Discreet Cat

Originally Posted by Pointg5

I have seen Frankel quoted on more than one occasion that just because a horse is doing things easy, it does not mean that the race does not take something out of them...I think he knows a thing or two about training...

Of course he does, but what do you expect from a guy whose best horse raced 2.7x a year. Why is it that great horses in the past used to be able to race 10-12x a year and now all of the sudden they can't race more than 2.7x/yr.