[For The Lead]

For those who may not have seen SECRETARIAT (the movie), they made a big deal out of how to "work" Secretariat right before the Belmont. Lucien Lauren wanted to work Secretariat "really fast". He advised Penny (Chenery) Tweedy that if he did that and Secretariat lost, she would be told it was Lauren's fault for working Secretariat so fast. But Lauren KNEW the horse. He KNEW that Secretariat LOVED TO RUN. He thought a really fast workout was just what the horse needed. We all know the result of that decision. But the point is, each trainer has to work the horses in his charge the way he feels is best for the horse. We don't know what that is, so we can't really evaluate what is a good work and what is a bad work.

I pretty much get a horses "history" of workouts in my download files every day and I print my own racing forms.

There is not one workout to be found on my racing forms.

I leave taking care of the horses needs to the trainer, be it good or be it bad. He is much closer to the horse than I am and is certainly more aware of the horses needs than I am, so like it or not, I have to live or die with his decision. On that basis, why should I bother myself about it? I handicap the things I can and leave the things I know nothing about to those who do know....or should know!