breaking yearlings

[Fuguzzi]

HHHMMMM. So we have something else in common. I worked for Jerry briefly. He was down a groom and I decided to give it a shot. Biggest name trainer I had been with at the time. Definitely a bit nervous, but Jerry was cool. I'm talking the DontDally days. From there it was on to Lew Williams. Incredible horseman, even when he was fucked up.

[Parked]

We have had some we could hook in 3 days, others nearly 3 weeks. 

[old guy]

HHHMMMM. So we have something else in common. I worked for Jerry briefly. He was down a groom and I decided to give it a shot. Biggest name trainer I had been with at the time. Definitely a bit nervous, but Jerry was cool. I'm talking the DontDally days. From there it was on to Lew Williams. Incredible horseman, even when he was fucked up.

Sounds like you guys rode along with Moody.

[Gaagoots]

HHHMMMM. So we have something else in common. I worked for Jerry briefly. He was down a groom and I decided to give it a shot. Biggest name trainer I had been with at the time. Definitely a bit nervous, but Jerry was cool. I'm talking the DontDally days. From there it was on to Lew Williams. Incredible horseman, even when he was fucked up.

I remember some of the Yankees coming in the barn. Phil Rizzuto sweet Lou! (The Pinstripe stable) Had an opportunity to go to Florida for the winter took it. Imagine that we probably know one another!

[Gaagoots]

Sounds like you guys rode along with Moody.

Moody! Yes we be old lol.

[old guy]

I remember some of the Yankees coming in the barn. Phil Rizzuto sweet Lou! (The Pinstripe stable) Had an opportunity to go to Florida for the winter took it. Imagine that we probably know one another!

Don’t forget Roy White and Mattingly and nobody like the horses better than Mickey Rivers

[brownmoose13]

No in many cases, guys get them home and throw a harness on them for a day or two, and by second or third day they hook them. This is not an unusual practice.

I am not talking about second or third day..I am talking about all yearlings the very next day. If you saw the videos I cannot believe they are not TQ'ed

[Par Four]

You can find out some quirks in the ones by first crop sires before Harrisburg

[Fuguzzi]

Don’t forget Roy White and Mattingly and nobody like the horses better than Mickey Rivers

Can tell ya stories about Whitey Ford and John Montefusco

[PurpleSheetPicks]

And it its a yearling you send to Greg Peck, He's training them down in a week, so they barely make to the track as a 2yr.

i hate the crazy man but i will give him this, he got a halter and harnesss on one of mine day 1 that no one else could

[Generation XYZ]

i hate the crazy man but i will give him this, he got a halter and harnesss on one of mine day 1 that no one else could

Ok, but lets not tell anyone this after today. 

[shotgunner]

I am not talking about second or third day..I am talking about all yearlings the very next day. If you saw the videos I cannot believe they are not TQ'ed

Well there’s no cure for stupid I guess.

[shotgunner]

i hate the crazy man but i will give him this, he got a halter and harnesss on one of mine day 1 that no one else could
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Probably beat it into submission first.

[remington]

In the 90's I had one on the farm that I put the harness on one day and cart the next day and off I went with no trouble. I remember a cattle dealer harness horseman his last name was Mothersell had a horse at Waterloo fairgrounds that he didn't take the harness off once he got it on him. Can't remember how long he left it on him but it was at least a week or longer. He had had some great stories. Billy Martin the Yankee manager had an apartment in East Rutherford and I used to drink and play pool with him on Sundays during the off season.

[White Rabbit]

Biggest difference is we purified the breed. The breeders have breed out the wildness or ignorance we use to see 40 yrs ago. Now they pretty much hit the ground trotting or pacing. I can remember seeing trainers putting leather hopples on them , burning all four legs just to get them to pace slow. Now when you have a conversation with a colt trainer they don’t have any expectations til the can train a pacer faster then 2:05. I can remember way back when trainers thought they had something if the could go a mile in 20.
On the trot side I can remember changing a babies shoes sometimes 3 times in one morning when training them trying to get them to stay flat. Nowadays if that’s the case they Amish them.