[Tim Y]

quote: "I have read all of Quinn's books to a point. He had some good stuff about young allowance horses years ago but candidly, when I would see him at Santa Anita he was always giving out selections and they didn't win."

SO have I, and I agree that his stuff has not had the LONGEVITY that Dr. William Quirin had, has and WILL have down the line as his material was based upon thousands of race results, not conjecture.

As an aside, what is BRIS today was HIS idea (Dr. Quirin) and the owner of that firm outright stole the idea of a national racing database from him. Soured him to the game and he quite writing.

As nebulous as workout information is (Particularly OF UNRACED 2 y/o's) it should be considered on par with simple "jumping Jacks" not different than the regular workouts that any athlete does to maintain fitness. I worked the gate for several years and saw many a "publicized" monster just come apart in the cacophony and chaos of the gate when they had been clock busters in the cool, isolated QUIET of the morning on the track all by themselves. A race is not a workout and they are nowhere equivalent.