Re: conditioning

[Tivers <Tivers@aol.com>]

In a message dated 98-03-03 12:04:43 EST, lb@nismat.org writes:

Beth:
<<  I think Tom's point was that we could probably see 
 much better performances in all disciplines of racing if we accepted 
 that some horses will tolerate much greater training loads than has 
 typically been accepted.  T >>

I would expand that to "all" performance horses. While it is true that some
animals will not be able to take the level of work that other animals can
tolerate, I don't think that any athletic horse is exercising to its genetic
potential. Because of the human restraints involved, I don't think we ever
will develop that kind of horse.

ti