Dummies Question - 3 Furlong Workouts

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Originally Posted by Danzig

i think there are different reasons for a short work like that.
one can be with a horse either just starting training, or a horse returning to training after a layoff. trainers don't typically look for a timed work of more than 3 f right away.
another can be if they have a horse that they're trying to take the edge off.
another can be if they're trying to put some speed into a horse. guess it just depends on what you see in their overall work pattern, and compare it to the race conditions you're capping for.

Deb

Some time ago Kirin was on Steve's show discussing what 2 year old pattern of work outs is an alert worth paying attention to?

He responded that a 3F blow out a few days before a first time starters initial race was an indicator "he meant business". Of course this could have been last year, five years ago or longer depending on how much my advancing senility was altering my thought process that day.....

Dr.D