I will say, the horse is unbalanced to get away, got a lot of 

 speed but can not find it when it is needed. This horse 

 needs assistance in foot balancing and weighting. The 

 front action on this kind of a horse needs to be increased 

 more for extension than anything else, increase his ex- 

 tension and everything else will take care of itself. 



To help this horse to get away, I would change the 

 angle of his front feet, make the angle longer to leave the 

 ground from. If the angle of his front feet is at 54 or 55 

 degrees change it to 50 or 51, if it is at 52 or 53 degrees 

 change it to 48 or 49 degrees, add three or four ounces 

 more weight to his front shoes and carry the same toe 

 weight that he has been carrying. In fixing his front feet 

 do not touch or take anything off his toes, shoe to prevent 

 slipping, especially the hind feet. If this horse has been 

 carrying a light shoe in front- — seven, eight or nine ounces — 

 it will require not less than four or five ounces more 

 weight to get away with his field. If this four or five 

 ounces balances him to get away with his field, he will not 

 pull you hard to hold him together. If this horse is not 

 inclined to mix, I would have the toes of hind feet an eighth 

 or quarter inch shorter than those of the front feet and at 

 an angle of about 54 or 55 degrees, but if he is inclined 

 to shift or mix into a single foot, have the hind feet as 

 near the same length and angle as the front feet as possible, 

 the nearer the better. If it takes two or three ounces more 

 weight to balance faulty action, use it, put it on his feet, if 

 you don't you will wear him out pulling on him, you will 

 make him muscle-sore propelling against your strong arms, 

 pulling 100 or 150 pounds on the bit. It creates a terrible 

 strain going the last quarter of a fast mile, especially on 

 youngsters, and some trainers wonder why some of their 

 pupils don't go on and develop speed, and wonder why 

 some of them become so tired after passing the three- 

 quarter pole. Xo matter how royally bred they are, they 



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