New Posts For Thread: Clive Smith of Kauot star famehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31856481/clive-smith-of-kauot-star-famegawnR.IP.nice fellaBorn to die…..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31856481/clive-smith-of-kauot-star-fame?post_id=564330601#564330601Born to die…..Mon, 21 Oct 2024 03:25:54 -0500Thanks screaming, well put.Haha paulo, nice to hear, sounds like he is still full of beans in his old age.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31856481/clive-smith-of-kauot-star-fame?post_id=564330579#564330579Thanks screaming, well put.Haha paulo, nice to hear, sounds like he is still full of beans in his old age.Mon, 21 Oct 2024 03:09:06 -0500I will pop down and look at my almost 31yo later this week ,did low level jumping till he was 22 , bits and pieces of dressage and x/c . Only stopped cos the sod ran straight through me one morning turning him out and I didnt want injuries nearing 70https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31856481/clive-smith-of-kauot-star-fame?post_id=564330567#564330567I will pop down and look at my almost 31yo later this week ,did low level jumping till he was 22 , bits and pieces of dressage and x/c . Only stopped cos the sod ran straight through me one morning turning him out and I didnt want injuries nearing 70Mon, 21 Oct 2024 02:52:49 -0500I agree 100% with oneten. Dressage movements are exercises to improve a horse's physical condition. They originated in the days of training cavalry horses. More racehorses should do it.For Kauto Star it would have been the equivalent of an Olympic 40https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31856481/clive-smith-of-kauot-star-fame?post_id=564330389#564330389I agree 100% with oneten. Dressage movements are exercises to improve a horse's physical condition. They originated in the days of training cavalry horses. More racehorses should do it.For Kauto Star it would have been the equivalent of an Olympic 40Sun, 20 Oct 2024 17:39:51 -0500Mitolo, I hal, I don't know why but this topic always seems to cause arguments/ disagreements on here. I don't want to argue with you but I had this same discussion on here before and got slated for trying to explain the thought process behind it ashttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31856481/clive-smith-of-kauot-star-fame?post_id=564330235#564330235Mitolo, I hal, I don't know why but this topic always seems to cause arguments/ disagreements on here. I don't want to argue with you but I had this same discussion on here before and got slated for trying to explain the thought process behind it asSun, 20 Oct 2024 15:37:36 -0500Seemed to be a very humble, but very shrewd and successful man. Very sad news to hear. RIP Mr Smith.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31856481/clive-smith-of-kauot-star-fame?post_id=564330229#564330229Seemed to be a very humble, but very shrewd and successful man. Very sad news to hear. RIP Mr Smith.Sun, 20 Oct 2024 15:33:26 -0500Nice post Cider. Wonderful insight into the mind of mr Smithhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31856481/clive-smith-of-kauot-star-fame?post_id=564330191#564330191Nice post Cider. Wonderful insight into the mind of mr SmithSun, 20 Oct 2024 15:15:50 -0500We've all been witness recently to how demanding the dressage regime gets their subjects to conform to dressage requirements, dwell for a moment on the shocking thought that if that turned out to be the retirement fate of ARKLE,Kauto's only master,wehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31856481/clive-smith-of-kauot-star-fame?post_id=564329989#564329989We've all been witness recently to how demanding the dressage regime gets their subjects to conform to dressage requirements, dwell for a moment on the shocking thought that if that turned out to be the retirement fate of ARKLE,Kauto's only master,weSun, 20 Oct 2024 13:44:42 -0500irrelevanthe had decided the horse was doing dressage before it had spent a munute retired. as if the thing hadnt done enough for him. made his solitary life joyousif the horse had taken retirement badly-dont forget it enjoyed the summer in a field fhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31856481/clive-smith-of-kauot-star-fame?post_id=564329907#564329907irrelevanthe had decided the horse was doing dressage before it had spent a munute retired. as if the thing hadnt done enough for him. made his solitary life joyousif the horse had taken retirement badly-dont forget it enjoyed the summer in a field fSun, 20 Oct 2024 12:43:14 -0500I hal, if you refer back to sageforms earlier post where he went to ditcheat the day after kauto won a gr1 and he was stood head over the stable door looking perky and looked like he wanted to race again that day.Sometimes horses are like humans - yohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31856481/clive-smith-of-kauot-star-fame?post_id=564329805#564329805I hal, if you refer back to sageforms earlier post where he went to ditcheat the day after kauto won a gr1 and he was stood head over the stable door looking perky and looked like he wanted to race again that day.Sometimes horses are like humans - yoSun, 20 Oct 2024 11:38:08 -0500