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Trainer Frank
Zureick |
Site Updated 05/05/08
Frank Zureick, Professional
Thoroughbred Trainer
Early buzz on New Sires seems to be centered on Chapel Royal--3 starters at Keeneland garnered 1st, 2nd, and 5th places! See For Sale page for a 2-yr-old in training by this new sire! Grand Heritage wins Mar 31 in only his second start over the hurdles! Kiyoshi grabbed 2nd in Allowance at Charles Town in the mud after being severely bumped at the start. Middleburg Training Center is featured in recent issue of the MidAtlantic Horse Magazine. Three foals, all colts, already this year for Dog Branch partnerships: colts by Tale of the Cat, Forest Camp, and Royal Academy!
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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 |
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Our Training
Center Barn |
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,
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The Training
Track |
including
Laurel,
Pimlico,
Colonial Downs,
Charles
Town,
Delaware Park, and others.
“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 |
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.
Earn My Keep winning an
allowance hurdle at Saratoga |
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 |
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. Less than 10 minutes from the
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Swim Center |
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.
Together, Frank
and Candace maintain a small band of
broodmares at
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G2
Stakes winner, Major Success |
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.
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NJ's Little
Jewel |
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Fox Fire's
Josie, Fox Fire's Lola |
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Our farm barn |
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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