how many trainers train on the gallop?

[JENNY FROM THE BLOCK]

curious to know. i feel its very effective. i would gallop them all.

[Ramone]

curious to know. i feel its very effective. i would gallop them all.

And if you were lucky you could match the mortality rate enjoyed by the Thoroughbred community.

[JENNY FROM THE BLOCK]

not true. ive done it and was very succesful in doing so. its a natural way of going for them. opens them up. try it you will see improvement

[wiseowl]

Our gait is trotting or pacing we do not let them gallop we would not want them to do that in a race  you can train your horse any way you want and good luck.

[Meadow Ford]

Back in the day.
Jerry Mohr trained a real good horse on the gallop.
A Shealbad Rainbow colt named Be Jewelled.
I asked him why on the gallop?
Easy!

He hits his knees real bad on the pace, but not on the gallop.
To train on the pace he needs knee boots, hopples, and head poles.
On the gallop all he needs is a harness.

[thesilentone]

if they’re racing week to week i love to gallop them in between races. opens the lungs up and  they exercise muscles they normally don’t  use  . from my open horses to  my 10 claimers . when i want to work one real good i’ll throw there gear on but very rarely does that happen and more then likely it’s a double header and then in the bike  . my horses are happy without wearing full gear training and happiness is a big part in our success

[JENNY FROM THE BLOCK]

if they’re racing week to week i love to gallop them in between races. opens the lungs up and  they exercise muscles they normally don’t  use  . from my open horses to  my 10 claimers . when i want to work one real good i’ll throw there gear on but very rarely does that happen and more then likely it’s a double header and then in the bike  . my horses are happy without wearing full gear training and happiness is a big part in our success

see thats what im saying. very effective.

[Stan durbread]

Some horses do thrive on the gallop. Other learn to like it too much

[shotgunner]

Favored method of Billy Rhoades and Cory Kreiser.

[JENNY FROM THE BLOCK]

Interesting.... 2 top trainers use this method.

[dinkadoo]

Last horse I had was a cheap claimer.

I would blow him out around a 2:25 mile in the gallop 2 days out. feeling good, on the bit. Day before race I was lucky enough to have a large sand paddock to turn out for about 2 hours.
Bring him do up his legs and he raced his best over that 6 month period.

Not sure it’s for all horses

[Cleanupindustry]

This really is the stupidest thing ive seen harness trainers do. Ive been around business many years.  Yeas its s natural thing. But not on these farm hard tracks. If your doing that type of trsining you need deep cusion like thoroughbreds have not a hard surface. Very stupid. When i watch people do it. I shake my head and laugh at them for being Stupid

[Meadow Ford]

these farm hard tracks.

Come to the Mid-west, and step out on some of these farm and county fair tracks, and I don't think you will make that blanket statement about hardness.

[kooter for hipin]

This really is the stupidest thing ive seen harness trainers do. Ive been around business many years.  Yeas its s natural thing. But not on these farm hard tracks. If your doing that type of trsining you need deep cusion like thoroughbreds have not a hard surface. Very stupid. When i watch people do it. I shake my head and laugh at them for being Stupid

Well, first of all, the natural gait of all four legged animals is the diagonal gait.  From your post, I think you need a little more knowledge.