Re: Horse that continually doesn't put out the effort?
bazdev wrote:
Try the different pacifiers (blinkers, noseband etc) if they dont work then gelding could be an option but no breeding after that
THANK YOU so much for this little tidbit. My first test was a noseband and then I planned to try the other two. However, his demeanor changed entirely with the noseband. Prior to it he was running C4's, mainly losing and getting the notes from the jockey's I mentioned. Since putting on the noseband NO jockey has said ANYTHING other that complete praise and the horse has run 7 races, winning 3 and finishing 2nd in two others, 3rd and one 5th. Nearly all of them are C1's after the initial winning run in a C4 with the noseband.
Total turnaround.... Thanks again. At this point, maybe he'd become a rocket ship if I tried blinders, but I don't want to mess with this recipe AT ALL.