[Tim Y]

One can READ about a being an astronaut, farmer, politician or prisoner of war until the proverbial cows come home, but the innate understanding of these, and many other areas of reason only really come to fruition by having first hand experience. MANY of the things experience teaches are NEVER in a book, outlined by authors or recollections related in the 2nd person.

You cannot know surgery until you are at the table and involved with all the intricate aspects that this discipline requires. The same is true, to a lesser extent, with horse racing: there are many many aspects of it that will never get across to those "on the outside looking in," unless they are on the grounds, back in the barns or out at the farms. From hot walking to following the farrier around, from sitting with the racing secretary to being with the vet all morning, one can never appreciate the hard work and hidden aspects that go on 7 days per week to bring those 8 or 9 horses to the third race this Tuesday.

Learn lock smithing from a distance? Don't think so. Understand how to fly a plane from reading material...Good luck

Behind those fences it is another world