He acknowledges that his ability to train good horses was made easier by having the priviliege of watching the Frankel's when they shipped in to town before Frankel set up shop in NY again.
They came with training blueprints and instructions on what to do with them, how to gallop, breeze, jog and train them.
He paid attention, and was very fortunate to be able to get on the job experience with what to do with good horses, he didn't have those himself at the time and there is no substitute for hands on experience.