That has brought higher purses but has given trainers an incentive to race unfit horses, putting both horse and rider at risk.
But apprentices are allowed to carry less weight than fully fledged, or "journeyman," riders, which gives trainers an incentive to use them.
Teenage prospects rarely attend school, and those who do go for either half days or only on Saturdays, but Alderson said he thought teams would be willing to pay more to the best-educated players and if they did, that would give trainers an incentive to send their players to class.
The former jockey Gary Stevens saddled his first winner as a trainer, with Higher Incentive winning the third race at Santa Anita.
The bonus -- $25,000 for every victory in a Triple Crown race -- is an incentive for trainers to choose the Haskell over the Jim Dandy.
The board made its announcement on the same day that The New York Times published an investigation that showed how richer purses had created an incentive for trainers to run unsound horses, which may have contributed to the deaths of 30 horses at the recently completed meet at Aqueduct.
Alderson also developed a new education program that he believed would give an incentive to the trainers to send their players to school.
Some gyms actually pay for their trainers to receive certification as an incentive for continuing to work there.
(T51, lead health trainer) Some professionals also considered how provider incentives could encourage individual staff members to adopt healthy behaviours, 'do a better job', facilitate better team work and enhance 'job satisfaction'.
Employers are holding health seminars, building on-site gyms, bringing in nutritionists and fitness trainers, and offering financial incentives to employees who stop smoking or lose weight.
