Big Brown's Pedigree
A few more tidbits as "Dutrow-Nevin" training post is under construction. Here is another horse sired by Boundary:
A little similar in the legs to BB, eh, but, in any event, a nice one! Here's more on Boundary from the NY Times, May 29, 1994:
"Belmont Park ran up the curtain on a glittering holiday weekend with a ...winning streak: Boundary, the undefeated but lightly raced son of Danzig made it five straight when he outran the favorites and won the Roseben Handicap by nearly three lengths.
It was the first stakes performance for Boundary, and he took the step upward with grace...the winner ran the six furlongs in 1:09 3/5. The 4 year old colt is owned by Mrs. William Haggin Perry and the Claiborne Farm and trained by Bill Mott., and he has raced flawlessly since his debut 13 months ago. His timetable was interrupted by knee surgery last May, and he stayed on the sidelines for seven months."
And please, before you pedigree types immediately declare the line "unsound", consider:
1. Lots of Danzigs have good knees.
2. Maybe just maybe something caused this other than genetics.
Nevertheless, Boundary was a good horse, quite obviously, but, on Boundary, that's all I could find.
Training:
Mon. 5/19 horses were off after their Sunday fast work.
A little similar in the legs to BB, eh, but, in any event, a nice one! Here's more on Boundary from the NY Times, May 29, 1994:"Belmont Park ran up the curtain on a glittering holiday weekend with a ...winning streak: Boundary, the undefeated but lightly raced son of Danzig made it five straight when he outran the favorites and won the Roseben Handicap by nearly three lengths.
It was the first stakes performance for Boundary, and he took the step upward with grace...the winner ran the six furlongs in 1:09 3/5. The 4 year old colt is owned by Mrs. William Haggin Perry and the Claiborne Farm and trained by Bill Mott., and he has raced flawlessly since his debut 13 months ago. His timetable was interrupted by knee surgery last May, and he stayed on the sidelines for seven months."
And please, before you pedigree types immediately declare the line "unsound", consider:
1. Lots of Danzigs have good knees.
2. Maybe just maybe something caused this other than genetics.
Nevertheless, Boundary was a good horse, quite obviously, but, on Boundary, that's all I could find.
Training:
Mon. 5/19 horses were off after their Sunday fast work.
posted by rather rapid at
1:21 PM
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1 Comments:
Hi : )
There is alot of talk right now about how TB's have become unsound because of their breeding. I'm sure that is part of it, but I think something shoud be said about how the horse is trained also has a huge impact on how the horse preforms.. In the past, horses were alot tougher, and I can't help but wonder if it was because they were trained differently and raced every 3 days in some incidents. It makes sense to me that more galloping, in races and in training, would increase and help preserve their soundness,their fitness level, and build up strong bones. Just for one example, Citation won 19 of 20 starts at three, racing for 11 months coast to coast. He won the Derby on just 3 days rest, and the Jockey Club Gold Cup at two miles, just three days after beating the best milers in the Sysonby Mile. His trainer got him fit and kept him fit by racing him often! We all know how the horses are trained and raced now, I don't think there are very many trainers out there that would consider racing a horse after 3 days rest. Well, the way they are trained now,the horses couldn't do it. I realize that the breeding has contributed to the unsoundness of TB's, but you can't ingnore how the training is a huge influence too. I am a big fan of Tom Ivers and his training methods. Several years ago, he was discussing on his newsgroup about starting the training process for fitness at a very young age. He was talking about doing a study on weanlings... With three babies, keep one in a stall part of the time to limit any activity, turn one out in pasture and let him/her run around as much as he wants. With the 3rd baby, do a very controlled fitness program, by making him gallop more than he would normally. I never did hear if he actually did this study, but he mentioned other people who had done it and the third colt's bone density was significantly better than the other two. It makes sense to me that starting earlier would increase fitness and stamina, and breezing and racing these horses more often would help get them in top shape and keep them there. A top human athlete would never take 3 weeks off while he is in the middle of his competion season.. We all know how inactivity causes muscle loss and decreases fitness in our own bodies. The same thing happens in animals. Once you get a horse strong and fit, you have to keep him there by keeping maintaining his training at a high level..
When you look at the history of racing, it is very obvious that the horses back then were tougher. I'm convinced it's because they were stronger athletes because of the way they were trained and managed. I also agree with the theory that so much inbreeding/linebreeding and genetics has also made todays TB's weaker and more fragile. I wish more people would include the training methods and how a horse's career is managed in their discussions about pedigree and breeding being the cause of this problem. Don't get me wrong, I am a pedigree geek and LOVE studying pedigrees, but breeding is not the only thing that makes a great athlete.
OK, I'm done rattling on and on : )
BTW, love your blog, keep up the good work
Dawn
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