breaking yearlings

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

Horses were definitley better broke 30 years ago. i have a barn full of horses that need 2 people to hook. I know I am dating myself but horses used to stand while being hooked and that is with the old tie down harness and not the quick hitch of today. I guess I am a grumpy old man.

[Gaagoots]

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

That’s right! They belong to that group, but I’ve never saw them.

[Gaagoots]

Can tell ya stories about Whitey Ford and John Montefusco

would love to hear that!

[Mailbox Money]

Ya gotta see what you got as soon as you can home from the sale, that way you can get a replacement before all the sales are over! Very few take the time to develop a youngster any more. It is hook and go go go till they can't go no more! It's all about the natural ability!SMH

[Meadow Ford]

Horses were definitley better broke 30 years ago. i have a barn full of horses that need 2 people to hook. I know I am dating myself but horses used to stand while being hooked and that is with the old tie down harness and not the quick hitch of today. I guess I am a grumpy old man.

The snap of the quick hitch is a starters gun to some horses.
See I can be nice.

[MIKE CAMPBELL]

The snap of the quick hitch is a starters gun to some horses.
See I can be nice.

I think the problem is most of the horses today learned how to be hooked inside the barn. When you try to hook them outside, they won't stand still.

[Parked]

The snap of the quick hitch is a starters gun to some horses.
See I can be nice.

Going way back I watched a trainer do the same thing with his yearlings year after year.  Start with people with a lunge line on each side. Would tell them which way he was turning . Then the next week he woild line drive by himself .  The 3 rd week he placed a metal barrel at the end of the barn and have a groom stand there with a pail of horse shoes. When he line drove the yearling  about 20 ft past the barrel he would have the groom dump the shoes into the barrel. He was ready but with some it was a sight.  By the end of the week his yearlings would pay no attention. Then hed hook and go alone, no third line.  Nothing ever bothered the. Tractors, water wagons, graders, nothing.   

[Mailbox Money]

Just saw an article about the 2yr old Canadian sensation Captains Quarters that explains how he was broke and started his career in the GREG PECK barn! The owner states that Peck was jogging in a cornfield and up and down The 59 mile Delaware Tow Way! The owner said when he was made aware of these practices,he had to move the colt to a traditional training center. The rest is history! GP must be detained someplace or this would have been brought to light after the colts win over Captain Cody last start!

[Fuguzzi]

What's wrong with jogging them in a cornfield. I dont know what the Tow way is. Is it a dangerous practice. New a guy from Saratoga who use to start his babies jogging in a cow field with a German Shepard chasing them and he did quite well for himself. Not Dan Wilsey, but he used to drive for him

[Mailbox Money]

I guess this "tow way" is some kind of pathway that used to be part of the transportation industry. The story is on Harnesslink today on the Canadian news page I believe.

[Fuguzzi]

Figured something like that...ty

[Fuguzzi]

Going way back I watched a trainer do the same thing with his yearlings year after year.  Start with people with a lunge line on each side. Would tell them which way he was turning . Then the next week he woild line drive by himself .  The 3 rd week he placed a metal barrel at the end of the barn and have a groom stand there with a pail of horse shoes. When he line drove the yearling  about 20 ft past the barrel he would have the groom dump the shoes into the barrel. He was ready but with some it was a sight.  By the end of the week his yearlings would pay no attention. Then hed hook and go alone, no third line.  Nothing ever bothered the. Tractors, water wagons, graders, nothing.

great story. Loved hearing that methodology! reminds me of something my wife told me her father did the day she was brought home as a newborn. He opened all the windows, turned on all the appliances, tvs and stereos he could top volume creating an orchestra of "white noise" and then he and her mom started screaming at each other getting the dogs barking. He said if she's gonna live in this household, she better get accustomed quick to how things go around here.

She's still pretty chill. Needs to be living with Fuguzzi. I'll say one thing in all my time in the business, she never complained, God love her and you know how it goes. $5,000 on the kitchen table one night, $5, the next....

[PurpleSheetPicks]

was also arrested for training on this towpath
then arrested for jogging them through town

[Fuguzzi]

ruh roh

[Par Four]

I think I recall in an interview where Jack Darling said he sends his yearlings to the Amish to break and brings them back in December.