Beautiful scene and nicely done video. The music is appropriately serene and pastoral in its feel too.

Wow! I am not a member of this racing group, but with personal like this I wish I were. Very humane ideals.

Wow, that looks like a large tract of land. How many acres is that?

Congrats!!

Couple of questions: In the allowance example there were 10 entries and 2 AE. Why not run all 12 instead of ten? In the Stakes example they only took 7 of 19 nominations. Why not run the other 3 and fill the 10 spots? On the overnight example above the X races. What are the references to Off Races C1,C2 etc.?

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Nice win🎉

what a great podcast webinar. super stuff I wondered so much about this

If you do your home work and work the problem you will find your answer.

Newbie question here. Let’s say you own 10% of a horse through wasabi. Do you get owner privileges such as owner trackside access at races? Are you able to meet the horse?, Also are you able to get an owners license? Thanks.

how risky is it to claim a horse & how do you go about selecting a trainer?

races entered for 40,000 or less when they write that in conditions like in your example. is that a PURSE amount 40k or a claiming TAG 40k? thanks!!

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Morning Colors -- Courtesy of Mother Nature

Boring explanation

interesting stuff

NORTHERN DANCER was a swayback…

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Hey we own tiny bits of both those gals!

Hi Gary Can you recommend a book to learn about Horse Racing Conditions

I’m pending a purchase of an OTTB he’s nine years old and he has a crack in his hoof but he has shoes on. Do you see this as being a hard no if he has that crack in his hoof

Can you explain what happens when the horse you bought a share of gets claimed, sold or retired? Thank you!

I have watched several handicapping video's, this is by far the most informative.

Vet wrap $8, x-rays $500... a broken sesamoid, priceless. J/K... but there is some truth in jest

She is awesome and inspiring!!

Beautiful!

The first thing that hits you when you look at Justified is how solidly grounded he is, right through his body. This might sound an anathema in racing terms but it describes balance in a way that also implies everything is where it should be and that he is standing firmly on all four legs while in repose, four solid posts with the right angles for speed and soundness, it implies bone is more than sufficient, that his skeletal structure can accommodate good amount of muscling and impact. Even if his neck comes a bit too low off the wither and he could be more on the leg ie less oblong he is what is called a good "type". Generally you can expect certain problems by "type" alone, this you learn by looking at lots of horses. That is light of bone horses for example will often come with certain negative traits that often repeat in that "type" etc. My problem with TB breeding is that it is often at the expense of the horse. That is to say people will use horses with less than ideal conformation based just on pedigree for one example, such sires are sold at truly inflated prices purely based on that pedigree. The end result is that the horse deteriorates. It has indeed become incredibly difficult to find good grounded TBs as a result. Mare lines are becoming worse and worse and this is critical because when you do the same with mares you are simply rolling the dice each and every time with what you are producing. You have to actively breed away from genetic diseases like "soft pasterns". TBs are urgently in need of outcrossing to other horse breeds. But the point I want to make is that TBs are so inbred they have such a narrow gene pool al lof them that pedigrees actualy play a very very small part in any success. Ignore the marketing it's all hype geared to making max profit. Non genetic differences between individulas play a much bigger part in success so does training and other purely environmental influences. So don't fret if you cant buy yourself some over priced sire for you mares because you are getting the entire package good and bad who ever you choose. Rather choose for correct conformation and idealy not two copies of any of the many defective genes in the breed to improve your mares, as this is probably the sounder (pun not intended)_ way to success overall. The individual horse has to do the rest. Give it hope, let it thrive and never break it's heart.

Why don't you do your own foaling and why ship down the road??

Thank you Nicole for taking such good care of Mamas and babies!

it is a horizontal

I appreciate the info. I just reunited a horse with its original owner. The horse is now blind. I found him at a rescue. Don't forget these are sentient beings with emotions we're talking about.

What is a mdn 17k condition means

That’s our big Bene!

Good job uncle Jesse

Love it

Gary you just blew the whistle on your industry. So someone did you a favor by making conditions on a race to make your horse eligible. Wouldn't that be considered cheating? Oh and you were Greatful not only did your horse get in but Holy be jesus he won too. If your looking for reasons why harness racing has been in the gutter for years look no further than your statement. Hell you even interrupted your guest while he was in the middle of his presentation to announce to the world that its about cheating. Thanks ill never go to a harness race again, Oh is there someone I might talk to to lure me back. Joking aside I'm disgusted.

What is the definition of a "Graduate"?

I missed my calling. I think I would have made a good bloodstock agent. Whenever I see a winning race horse, I check its pedigree for the large heart factor, knowing it gets passed through the female line. I have a word of caution for breeders trying to get another Secretariat that can do what Secretariat did in the Belmont Stakes. I've noticed a lot of horses with the large heart factor can end up having heart or circulatory issues.

Wasn't John Henry back at the knee?

But you didn’t have secretariat in here shows me that this production is not worth working

I quit betting on horses. Racing secretaries have ruined racing for me. The complicated conditions make it too hard to handicap. I prefer non winners of the year, or non winners of 2 of the year at different class levels. Oh well, I get a lot more work done around the house now, so I shouldn't complain.

Can maiden horses run against winners? It seems I have seen this in a few lineups but maybe it was erroneous info

Is that river Downs?

Great names you have them reserved?

Tampa Bay Downs brutal for turf horses (breezing on main track) the Factor had to work harder

Why no commentary

Ill be the first to comment

Promo sm

Nice win!

I Love it!! You can hear the soft purr