Thoro-Graph

[ELA]

I am extremely far from an expert on this, however, I think I can add a novice opinion that can add value.

Read the website, front to back. Buy the sheets for a few days and get your feet wet.

I attended a couple of the seminars this past summer at the Spa. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I was there for the Montreal smoked meat -- OK, that's another thread, LOL. Anyway, what I found -- personally -- that was key to me are a couple of things. First, what the figures include as far as variables is important to me -- just like with Beyer #'s. What do they include, what do they exclude, etc. The TG #'s do not take class into consideration (please someone correct me if I am wrong).

Second -- what seemed key to me was that after you look at the #'s, you really need to start to learn about "patterns" and how horses will and will not perform vis a vis the #'s. Seeing patterns develop over time and learning about them, becoming more experienced with them, etc. seems to be valuable.

Good luck.

Eric