"He Was The First Really Classy Horse That I Had"
Jack Darling may have reached the pinnacle of his training career in 2022, with the success that he had with Horse of the Year Bulldog Hanover. For Jack, however,
Jack Darling may have reached the pinnacle of his training career in 2022, with the success that he had with Horse of the Year Bulldog Hanover. For Jack, however,
Il n’y avait aucun doute dans l’esprit d’un jeune Chris Christoforou quand il s’agissait de savoir comment il finirait par gagner sa vie un jour. « Depuis que je me souvienne,
From the time Chris Christoforou can remember, donning a set of driving colours for a living seemed like his destiny.
L’une des plus grandes erreurs que les gens commettent lors de l’évaluation des chevaux de course est de trop mettre l’accent sur le temps. Un mille en 1:51 un soir d’été à Mohawk, sans jamais quitter « la rail » dans une course qui a des fractions rapides, ne signifie pas nécessairement grand-chose si le cheval n’a pas « scoré », s’il n’a pas été pris à l’extérieur (parké) à un moment donné, ou s’il n’a pas été obligé d’aller à la guerre.
One of the biggest mistakes that people make when evaluating racehorses is to place too much emphasis on time. A 1:51 mile on a summer night at Mohawk, when never leaving the rail in a race that has fast fractions, doesn’t necessarily mean that much if the horse wasn’t asked to leave hard, park out at some point, or do any real work. Quite often, when down a class the following week and asked to actually race a little, you’ll see the same horse get beat at low odds in 1:53 or slower.
In racing, it’s all about who you can beat and who you can’t.
When does time matter?
In many cases mid-April is too early to say which two-year-olds are truly the best, but that hasn’t stopped the trainers
Dans notre 2021 numéro « Twos In Training » (Les 2 ans à l’entrainement) nous avons demandé à un certain nombre de conducteurs de nous parler du meilleur poulain de deux ans
TROT reached out to a number of trainers, owners, assistant trainers and grooms, and asked them to tell us the name of, and the story behind, the best two-year-old