Re: stall runner

[TStampke <zebella@northrim.net>]

carl meyer wrote:
>   
> Carl writes;
> I am on both ends of the racehorse business and turning out costs the
> owner a lot of money(me,for instance),one reason to make some kind of a
> tentative diagnosis . You realize that turning out a horse that is
> racing can lose for the owner up to three or four months of training
> bills, 

Ok, call me stupid, but I can't see how turning a horse out in a small
paddock during the day is going to make him "loose" his training?  Or is
it necessary to keep him wound up and nervous in a stall to make him run
well?

tracy