Fresh Horses

"Fresh" is in it seems. Nehro is the "fresh" horse going into the Belmont. Barry Irwin is nearly giddy at how "fresh" his horse looks after two "tough" races and 2 breezes in 1.25 months. And, in general, we hear various pontifications since this or that horse missed the Preakness it must be a "fresh" horse for the Belmont. The non-training of Brilliant Speed would be your normal typical example of the term "fresh" as used in horse racing parlance.

In terms of "performance" thus we have another training system that we might look at closely in a guinea pig way as we'll know on Saturday how these fresh horses perform.

I'll confess to knowing only bits and pieces of the specific training regimens. Paulick Report has gotten very incomplete in it's Barn Note Belmont reporting. But, in general, we know who the culprits are, and we'll see how they do. Please allow me to set the scene: is a horse "fresh" because he has done very little work, or, is he "fresh" because he has done very hard appropriate work with proper rest intervals and is therefore strong and ready to go?

Training:
Mon. June 6: Off
Tues. June 7: 10 min. of riderless paddock work were we got one full speed effort of about 1.5f.
4 x trot-gallop up and down hill, horse picking it up a bit. Celebrate first day this year where "just as we get going" this time nothing stops us and we're able to get on with it.