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Title: Workouts
Post by: dsipes on March 06, 2020, 06:28:35 PM

Question to any of you that are knowledgeable about workouts:

What is the purpose of workouts at each of these distances: 3f, 4f, 5f, 6f, and

What is a trainer mainly trying to accomplish at each of those distances?

Title: Re: Workouts
Post by: mjellish on March 06, 2020, 07:04:52 PM

Depends upon the trainer IMO.  Smart question but asked the wrong way.  First figure out what a trainer “usually” does in the AM.  Watch for any horse who stands out based on that.  But pay attention when someone does something different.  Especially the athlete.

Title: Re: Workouts
Post by: Strike on March 06, 2020, 07:19:52 PM

My experience is the good East coast trainers (Chad, Todd) work 4 furlongs reasonably slowly with a big gallop out. The good West coast trainers (Baffert, O\'Neill) work 5-6 furlongs fast with a moderate gallop out. I agree when something is different (good or bad) that is a tip off.