[Linny]

I am gathering info for horses I follow via stable mail. In some cases it's horses I see with my own eyes as they train and in others its from talking directly with people who are involved.
When the horse in question is a stakes runner and he's working every week or so and galloping in between it's fair to guess that nothing is seriously wrong. If the worktab stops or is reduced, maybe something isn't right. My issue is when a good horse is working bullets and skipping races that seem like perfectly legit spots because trainers are cherry picking where they go.
That is not the same as a horse that is widely known to have issues that must be handled with kid gloves (Commentator for example) whose trainer is taking all precautions.
Sometimes it's tough to tell the difference but since I work in racing and have the chance to see the horses train for part of the year and have developed some connections I can usually discern which is which.