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INSIDER

John Thompson, 41 years old, is a 今年41岁的汤培信，是家族里的第四代练
fourth generation trainer with over 马师，在业界已经有25年的经验，曾在闻
25 years of industry experience, 名世界的澳大利亚传奇练马师巴特·甘明
having worked with legendary Australian 斯 (Bart Cummings) 手下工作。在他的漫
racehorse trainer, Bart Cummings. Five 长职业生涯中，曾参与操练过600匹冠军
years ago, he took out his own trainer’s 赛马，当中包括60匹锦标赛冠军赛马。
licence and started training for the CHC.
Throughout his long career, Thompson 汤培信与CHC杰士马主俱乐部的渊源很
has trained over 600 winners, including 深，除了曾协助俱乐部筹备2013CECF呼
60 stakes winners. 和浩特的赛事外，也是俱乐部澳大利亚马
房的练马师。“由我负责的有五匹G1一级
“Since training for the CHC, I was 赛冠军赛马，例如包括‘Nechita’，她是
in charge of 5 G1 winners, including 库摩一级经典赛（G1 Coolmore Classic）
Nechita – she was the winner of the G1 的赢家。不过，说到最印象深刻的，则
Coolmore Classic. However, the one that 是CHC的明星赛马‘第一封印’（First
left an indelible impression on me was the Seal）。这匹母马曾赢得一次G1一级赛冠
CHC champion filly, First Seal. This filly 军，三次G2二级赛冠军与三次G1一级赛
was the winner of the G1 Flight Stakes, 亚军。她在上一季的新南威尔士赛马大奖
three time winner of the G2 Stakes, and (Racing NSW Awards)上被封为‘年度新
was runner-up in another three G1s. In 南威尔士最佳赛马’、‘年度三岁最佳赛
last year’s NSW Racehorse of the Year 马’和‘秋之皇后’，是一匹难得一见的
Awards, First Seal was awarded with a 好马”。说起这些自己一手操练出来冠军
trio of trophies, including NSW Horse 赛马，他就像是满心欣慰的家长般，细数
of The Year, three-year-old of the year 着自家孩子的胜利史。
and Queen of the Autumn. Indeed horses
like her are rare.” Thompson talked about
his horses’ accomplishments like a parent
who is rightly proud of his children.

Horse training
is extremely
challenging, because
you have to work
with an animal
who does not speak
your language, so
communicating and
understanding each
other is often the
main challenge.

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