Lawyer Ron Goes to Pletcher..

Originally Posted by Honu

Having a jockey come and work a horse out in the morning is way diffirent than putting a 150 lb. gallop boy on him with a set of draw reins. Jockeys get paid to push not pull there is a very big diffirence, with a horse that is as rank as he seemed to be last out , I dont think there is much John McKee is going to do about it by working him once a week.
The foundation is layed in the mornings with the trainer and the gallop rider teaching the horse to relax , I have no idea what kind of training regimine the horse has had but from over 20 years of riding horses and the last 8 being for a Hall Of Fame trainer , I can tell you that the jockey isnt going to be the one getting the horse to relax by working him once a week, it would be the trainer and the gallop boy or girls job to do that.

I basically said the same thing.
Its not Mckee's fault by the way, his occupation says "jockey". Hes not a trainer.
The training is done in the morning by hard working people and exercise riders who mostly get no credit so that a few guys can become wealthy in two minutes of work based on hours and hours of hard work by the staff in the morning.