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Originally Posted by Cardus
Question for you: are trainers better than they were 20 years ago? Forty years ago?
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Probably more knowledgable about some things that are a part of training like biases, speed figures, and we all know a lot more about horses from a medical standpoint. But I think that the average trainer back then probably had better instincts for horses and horsemanship then his modern counterpart.
As a sidebar, let me add that there is really only one trainer from the 60's-70's who is still training and doing well. Allen Jerkens. He is one of the few trainers from that era and before who was able to adapt to the modern game and still do well. Of course a lot of them are dead but there are some guys who are in the Hall of Fame who are still training or recently retired who the game just seemed to pass by. Of course I am biased but much of my information on the training of horses in the "good old days" comes from him including how he has changed his methods.