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Originally Posted by freddymo

No Chuck winning 4 G1's and 2 G2's is not working it's excelling.. Paying a trainer to work a horse and having them start a few times and picking up a few checks isnt winning on the highest level. Here I am applauding the trainer and his methods only for you to be suggesting any training with any training techinques would have had equal success. Frankly I give the Ritchie a lot more credit! BTW I never liked Afleet Alex and hate Lemonade unless gin is in it.lol

He isnt the most accomplished horse in history or anything. There have been horses in recent times that have been trained in far different, and less stressful manners that have accomplished more. So what training methodology is correct? None, it may depend on the horse. Which gets me back to my initial thought which was the theory that the reason that "modern" horses are not as durable and able to stand up to incredible work loads has little to do with modern training techniques and lots to do with modern horses. You can absolutely give credit to Ritchey for accomplishing a lot with this horse but his methods of training do not produce more durable horses and AA is the prime example. I just find it hard to believe that if Pletcher or Lukas had trained this horse they wouldnt be subject to scorn for him breaking down yet Ritchey is praised for the same thing.