformation, Leg Anatomy, Leg Exam & common racehorse injuries
Bandaging evaluation

Day 2 morning
Horse behavior and training (continued)
Morning routine, track rules, track layout & distance
Health check
Digestive and Respiratory systems
Coggins and health paper rules
Racing tack identification and use

Day 2 afternoon
People to know, duties of racing officials, "the 3 lists"
Entry procedures, condition book, coupled entries
Preference date system, overnights, extras
Entering horses with correct weight & exercises
Bandaging practice lagniappe


Day 3 Morning and early afternoon
Claiming and claiming rules
Lasix and other medication rules
Review entering horses with correct weight 
Review
Hand out practice test 
Questions and Answers
Evaluation