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Trainer Frank
Zureick |
Frank Zureick, Professional
Thoroughbred Trainer
2010 Newborn: West-Virginia bred, Two Punch filly out of 1/2 sister to Graded Stakes Winner.
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"Red Will" (Event
horse)
See For
Sale Page
DOG BRANCH FARM: TRAINING, RACING, & SALES
Frank Zureick,
racehorse trainer, and
Dr. Candace Lundin,
veterinarian, offer a variety of services for
Thoroughbred racehorses at Dog Branch Farm and the
Middleburg Training Center:
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Breaking/Training
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Layup
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Rehab
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Sales prep
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Flat racing
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Steeplecase
training/racing
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Schooling
Hurdles-Click to enlarge |
With a 20-stall barn at
the
training track, Frank specializes in
breaking yearlings and readying them for the
Maryland 2-year-old in-training sales or racing at
mid-atlantic tracks, including
Laurel,
Pimlico,
Colonial Downs,
Charles
Town,
Delaware Park, and others.
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Our Training
Center Barn |
The Training
Track |
“Surround
yourself with honest horsemen like Frank and you’ll
have a good experience in the horse business.”,
Josh Pons, Owner, Country Life Farm, Maryland
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“Frank, The best broke
horse I ever rode. For the love of
horses, Julie Krone.
P.S. Keep a leg on either
side”
Jockey Julie Krone referring to Belmont
Stakes winner, Colonial Affair |
Well-liked
and respected by other horsemen (and horsewomen)
(see recommendations), Frank has more than 20 years’
experience in breaking and conditioning racehorses.
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Belmont
Stakes winner, Colonial Affair |
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Earn My Keep winning an
allowance hurdle at Saratoga |
With a former background in show
horses, he also has the skills to give young horses
the proper start and seasoned horses a nice
refresher. Have a flat horse that needs a bit more
distance in its races? Let Frank discuss options
for retraining your horse for the jump races (steeplechase
racing).
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Dog Branch Farm-Click
to enlarge |
Situated in northern Virginia, and
part of the Virginia Piedmont fox-hunting
 countryside,
Dog Branch Farm serves as home
to Thoroughbred broodmares, foals, weanlings, and
yearlings as
well as prospective foxhunters and hunter/jumpers
for sale.
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Swim Center |
Less than 10 minutes from the Middleburg Training Center, lay-ups can easily
be moved between the farm and training track when
ready to start back galloping after some R&R at the
farm or when needing some physical therapy at the
nearby equine swimming pool.
Frank and
Candace
at the
Breeders' Cup |
Candace,
Frank’s wife, holds a doctorate in veterinary
medicine and a graduate degree in equine exercise
physiology/equine sports medicine. This education as
well as a background in equine surgery, allows her
to advise/consult with Frank on lameness or health
problems or special training/fitness concerns that
may arise during a horse’s development and
conditioning.
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G2
Stakes winner, Major Success |
Together, Frank
and Candace maintain a small band of
broodmares at their farm.
Frank is an expert on pedigree analysis,
having bred two graded-stakes winners,
including GI millionairess,
Urbane,
and Bobby Frankel-trained
Major
Success (G2 winner) –-both produced from
relatively inexpensive mares and mid-priced,
first-crop stallions. Let him advise you on
your breeding program (bloodstock
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G1 John A. Morris Stakes winner,
Urbane |
consulting)
or let Frank and Candace together select the
right combination of pedigree and
conformation for a weanling, yearling, or
broodmare from the
Fasig-Tipton or
Keeneland sales to fit your program.
Ex-racehorses are
re-trained for alternative careers. Below, Prospect
Weaver (by late MD stallion, Allen's Prospect) shows
his talent as a jumper.
A black/white tobiano,
classic
American Shetland Pony, a
Dartmoor
pony, various cats, and short-legged
Jack
Russell Terriers (shorties, puddins) also
romp and play at Dog Branch Farm, which was
named for Dog Branch Creek that runs
through a corner of the 35-acre property. Italian
Greyhounds will soon join the Dog Branch family.
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NJ's Little
Jewel |
Fox Fire's
Josie, Fox Fire's Lola |
Our farm barn |
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