Conventional Training--The Bad
This is what the pastures look like this morning. Brutal weather and 1.5 inch of ice glaze from here to Denver. By training time this afternoon the ice had softened enough for some pasture running, and I received the pleasant surprise that the horses decided without too much prodding from me to put on a show. More of that below.I've attempted this post several times now, and, seem to be doing a questionable job of it as I continue to be distracted by the requirements of the day job to such an extent it is difficult to focus on training theory. And, so, I've deleted the post again, and hopefully I'll put something together in the next day or so that I deem worthy of staying. For today, I'll put down the training and leave it at that.
1/15/07: Rest after three days of fast work.
1/16/07: Rest. Decided two days necessary.
1/17/07: Was very reluctant even to get out there today in the 18 degree weather with 10 mph winds on frozen ground. Got to the farm right at sun down 5:20pm and was pleasantly surprised by what I got compared to what I was expecting. I took a soccer ball out there just hoping for some play out of the horses, which is the usual in deeper snow. But, as noted, the ground was just soft enough that after the iceballs came out of the hoofs they were able to gallop pretty close to full speed. With very little instigation from me the horses galloped from one end to the other. I would catch up, and off they'd go the other way. There were several one to two furlong near full speed bursts with little Art leading the way, and one specific heat that turned out to be a real show in the snow--worth the trip home. So, today, while we hardly got closer to the racetrack, we did a decent conditioning work for the weather, and also, this was a Burch breeze day (every three days), and got that in also. Passed on tack work today.
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2 Comments:
What weights would Burch trainees have been carrying at this time of year?
Where would you think your fellow Derby hopefuls are in their training at this time of year?
More Sun was broken in June of the yearling year. Doing 3F breezes in :38 under tack early December. They quit for weather Dec 10 and did long gallops to Jan 24 as weather permitted. He did a 1F breeze on Jan 24 in :12 and continued from there.
Now, the rest of the q i got a kick out of as we sit here in Mo. counting icicles. Regrettably, most of our "competitors", just guessing as ive given it little thought, would be at training centers. D. Wayne Lukas center, Mandella's DVD shows his yearling shipped in from KY in December after breaking, to a training farm where they're shown working in an areana and at the starting gate in January. They're working, would be the short answer now that u had to remind me :):)
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