Racing And Training 2-Year-Olds Reduces Their Risk

[5wide]

Interesting Article

paulickreport.com/horse-care-category/bramlage-racing-and-training-2-year-olds-reduces-their-risk-of-injury-heres-why/

[cherokeescot]

I wonder how much he got paid for that 🤑

Would love to see statistics on how many 2yo at the sales never make it to the track .

[merasmag]

goes against...everything???

[1hooper]

From Bloodhorse.
www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/232343/how-good-are-sale-2-year-olds-as-racehorses

Research compiled by BloodHorse MarketWatch shows 78% of the 2-year-old horses sold at auctions from 2000-17 went on to start in a race and 76% of those runners became winners. By comparison, of all the named 2-year-olds representing the same crops as the sale horses, and including the sale horses, 69% became runners collectively and 67% of those runners became winners.

[1hooper]

2021 article. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7916178/

Based on scientific evidence, the research cited in this review supports the training and racing of two-year-old horses and advises caution in the use of medications such as corticosteroids.

[merasmag]

"named horses"
statistics


just saw the paulick article was from 2020...
hmmm...maybe cd should look at this instead of "surfaces"

how about a derby for horselets™ that never raced at 2?
that's sum thinkin o/s the box

[5wide]

But, he says, there is a caveat: horses are individuals. You can't expect all horses to respond to training exactly the same way at two years old or three years old. Forcing a horse who is not ready to make a start at two is not good either. That's why a trainer needs to be incredibly observant.


Most trainers are not .

[mysaladdays]

May 31, 2023 16:27:56 GMT -5 5wide said:

But, he says, there is a caveat: horses are individuals. You can't expect all horses to respond to training exactly the same way at two years old or three years old. Forcing a horse who is not ready to make a start at two is not good either. That's why a trainer needs to be incredibly observant.


Most trainers are not .

I've got no actual problem with racing 2 year olds APPROPRIATELY.   


Provided they are not put thru excruitiating programs (need I name the program(s)?)  that ignore their biological realities / mileposts as regard horse/TB development...


...AND most importantly, that they remain drug-free.   


Even if one were a human running coach, certain cautions are suggested and followed, just as they would be for getting couch potatoes into their first 5K race....there is a common but gentle program that a respected and reliable coach would design.