miff Wrote:
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> Blind,
>
> You are on a slippery slope re Lukas,imo. Horses
> do not present breakdown on a piece of paper,it\'s
> mainly random.JB has spotted a few in his crystal
> ball,however.These horses are under scrutiny of
> trained vets and horsemen on a daily basis.
> Sometimes trainers will press down too much on a
> young horse and ruin it.Some trainers closely
> monitor TG/RAGS figs and will back off on a horse
> if the figs are too fast, regardless of whether
> the horse seems tired or not.
>
> Jerkens/Lukas and and many others believe that you
> run a horse who is doing well regardless of
> spacing or his last figure.You cannot keep a horse
> razor sharp indefinitely and letting one
> down(resting) does not guarantee a return to sharp
> form.I feel you have to be real careful of huge
> gut wrenching efforts which are too fast for the
> current physical attributes of the young horse.
>
> Most horses present fatigue when they ran too hard
> and need extra time to recover. It\'s the ones that
> come out \"great\" but are still sitting on an
> unexpected implosion.
>
>
> Mike
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The slope is firm. I don\'t think I over-generalized this at all, and quite to the contrary, I was referring to many 2-year-olds under his tutelage that were spotted aggressively on short rest, got hurt and never ran again.
Proud Citizen would be an example of what I think you are referring to and I would not use that to illustrate my point. That kind of stuff just happens.
Good luck.
M
