The List

1. Injury Prevention
2. Athletic conditioning
3. Physical condition
4. Nutrition
5. Exercise schematic (protocol)
6. Warm up--race and exercise
7. Race strategy
8. Rider
9. Trainer
10. Animal husbandry--general horse care.
11.Animal compliance and compliance training
12.  Race selection
13. Track conditions.
14. Equipment
15. Shoeing
16.  Peer pressure

This is what came to mind today.  Any others?  Our good trainer can count to 10.  Hopefully.