SA racing in a ( nuts)hell

You are right Magic. They do far more long work as they have the light training tracks and far more grass work as the grass is always softer than ours and there is far more of it. William told me that if they put all the strips of grass in Newmarket that could be used together it woud be 85 miles long. Summerveld has probably 6-7 miles at the most and it is much harder most of the time so we use it far less than in UK.

That's interesting Craig, thanks ....(tu)

Frodo Wrote:

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> Imo - if a horse (whether a juvenile or otherwise)
> is ready to run (and possibly win), it makes no
> sense to wait - who knows what may happen in 6
> months time - could pick up an injury, etc.
>
> That is not to say it should race once a month for
> the next 6 months - planning a career is important
> with 'boom' horses


Every Trainer should repeat these words every morning - possibly the most sensible post I have ever read re running a horse - holding back horses until they are 3-4 reminds me of waiting until you are "married" to have sex - not much fun and a waste of time!!

In my obsevations many a juvinile Zaki 1st timer have been backed like the result was known.....only to land up being a battler under his care....but who knows, stable on form and a "newish" training facility may just see him get it right.

Cant remember any UK classic winners that never ran as a 2yo,sure there must be some

hibs
its not the running as 2 year olds it the distance at 2 years old winning a nothing sprint because you 5 divisions better

Mr H,If there was no sex before marriage,there would be no sex at all.......lol

I still dont know why SA racing is in hell???

Mac Wrote:

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> I still dont know why SA racing is in hell???

(tu)

oh dear.......

The way he ran he should have been in the first 800m 2yr old race!

We're in hell because a heavily backed horse got a stitch. Because, you know, that has never happened before.