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![]() "So there is a study or clear statement I have missed "
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Confirmation that I caught them all this time. |
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But I am a reactionary. Tell Ocala they are way out of line. Thanks. |
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Horses are like strawberries....they can go bad overnight. Charlie Whittingham |
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![]() we seem to have wandered far off the original topic of this string.
to get it back, i want to propose that for every grade 1 winner entered in a race they add 5 billion dollars to the purse and everyone in attendance at the track gets laid. that should resolve issues of early retirement and declining attendance. i can't believe no one else has thought of this. |
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Anyone who gets into any "horse business" as an owner, with the thought they will make money readily, as an investment with a predictable, positive return, is still living in the 1980's. And all pyramid schemes eventually collapse. |
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except for pg1985, who wouldnt need the free door prize. his prize would be to have someone take him seriously. |
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![]() i thought all the talk of bc races for two year olds 'ruining' them would have run its course long before now. you know, kind of like the tight turns at pimlico myth...
a lot of good horses ran in the bcj, and went on to success later. both winners and runners up, with no ill effects from having run that race in late october. 2 yo's have been racing for well over 100 years. just like their older counterparts, you have to judge each on his own merits, and race accordingly. racing a healthy fit two year old is not detrimental to their health. and yeah, as for that study, repetitive motion is what causes injury (galloping a horse every day for instance). it's not those high speed works that cause the injury--it's the lack of them. doing the same light works every day will not improve a horses health or fitness, but will accomplish the exact opposite.
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Or so you've heard. |
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![]() Give those good changes enough time to happen. If you don't, you risk injury and lack of improvement. It's not that first good, hard breeze in 1:00: that improves the horse, or necessarily causes injury or weakness (unless loading, etc is exceeded) - it's also what is done with that horse afterwards. It is critically important that the body is allowed time for the adaptation and changes stimulated and desired by that breeze to occur, and the body thus to become stronger. Watch the way good trainers bring young horses along; when and how frequently they increase daily maintenance gallop length, how often they work the horse at speed - and look very closely at the RECOVERY times they give their young horses. A month of Saratoga mornings would be perfect for this for the interested student. I want to know what the trainer is doing with the young horse on a daily basis, and how frequently, not only the breezes reported in the DRF. The young horse runs it's first race. Great. Now, how does the trainer deal with the next three weeks, to capitalize upon the physical changes that race induced? Horses that get plenty of "recovery" time, continue to improve over long months in a slow, steady, predictable pattern, as the horse matures and reaches it's physical peak. I find it fascinating to re-read the daily training regimens of famous horses of the past (you can find them), and compare what these great trainers "knew" worked for horses as reflected in light of the scientific evidence and knowledge we have today. Those trainers didn't know "why" their training patterns worked scientifically, but they knew what worked, and they were right. Look at trainers sort of known for "being hard on two-year-olds", or not having many late three-year-olds left around. Try to study the daily work patterns of their horses as babies, and see what they do, compared to other trainers better known for having good late three-year-olds, and older horses with long careers. Sorry to hijack the thread, I guess I'm a bit passionate and fascinated regarding the mechanisms of exercise physiology that can be used to maximize elite performance in horses and dogs ![]() Michael Matz is excellent at this, btw. |
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I also like exercise physiology being an ex-competitive runner and injuring myself a number of times. Really got me more interested in horses working with young cross country runners. Been put in the pasture though and people come to visit with treats. |