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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
He isnt the most accomplished horse in history or anything. There have been horses in recent times that have been trained in far different, and less stressful manners that have accomplished more. So what training methodology is correct? None, it may depend on the horse. Which gets me back to my initial thought which was the theory that the reason that "modern" horses are not as durable and able to stand up to incredible work loads has little to do with modern training techniques and lots to do with modern horses. You can absolutely give credit to Ritchey for accomplishing a lot with this horse but his methods of training do not produce more durable horses and AA is the prime example. I just find it hard to believe that if Pletcher or Lukas had trained this horse they wouldnt be subject to scorn for him breaking down yet Ritchey is praised for the same thing.
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If he was the most accomplished horse in history you would have nothing to say other then congrats. Pletcher killed more horses then Hitler killed people.. D Wayne is legend unfortunately once his go south they head to Chile with no return flight. Not sure how a solid medicator like Ritchie is even mentioned inn the same Breath but he does deserve all the credit for winning a lot of money for his owners and himself.. Whatever the f he did for whatever reason it worked!!