Sometimes a small change can bring out a big difference in a young, inexperienced horse.
While past performances do not include statements about a trainer’s intentions, they do provide some clues that you do not need to be a Sherlock Holmes or Lt. Columbo – pick your favorite genre – to decipher.
To start off, one of the remedies for a young horse who has yet to reach its potential is to add blinkers so the equine athlete will be more focused on the task at hand.
Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn’t it.
Is it a coin flip? Or a guessing game?