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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Seamus11 on December 06, 2018, 07:48:09 AM
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I’ve never owned... but my family had them for years. (grandfather mostly) his theory was never more than once a week and never more than 20-25 starts a year. Never raced them on the frozen surfaces as he wouldn’t give them starts until mid April earliest, later if it was a late spring because New York/New Jersey was mostly where he raced. They’d get turned out right after they raced, for two full days... back to the track for jogging, then trained them for a couple more... then back in to race. These 35-40-45 start animals must be so drugged up to just keep pounding away. Thoughts on number of starts?
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Not at all...
A good older horse can race more often...especiall y if not raced
hard at 2, 3, 4 and 5.....
I see many with 30, 35 and 40 starts....still going well.
also the ones that race that many....have a lesser training regimen
in between starts.
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IF THEY COME OUT OF IT GOOD THEY CAN GO BACK IN GOOD
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My wife gives me 2 or 3 starts per year, if I'm lucky.