tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30525374.post6340745103832046194..comments2024-03-19T09:19:39.519+00:00Comments on Stable Life: Gestation period of an elephant - but will it produce a mouse?John Berryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266884652423059813noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30525374.post-69639432504125742472016-09-22T11:11:20.668+01:002016-09-22T11:11:20.668+01:00just wondered what your thoughts were on the all t...just wondered what your thoughts were on the all two year old card at Naas yesterday as we enter the time of year when we get interminable divided maidens clogging up otherwise interesting cards is there any merit in the running of all two year old maiden meetings - the Naas meeting had acouple of nurseries - thereby giving the opportunities for horses to run , connections to watch I accept the bookmakers would say they get limited activity on this sort of race but that is true when they are part of a standard card . <br />Secondly back to hurdles - sorry - but how many sets of hurdles would you feel the average horse needs to school over before hitting the racetrack ? And once the horse has adapted to the hurdles does more schooling - which presumably is not at a racing pace - improve the jumping or does it take race conditions to do this <br />And thirdly given the number of falls in novice hurdles which occur at the last couple of flights in novice races would there be any merit in not allowing the use of the whip until after the final flight has been jumped as I have noticed that as the horses tire their jumping often deteriorates and when jockeys try to coerce them it often gets worse neil kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361742060525511366noreply@blogger.com