Training

Nothing matters till they come out of the gate.  Repeat over and over again for the necessary sense of urgency.  TB yearlings morph into 5 year olds in a flash.  Time's running!

With these caveats what's happening at the RR ranch?  What are we wanting to do with #7 and #148, and what are we doing?  And, for the moment we'll forget that KC is now located 350 miles from the nearest race track (overlooking the Lincoln State Fair and Columbus, NE meets, significantly closer.).  I have given serious thought to training this winter at the state of the art training center in Opoulesas, La., from what I saw an overlooked jewel of city in a most beautiful part of the country.  After my visit, is it any wonder John Franks had his HQ there.  And, if u're training horses in the winter, how about heading "south"?

What better pattern than Preston Burch's book for training early two year olds?  After once again having my copy pilfered--never loan out that book--I am reordering.  Plan is--if I can keep this going (which involves a lot)--to do Burch type training with appropriate modifications.  The blog has already posted that Burch's volume was too high for long term soundness.  The plan is to look at the Burch schematics as we go. Certainly the initial part of Burch's two year old training system seems highly doable, safe, and a way to get horses to the races quickly.  Note for now the specific plans will be a work in progress that I presently plan to document on the blog.

Which brings the subject--what have we been up to with the horses? Generally, two things matter right now--1. the breaking process, and 2. providing enough fast twitch muscle type exercise to maintain speed.  Specifics next.