hello there people...just wondered if anyone has a strategy to make over excited fillys settle better in their races..i have a nice filly who shows lots of ability but dosent settle well according to the jockeys who have rode her..im sure if shed relax more in her races she would be top class ..any ideas?.

with a colt you geld them but have no idea after using the pacifiers blinkers/cheekpiece/visor i take it that you have ttried theese if you have then just dont no

yeah i tried them all...same result ...never mind

I usually give them a few tries over a couple of years (usually only if I bred them myself and if they are from particularly good lines that don't usually produce this trait) to see if it will be solved with age, if that doesn't work I either sell them or decide to preserve my lines and ONLY put them with relaxed stallions. But if the offspring over 3 years ALL don't settle then I'll retire that mare. However if the offspring are exceptional once gelded then I'll keep breeding with that mare and sell off the fillies and geld the colts.

E.g. I have a mare who was a top 1m4f-2miler she settled herself but EVERY stallion I put her with produces horses that don't settle after their 2yo year, but every one of these horses is just exceptional so I geld the boys, they settle perfectly and crush everything else at 1m4-2m. That line won't ever continue because I wouldn't bother to breed with a filly that wouldn't settle out of that mare, but it's nice to get a few extra G1 winners.

i think the only thing to do is give up and send to stud and cover her with a game horse superstar that has won multi g1s and cost over 300k to hire she may produce a very nice horse

thank you both for the advice

sorry couldent be more helpful mate