https://www.ttrausnz.com.au/edition/2025-01-15/the-horses-here-can-mix-it-anywhere-in-the-world-blake-shinn-back-at-matamata-for-te-akau there is a bit about Avantaggia in here
I'm sorry but don't know who told you that you have to train them hard enough to experience soreness , that is the last position you want to be in with a young horses , you can turn them sour very easily doing that . If they have gotten that far then they have fulfilled your third sentence and haven't known when to pull back .
Your second sentence is quite correct , the trick is understanding the horse and when and when not to push . The hardest lesson is knowing when to stop and give the horse a break , the requisite word being patience . Patience the single hardest thing to have as a trainer , I think everybody who has trained a horse has failed at this to some degree .
He (Shinn) added that it was hard to gauge her performance off of her debut where she found the drying track tough, “we gave her a quiet trial. She was feeling the track a bit, so we let her poke around out the back.”
Also some horses go better on the grass tracks . I enjoy watching them on the bigger tracks like the Mot and Methven . A lot of horses get their chance with the roomier grass tracks .
Actually am just wondering whatever happened to the grass track racing at Pukekohe ? Anyone know ?
It was a nothing race when it was run at Riccarton - not worthy of the name.
The GN Derby was always a better quality race and what was done made perfect sense.
The answer is obvious . They go a bit slower on the grass. People are always trying to place their horses in races they can Win .
FOR EXAMPLE : Even the countries leading stable does this.
The Nelson Classic with a handy prizemoney BUT they ripped around in 1.53 something . pretty quick so Dunn's didn't bother contesting. Instead putting their 3 handy runners in the Marlborough Cup for exactly the same prizemoney this Friday. Race time will be slower They knew they would go too quick at Nelson for them.
You always get bigger numbers on the Grass . Haven't you noticed with all the counting you do all the time ? 😉😁
Good trainers looking for suitable races. That won't bust their horses guts chasing in vain.
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