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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine fitness to race requirements for racehorses
   • Profile fitness and health of individual horses following consultation with with veterinary practitioner where necessary
   • Investigate and implement methods to evaluate performance
   • Determine indicators of poor adaptation to training program
   • Evaluate factors affecting performance for individual horses
2. Implement training program
   • Determine stages of training programs for individual horses
   • Evaluate methods used to condition horses
   • Use industry standard terminology and clarify individual trainer instructions
   • Interpret daily, weekly and longer-term conditioning and education plans over duration of horse preparation
   • Record information on a daily training plan according to individual responsibility
3. Review horse performance
   • Report trackwork, and trial or race performance, and compare results with current fitness, behaviour and temperament, preferred distance and track conditions
   • Report status of horse post-exercise, trial or race
   • Update performance records and record changes in behaviour and recovery rate
   • Evaluate methods and equipment used to improve performance
   • Evaluate methods used to manage individual horse temperament and behaviour
4. Review race performance
   • Assess horse recovery after exercise
   • Assess horse form and race performance
   • Prepare future race and training plans based on previous horse form and performance goals