Uncle Mo And Accuracy, Continued

"Laertes:
...be wary then, best safety lies in fear."

Hamlet

And so for our horses, and, riders, although there's the "No Fear" stamped on the back of Mike Smith's exercise helmet. Possibly our fear for our horse's safety and health should translate into an elevated sense of concern that applies in every workout and every step the horse takes on a race track.

The blog has posited a minimum training schematic for fracture resistance

4f x 12.5sec/f every 7 days

but this has been based on conjecture heaped on conjecture. Is the formula accurate, and is there even need for concern over accuracy?

Bill Pressey posted an Equine Exercise Physiology textbook here in a comment a few posts ago. First one I have seen. I'll present one quote from it next day or so that does support the above formula.

For this post, a couple of points:
1. We have any interesting guinea pig for the formula this year in Uncle Mo., and
2. The formula is more a bench mark then a specific prescription or recommendation.

My Twin Spires account, for reasons unknown, was shut down with $17 remaining balance. Until that's straightened out I am without PPs for exactness, but it seems Uncle Mo's workouts fall slightly under the minimums which, as minimums are minimums, bodes other than well. Uncle Mo being additionally a large horse whose situation reminds me somewhat of The Pamplemoose in February of 2009--receiving insufficient injury prevention training, by all public account, we will see if Uncle Mo can make it through. From what I have seen--and again I'll have to reconsider when I get the PPs--the prognosis, as for most of Plecher's horses, is questionable. Uncle Mo seemingly provides a high profile test for the accuracy of the formula.

The concern over exact accuracy is also mitigated because the formula is a mere minimum benchmark. Only a fool would create an exercise prescription at the bare minimums, and though we have a few too many of those in the sport, in terms of exact accuracy probably the main point is to have those minimums in our brain when we're planning for our horses. Given the many injury causing variables, my point for any horse would be to conjure a minimum injury prevention bench mark wheresoever that lies for you.

Training:
Thurs. 3/31: Off
Fri. 4/1: 4 times trot-gallop up and down the hill. Best tack workout of the year. "Legging up" in traditional training parlance. The horse did well, and thus also the rider.