nomates

Thanks for that but I would have already read it , oh and practiced it . Sold 3 2yo's over the years , all had their first prep at the track as July yearlings . Read what I said , it was about not overdoing it to the point of soreness .

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 .

Another promising 3yo gone , Skippers Canyon from the Jim Wallace stable sold to OTI .

Ah well , just had a look at the last MC form , 15th , 7.8l from winner and really not the strongest MC we'll ever see . But as I said this years cup continues the downward trajectory .

Geez , they started the big trace grab that long ago , we're no hope of stopping it now .

It is a very ordinary WGTN Cup , AGAIN , on his MC run and if he is near that form he should walk this , famous last words , weight and travel are his issues , more so how he's travelled .

The history of Derby winners from say 80s and before was exceptional , many absolute top class animals came out of the Derby , but horses were a tougher breed back then . Horses are a lot more refined now and for that reason I think the Derby move to March was one of the smart moves that the ARC made , gives those younger horses more time to mature a bit more and a little bit more racing to toughen them up . There has still been top class horse come out of the Derby in the last 2 decades , Silent Achiever , Habibi , Jimmy Choux .

There's a story on the TA site about Blake's 24hrs in NZ and he mentions in that , that the Avantage filly was feeling the track .

To be honest in this day and age there is no reason they cannot be broadcasting them live . What's lacking is a will . They have the infrastructure there to video them so how much more is required to live stream them ???

I honestly believe that she was shin sore , they were probably trying to manage her issue trying to get her through to maybe the Matamata Breeders . Not a great believer in management of shin soreness in training . No such thing as a little bit shin sore , it's either shin sore or not , if it is even a little shin sore paddock rest is the best remedy . I've had shin soreness when I was younger and used to run a lot , bloody painful and I found it impossible to run with , God knows how a young horse is supposed to work with it .

Maybe they were seconded to the IT section to help with the videos of yesterdays trials .

I know it's there where you have to go hunting for it , why can't it just be under Trentham on the home page , like they did on Nom's day .

Wonder what the excuse is for Trentham not producing a penetrometer reading on acceptance morning , it's all good , trainers and owners can just guess . Just get professional .

Oh ! So now your the geographic Miss Jools !

That crowd looks bigger than Trentham's last couple of weeks .