WHAT IS KURTSYSTEMS?

Kurtsystems currently offes two different products for pre- training and training. The Rail System and the Training car have different uses and offer different aspects in optimizing general efficiency of the stock.

The Rail System is an aid to minimize injuries and maximize pre training and training efficiency of the equine athlete by ensuring soundness and healthy growth and progress towards full training.

The Training car is a tool which enables collecting  wide range real time data from the horse by state of the art technology provided during different levels of training.

Horse training refers to a variety of practices focused on teaching horses to be manageable by humans and to perform certain behaviors when asked to do so by humans. Horse training first started with its’ domesticating process. Since the horses’s first debut into peoples lives, horses have been subjected to serious training based on the purpose of the horses use. As the first and foremost purpose of horse training was “Warfare”, it also fulfilled other purposes such as farm work, transportation, hunting and sport. Today, horses are also trained for equestrian activities and horse racing.

These training programs had been carried out directly by humans until the present, and now centuries later we see a revolution has taken place.
What do we exactly understand from classic race horse training?

The different types of racing all concern different breeds of horses. The time invested in training these horses is extensive and varies according to the type of race the horse is involved in which are Flat, Harness (with two-wheeled carts called sulkies), Steeplechase and long distance Endurance races.

As it is very well known by the people who are involved in horse races, traditional race horse training is very similar in every country carried out by man’s own efforts. Since it shows only small differences from country to country, there is no need to go into details one by one.

Race horse training starts at the very moment of the young horses’ or colts’ birth and continues till the last minute of its’ race life. There are many types of programs and series of race horses.

The training, from the moment of birth to the yearling’s first ride is called stud training. During this period, training is generally the same and methodology more simplistic and the colt doesn’t show different varied training methods.

The first difficult part starts with the yearlings’ first ride as the human factor enters the framework. Here we see the two trying to become one and work in harmony. At this crucial juncture there is a requirement for very well trained horses and riders, both of whom should possess a natural and divinely inspired ability to implement an effective integration of skills and abilities to ensure a symbiotic relationship which will synchronize the talents of the horse and rider.

WHY KURTSYSTEMS

Why there was a need for the system ?
Why ? “ To minimize the failures and breakdowns”
Why? “ To terminate rider failures on young horses which have not started their race careers or horses in pre-training.”
Why?” To terminate psychological problems caused by training and to make happiness visible in the very eyes of horses” (as seen with the test results)
To enable collecting detailed data during training which will help improving stock for racing and breeding purposes in the long run.

SYSTEM BENEFITS

The synchronization between jockey and horse is very important to achieve success in horse racing. It is equally important in everyday training and gallops.

It is very well known by all trainers how important that cohesion is and it is also a fact that the changes of jockeys and riders during races or training creates a negative impact on that cohesion. But it is also very well known that vast majority of failures occuring during training are caused by riders.

Regardless how good the riders are, sometimes just because of the influences of the rider himself, somebody nearby, other horses around, or some other external effects, the horse may not run properly as desired or other unexpected moves such as sudden turns to the right or left or sudden postures might be seen. Worst of all breakdowns may happen. Regardless how good the rider is, it wouldn’t be possible for him to stop those external effects. All these are the very reasons of failures.

With KURTSYSTEMS all of the above mentioned scenarios are completely eliminated.

There were no injuries recorded amongst the yearlings and two year olds in pre training phase with the Kurtsystems.

-A test was carried out on 20 horses raised in Kurt Stud. The horses were divided into two, ten horse groups. One group of ten horses was put into classic training on the race track and the other group of ten received training in Kurtsystems for gallops. The results, no problem or failure has been seen on KurtSystem horses but on classic training four of the ten horses again had  career affecting injuries before their first race.

-The yearlings which are given training after one year of age never happened to have any pathological or psychological problems and their happiness with the training was very visible in their behaviour.

- The horses which are given training as yearlings happened to have very positive developments on their muscle and bone structures.

-With the help of the health check and measurement equipment which are connected to the horses on KurtSystem trainings ( mono –rail or equipment)
a- The heart beats of the horse are recorded by an electrocardiograph
b- Availability of Lactic acid control
c- Availability of body temperature check
d- Through inserting an oxygen mask pulmonary circulation volume capacity is measured.
e- The information received from these measurement tools mentioned above are stored and therefore tracking horse development becomes possible.

- No incompatibility has been detected between horses and those equipment connected to Kurtsystems mentioned above.

- Through CCTV placed on the system it is possible to monitor the moves at any desired time.

- The system detects and gives immediate warning in case of any abnormality such as high heart beat. The system automatically prevents the horse from working beyond its’capability.

- The possible breakdowns on classic trainings have never been seen on Kurtsystem training.

- There is a mile long working runway currently installed System which gives the availability for training on normal size. The Mono-rail system was built on this idea.

- Some significant failures emerged on (walkers) machinery as previously used by some trainers. When horses have been exposed to fast turn arounds at 10 meter long distance, their neck and heads always remained in up position and having been trained in small places gave such high stress to horses and therefore failures have emerged.

- - Mono-rail or with equipment training on Kurtsystems, horses have their front side all free and open therefore they can receive their training in comfort, ease and freedom;

While hoses are in training (equipment or mono-rail), an interesting question posed, has been;


“ Is the horse pulling the cart or the cabin or rather is the horse pushed by the cabin?

There is no pus hor pull between the horse and the machinery. During the training harmony develops between the horse and the system and as the horse gets used to this very quickly, you never see any problems with the coordination of the horse and the synchronization between horse and the machine. The harmony that is achieved is absolutely comforting for the horse.

This web site gives an incredible opportunity to see them all.

ENDURANCE

- Such a comfort is provided for the horses on training and getting ready for endurance races, both for the rider and the horse.

With the saddle developed by Kurtsystems, there happens to be no need for the riders during Endurance training. The challenges that the riders face during hours long trainings are eliminated with KurtSystem. For his own performance and to keep daily cohesion, it would be enough for the rider to keep training time as required for compliance with adequate training.

KurtSystem provides the opportunity for you to implement a program based on how many hours and miles you want your horse to run and you have the opportunity to train and have full continuous control on horse health. You can keep the full record of the horse, with CCTV cameras watching these preparations.

The most important factor for endurance racing is strength. Strength level can be taken to higher levels with KurtSystem. In addition identifying the healthiest and most durable horse is possible with the KurtSystem.


TROTTER , HARNESS

Harness racing is an offshoot of traditonal horse racing. In harness racing, the horses do not gallop with a rider on their back, but are tethered to a light cart, which a jockey guides around an oval racetrack. They are supposed to trot around the track without breaking stride, although doing so does not disqualify them. Breaking stride is called being "on a break." The driver must then try to get the horse back on the proper gait, get the horse out of the way of the others, and must not use the break to improve his position in the field.

Good peformance and strength is also very important for harness racing. When the horse gets tired or when required to run faster, the horse’s running style is disrupted.

With the equipment connected to KurtSystem, the horses will able to keep their running style properly therefore there wouldnt be any disruptions. There we see very important developments with Trotter –Harness race horses.

The need for highly abled trainers and riders for Harness races is not that much of a concern with Kurtsystems. The system itself automaticly ables the horse run properly.

There is no doubt that starting to train horses at a young age will increase productivity and also minimize the failures.

COMPARISONS

Equine Welfare

For horse riding in the world system; countries, government agencies, ministries, or in particular the Ministries of Agriculture, the most important issue for the horse riding authorities is horse health.

Yet all issues related to health, again at all worldwide conferences about horse riding the same subject is no doubt the first order.

One of the basic reasons for Kurtsystems creation is to minimize injury-related failures and breakdowns.

As with the system’s further development, health concerns became the most important issue. Health checks on horses such as heart beat, lactic acid and controlling performance with oxygen masks are all focused on creating healthy and strong race horses.

Improving Stock

Since the number of captured wild horses was not so many, special horse breeding started with the first horse domesticated. Throughout history it has been the center of many heroic stories. Even once it became the most valuable asset after man's family. The desire to own a better, stronger horse never ended.

Even though the science of genetics, and therefore of horse genetics, has only formally existed since the 1900s people have recognized the value of selectively breeding for at least four thousand years. Whether poor or rich, city or rural dwellers always tried their best to own a better horse and people were not overly concerned with associated costs or financial issues. They always sacrificed to own the best horse. It was a matter of honor, beauty and prosperity. Although the number of this type of person is not that many these days, we still see them.

The early horse breeders no doubt discovered that some desirable characteristics could be passed from parents to offspring: they were practising horse genetics even though they knew little about the principles and theory of genetics.
These days when we study horse genetics we want to know how heredity can account for the differences (variation) as well as the similarities between individual horses.
Different breeds of horses have distinctive physical features, including, for example, their average height and build, and the shape of their heads. We know that these differences are largely due to heredity because horses retain their breed characteristics regardless of the environments in which they live.

As horse races became more and more popular, it has turned out to be a very big industry in many countries of the world. As the financial indicators became more and more important, many basic principles have been put on hold. Therefore many mistakes have been done in the production process. Can we use any horse on production? We think selection is very important.

OUR COMPANY
 

Technology And Historically

As racehorse owners through generations whole-heartedly concerned about horse welfare and having observed over the past years the unacceptably high percentage of break-downs among horses in training, the KURT GROUP set about devising and developing a more horse-friendly, but scientifically appropriate training system for the 21st Century some 10 years ago. This task was undertaken by the major shareholder and managing director of the Kurt Group and has been entirely funded from in-house resources.

Over the past 10 years from a series of initial designs, including much trial and error, together with close examination of horse's adaptation to various technologies, continuous testing of the system on the track and stud farm, experimentation with various equipment and materials, plus those changes brought about by the availability of modern more appropriate resources. We have now developed two efficient, workable Kurtsystems, which can also be equally used for training of camels and horses; Kurtsystems Car for individual horse/camel and Kurtsystems Rail for multiple horses/camels.