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Originally Posted by the_fat_man
This idea about horses not liking the inside is just a ****in joke. It's LAZY training. As an athlete, which would you prefer: being INSIDE and doing a ton less work or being outside and losing your lunch?
When I was on the track 30 years ago, I remember one day walking by a barn and noticing a couple of, relatively, BIG exercise riders. I inquired what their role was and was told that they were there for the horses that need extra 'special' handling.  Then again, back in those days you actually had jocks that were able to take hold of a horse and pretty much carry it to the wire: Cordero, Pincay, Antley, among others. Today we have a bunch of pussies that are twirling the reins trying to get their horse to straighten out rather than taking a strong hold and busting it with the whip. Times have changed. The DRIVE: a lost art. |
If a horse is instructed to be ridden outside, the trainer should announce or atleast tell the stewards about it before the race, I am sure that would turn some of the wagering public off. I remember an incident involving Simon Husbands not preservering with a horse that finished 2nd when it looked like a vigorous hand ride would have done the trick, apparently the jock was instructed to ride less and he would get better results. The stewards did not agree, now I have never heard of a passive ride being better than a vigorous one. But the public didn't know, if they had I am sure he would have been 2x the price he went off. Just let the public know your intentions beforehand, ie. no whip in the program