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Training conditions in the U.K. are completely different, Elliot said. She is amazed when foreign horses come over here for one race and do well. It is one thing, she said, for riders, and trainers, to make the transition, but horses have a harder time.
“It’s not just the footing, the heat is a huge change for them,” she said. “Plus they are used to long straight gallops, not tight courses. In Ireland, you have these long sweeping turns. Or none at all.”
Her mentor, Jonathan Sheppard, hails from Ashwell, England near the racing mecca of Newmarket.
Sheppard, who first started his career as a jockey now has 22 NSA leading trainer titles. He believes trainers of any nationality can do well here.
“You can basically start on a shoe string here,” the 10time Eclipse winner said. “Overseas you need to have a whole stable full of horses and have money.
The younger generation is able to make it work in the U.S., too. Native to Tipperary, Ireland, professional jockey Tom Foley said he loves racing in America.
“I love riding over here,”
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