max kendrick

Assistant Trainer at Fergal O’Brien racing

[max kendrick @MaxKendrick]

@James_Giblett @FOBRacing @Sally_Meek 😂

[British Horseracing Authority @BHAHorseracing]

🗣️ "Testing wearable devices on the racecourse offers another vital insight into a horse's heart rhythm & activity - and therefore their health & performance"

Read more in @trainer_mag about how British racing is using @Arioneo_off & @EquimetricsX equine 'FitBits' to help improve safety & reduce risk ⤵️

https://t.co/MrNggfDxKC

[British Horseracing Authority @BHAHorseracing]

Heart monitors for horses: harnessing tech to improve equine safety 🏇

In 2025, Britain became the first horseracing nation to pilot the use of in-race heart monitors for racehorses.

These ‘equine Fitbits’ use the latest technology to track a horse’s heart rhythm and activity, providing an insight into their health and performance.

By collecting and analysing the data, British racing can better identify and screen those horses at greater risk of experiencing cardiac issues – part of wider efforts to continually improve safety and reduce risk.

Writing for the latest edition of @trainer_mag, BHA vet Sally Taylor & @RossdalesVets Celia Marr reflect on the first year of the pilot, its initial research findings & expanding this important work in 2026.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/MrNggfDxKC

[Fergal O'Brien Racing @FOBRacing]

Dragos and Max happy @wincantonraces

Well done Mahler Moon

[Racing Post Bloodstock @rpbloodstock]

"She travelled into it, was last off the bridle, and once she got nearer the front, she showed signs of inexperience. I guess that was the question mark, whether she was street-wise enough."

Max Kendrick ready for next adventure with Goffs Aintree-bound Magnifaik

Read more here 👉 https://t.co/zTcYAawhzW

[Goffs UK @GoffsUK]

𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗞

▪️4YO F by Buck's Boum
▪️Winner of her debut @GBpointing for @MaxKendrick at Eyton.

📕: https://t.co/6L6b387CtK

#GoffsAintree | 9 April

[Fergal O'Brien Racing @FOBRacing]

Merry Christmas to you all

[British Horseracing Authority @BHAHorseracing]

The BHA is proud to be represented this week in Hong Kong at the @HKJC_Racing Equine Welfare Research Foundation conference 2025.

This global gathering of racing officials, participants, vets & researchers focuses on how we apply rigorous scientific research to the care of the Thoroughbred.

Dr Sally Taylor & Dr Amy Hawthorn from the BHA's equine regulation, safety and welfare team are presenting some of the vital work that British racing is leading to promote the care & wellbeing of our horses.

This includes a pilot study into the use of heart monitors to help us better understand a horse's cardiac activity on the racecourse, and research into how we can continually work to reduce the risk of tendon injuries.

Our thanks to our research partners @MaxKendrick, @FOBRacing, @SurreyVet & @RossdalesVets - and for the ongoing support for these projects from @WelfareBoard & @RacingGrants.

🔗https://t.co/OBnQbceaCk

🔗 https://t.co/snhYlV2KEM

#BHAexpanded

[Fergal O'Brien Racing @FOBRacing]

Very proud of these two and Max’s ongoing work with @BHAHorseracing

Poster presentation in Hong Kong

[Fergal O'Brien Racing @FOBRacing]

Sixmilebridge this morning #TeamFOB

[British Horseracing Authority @BHAHorseracing]

ℹ️ Did you spot this @Ascot or @WindsorRaces over the weekend? 🤔

Manothepeople, Stoner’s Choice (@FOBRacing) and Gidleigh Park (@HarryFryRacing1) became the latest horses to wear heart monitors on the racecourse as part of a BHA-backed pilot.

Wearable devices have been used in yards and on the gallops for some time. But now we’re testing their use under race conditions.

Why? Because these 'equine fitbits' can track a horse’s heart activity and rhythm, giving us an insight into their health and performance.

This is valuable data that is supporting vital scientific research @UniOfSurrey into the cardiac activity of horses and how we may be able to identify those at greater risk of experiencing heart issues.

The early signs from the pilot are encouraging. We have established that the technology is safe and practical to use on the racecourse, and that we can gather accurate electrocardiogram readings under race conditions.

What started in May 2025 as a 10-race pilot has now been expanded to include more horses at more fixtures, with refinements to the kit and raceday processes.

The devices sit neatly in the saddle cloth and underneath the girth strap, so may only be visible in the pre-parade ring or unsaddling areas – you’d have to have been eagle-eyed to notice it 👀

The plan is to roll it out further in the months ahead so that the technology is used more widely 🏇

In the meantime, read more about the background to the pilot: https://t.co/Yt7MoAnd5n

#BHAexpanded

📸 Abbie Kyte / @focusonracing

[At The Races @AtTheRaces]

"This is the sort of race that he deserves to be running in"

@FOBRacing has some nice horses heading to @Chepstow_Racing on Saturday and joined the channel to preview their chances...

[Fergal O'Brien Racing @FOBRacing]

When we describe ourselves as a ‘dual purpose’ outfit, some people suggest that we don’t take flat racing seriously enough

Nothing could be further from the truth

All Ravenswell residents have to pass a stalls test these days

[max kendrick @MaxKendrick]

@Nassauboard This’ll be my last reply. My point isn’t about defending summer jumping it’s about the claim that racing’s not doing enough. Just because the sport isn’t doing what you want or how you want it doesn’t mean nothing’s being done.

[max kendrick @MaxKendrick]

Couldn’t agree more. We’re so quick to crab our own sport instead of celebrating what makes it great. It’s not perfect, but there’s so much good going on that often gets drowned out by negativity, much of it media/social-media driven, chasing clicks and outrage. Let’s back racing

[Racing TV @RacingTV]

🗣️ "It's negativity at its strongest."

Strong, uplifting stuff from Aidan ⤵️

[max kendrick @MaxKendrick]

@Nassauboard We’re clearly not going to agree, and that’s fine. But if you’re going to call for major changes, it has to be based on evidence not just gut feeling.

[max kendrick @MaxKendrick]

@Nassauboard I’ve already laid out what’s being done, and I’m not going to keep repeating it. You’ve offered no data just a call to cut summer jumping halfway through the season based on incomplete figures. That’s not a plan, it’s just noise.

[max kendrick @MaxKendrick]

@Nassauboard Appreciate the list, but nearly all of this is either already happening, already in motion, or too vague to be useful. It just confirms the point shouting from the sidelines without understanding the work already being done helps nothing.

[max kendrick @MaxKendrick]

@Nassauboard @quevega ?

[max kendrick @MaxKendrick]

@quevega @Nassauboard How do you suggest collecting all of this information?

[max kendrick @MaxKendrick]

@Nassauboard You keep saying nothing’s being done so what do you actually want to happen? What action would you suggest that isn’t already underway? Genuinely curious.

[max kendrick @MaxKendrick]

@Nassauboard -started phasing in padded hurdles (all courses by 2026)
-built public dashboards under the “Life Well Lived” plan