A Good Trainer. A Definition.
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A Good Trainer. A Definition.
Simple!
Placing your horse where it has the best chance of winning!
If it runs second, it lost the race!
Contrary opinions are more than welcome
Placing your horse where it has the best chance of winning!
If it runs second, it lost the race!
Contrary opinions are more than welcome
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
Contrary opinion: I'd rather run in a $1M race that I think I can run 2nd or 3rd in than a $50K race I think I can win.Gwayne Mike wrote: ↑3 years ago Simple!
Placing your horse where it has the best chance of winning!
If it runs second, it lost the race!
Contrary opinions are more than welcome
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
Seconded.Danny Derby wrote: ↑3 years agoContrary opinion: I'd rather run in a $1M race that I think I can run 2nd or 3rd in than a $50K race I think I can win.Gwayne Mike wrote: ↑3 years ago Simple!
Placing your horse where it has the best chance of winning!
If it runs second, it lost the race!
Contrary opinions are more than welcome
"How do you describe perfection? Why try, let's just watch her run!"
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
From my own perspective, I've never cared about money (maybe I should have been more frugal on occasion)
Especially if the money isn't real!
No glory in running 5th in Grade One races!
Just ask me
Especially if the money isn't real!
No glory in running 5th in Grade One races!
Just ask me
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
Disagree. I'd rather have my horses run in a prestigious race where I believe they can do well than in a lower tier race. Of course, every case is different. But to each their own!
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
I think there has to be a fine balance between both.
Have to know when to hold em, know when to fold em.
Have to know when to hold em, know when to fold em.
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
Your poker analogy is likely the "CORRECT" answer?Pete Vella wrote: ↑3 years ago I think there has to be a fine balance between both.
Have to know when to hold em, know when to fold em.
Go to the front of the line, where the Steward will award you with 500,000 Game Points!
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
If your horse never loses, you aren't testing it enough. Think of those over-rated goats like Pepper's Pride or Zenyatta who racked up pretty records beating up nothing because their connections were cowards. Contrast them with true champions like Rachel Alexandra who took on the elite girls of her age, smashed them, took on the elite boys of her age, smashed them, took on the elite older horses, smashed them...
If your horse never wins, you're asking too much of it. "Keep yourself in the best company and your horses in the worst".
If your horse retires without having had a couple of poor runs to finish off its career, you retired it too soon. They're RACEhorses, so run them until the wheels fall off.
Contrary opinions not welcome; I'm right.
If your horse never wins, you're asking too much of it. "Keep yourself in the best company and your horses in the worst".
If your horse retires without having had a couple of poor runs to finish off its career, you retired it too soon. They're RACEhorses, so run them until the wheels fall off.
Contrary opinions not welcome; I'm right.
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
We could not disagree more.
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
Fixed it for youMichael Looker wrote: ↑3 years ago Think of a GOAT like Zenyatta who racked up a pretty record beating up nothing because all the other worthy competition were cowards.
"How do you describe perfection? Why try, let's just watch her run!"
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
You're probably correct Mike?Michael Looker wrote: ↑3 years ago If your horse never loses, you aren't testing it enough. Think of those over-rated goats like Pepper's Pride or Zenyatta who racked up pretty records beating up nothing because their connections were cowards. Contrast them with true champions like Rachel Alexandra who took on the elite girls of her age, smashed them, took on the elite boys of her age, smashed them, took on the elite older horses, smashed them...
If your horse never wins, you're asking too much of it. "Keep yourself in the best company and your horses in the worst".
If your horse retires without having had a couple of poor runs to finish off its career, you retired it too soon. They're RACEhorses, so run them until the wheels fall off.
Contrary opinions not welcome; I'm right.
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
Michael Looker wrote: ↑3 years ago If your horse never loses, you aren't testing it enough. Think of those over-rated goats like Pepper's Pride or Zenyatta who racked up pretty records beating up nothing because their connections were cowards. Contrast them with true champions like Rachel Alexandra who took on the elite girls of her age, smashed them, took on the elite boys of her age, smashed them, took on the elite older horses, smashed them...
If your horse never wins, you're asking too much of it. "Keep yourself in the best company and your horses in the worst".
If your horse retires without having had a couple of poor runs to finish off its career, you retired it too soon. They're RACEhorses, so run them until the wheels fall off.
Contrary opinions not welcome; I'm right.
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
I really hope you're not serious about that part because thats just kind of childish if it is serious.
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
Another thing to add:
It's a good thing this is a game that allows every player to play to their own style! There are technically no right or wrong ways to play. Sure, some methods might be more ineffective than others to some people... but hey, that's what makes it great!
It's a good thing this is a game that allows every player to play to their own style! There are technically no right or wrong ways to play. Sure, some methods might be more ineffective than others to some people... but hey, that's what makes it great!
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Re: A Good Trainer. A Definition.
Did it really take us until 24 hours before festivus to get a thread going like this?
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