Traits of a Winner: The Formula for Developing Thoroughbred Racehorses

by Carl A. Nafzger

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929346327
• ISBN13: 9780929346328
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Russell Meerdink Company
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The Zen of Horse training and how it is a microcosm of life.

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 . . .

Carl Nafzger strikes again with Street Sense!

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

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.

Great

this book is so awesome. carl nafzger is a well renowen trainer who can do wonders with a horse. this book tells just how good he really is. i recomend this book to other horsemen and horse racing fans all over the world!!

a wonderful process to evaluate & develop a real winner!

Easy to read. The story flows very well. It educated me to understand the key steps to make it to the top. Mr. Nafzger is a confident and honest man. It is a wonderful book for me to improve the quality of my thoroughbred stock. I have even hired Mr. Nafzger for my horses! (TWYLA'S STAR, ZUMBROTA'S TIGER & KRIDER BOY) Enjoy a book written by a Derby Winning Trainer! Someone who has accomplished what he is talking about. I've always believed opportunity most often visits the prepared mind. Let this book get you prepared!