hi all

im not a league player and enjoy plodding through seasons with my horses of all abilities on manual training. i just wondered if anyone had ever found that they were "over-training" there horses? i got into teh habit of running horses at a gallop as soon as they were capable until they raced. then started tinkering with doing alternate days gallop and canter until they are a week off races etc.
obviously people may not want to give away their training techniques if they are in teh league i just wondered what pple thought. inbox me if you dont want to post?
thanks guys xxxx

I don't think anyone in the league uses manual training because it takes too long. I don't think there are that many people at all who use manual training, the majority use simple training. Hopefully Bill Seiko (I think) may be able to answer your question.

Since the very first Starters Orders I've manual trained and played on the hard setting. I find it much more fulfilling to micromanage each horse. Simple training just doesn't appeal to me but if that's your way of playing -- go for it. As long as you're having fun.

I use a certain training pattern. 21 days before a race I set the horses training to amber (lot 2). 8 days before the race I set it to red (lot 3). A day before the race I set it back to amber so the horse doesn't train on hard the day of the race which seems like something logical a real trainer would do. After a race the amount of rest they get depends on the horses age, sex and amount of races they've run recently. If a targeted race comes quickly after the last run race the minimum days rest I'll give is seven days. I've never used the gallop trial so I can't comment on its effectiveness.

Another thing if people don't know this -- during periods of no training setting - check your horses estimated training potential to see if their starting and agility needs to be improved. If you set special training to focus on one of these during a rest period eventually they'll improve. With a few exceptions.

great thanks for the reply xx

Sirius got to it first, that is just what I do but mainly in jumps game.

Bill

im only jumps and have tested teh theory....it definatley works thanks. i do think i send some of my horses to the races having been totally knackered already on the day.