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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 . -
By racingoutsider · Posted
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.” -
By Alf Riston · Posted
Me tipping the Renegades was more effective than Diastop - the runs dried up instantly 😀 I could stop a train at the moment 🚆🥴 -
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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 ? -
By Houlahan's Dream · Posted
Think there is merit in the later season 12f test for the youngsters -
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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. -
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By scooby3051 · Posted
So CM you profess to know about training 2yos and you also seem to be on DD to David Ellis...you are a tosser mate. -
By Pure Steel · Posted
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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Another promising 3yo gone , Skippers Canyon from the Jim Wallace stable sold to OTI .
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Coming back from an injury there though NM. That last run more like it. If he handles the weight, he wins. Pretty ordinary opposition. -
and grab the assets of the Avondale JC 'for the greater good of the industry' ?? -
By We're Doomed · Posted
They have been trying to run the show and get everyone else to fit in with their needs for at least 50 years. The industry as a whole was able to prevent them destroying the likes of Wgtn Cup week for most of that time, but now there is no overall controlling body representing the views of the whole industry so they can pretty much do what they like. They have successfully destroyed Wgtn Cup week so now the world is their oyster. NZ Cup Week will be next. Then they will probably want the Nuggets to be run at Ellerslie on sweepstake night to boost their attendance. -
The real guide is the Geelong Cup run. He ran second and Wolfgang fourth. How big a chance do we rate Wolfgang? But it must be remembered this is two miles not a mile and a half. -
By Canterbury Man · Posted
Why does it need to improve 20 lengths on its first trial? Mark Walkers instructions to Blake Shinn was that the horse was there just for education nothing else. But I guess you have it all worked out on its first trial. Actually that would be an interesting exercise - how many top horses had a very ordinary first trial?
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