WHY DO HORSES ENTER THE STALLS WITH NO FUSS IN AMERICA

Stalls are wider.
Lead horses.

pumped up to the limit

Its all a load o Pony

THERES NO FUSS WHAT SO EVER,AT THE STARTING STALL IN THE US

monty roberts is american!

but over here don't we believe that wider stalls are dangerous because horses can trap heads, legs, jockeys etc

Everything is bigger in the us , even the golf balls . But when it comes to size of the people they are just gargantuan in every direction.

YOUVE GOT TO GIVE IT TO THE YANKS,THEY KNOW HOW TO GET A HORSE IN A STALL

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE

I may be wrong, but don't they use stalls in practice and training ?

It's simple. They don't tolerate bad behaviour at the stalls in the States. I discussed this with Mary Pitt, who is an american racing journalist now living in England.

Do they make the horse stand in the naughty stall?

personally I don't know why we don't load simultaneously instead of consecutively. If one won;t cooperate, the extra wait often causes tension.... and that's just in me

training at the track will help with getting familiar with the starts and also id guess 20 runner maidens arent tolerated so as bad habits arent learnt

Bigger stalls and a lot of training on leaving the gate been speed racing as UK and Ire trainers found out the hard way at Ascot last year

ponies probably calm them down

BUT ..... Isn't just amazing how may 'Lose their jockey' coming out of the gates in America. ;)

Many, many, more times than here - where that happens very, very, infrequently.

I suppose the Yanks, with their smaller fields, and often well spread out finishers, don't have the same option to be - 'never placed to challenge'. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGfrr8CFuIw

SORRY I CAN'T PUT THE LINK IN CAPITALS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGfrr8CFuIw

SORRY I CAN'T PUT THE LINK IN CAPITALS

TiltEngine88 06 Apr 22:41
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGfrr8CFuIw

SORRY I CAN'T PUT THE LINK IN CAPITALS

Shame he freaked I thought he could have a ran a big race.


Heres his stall training at Aqueduct
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEXeFAyQMYg&feature=related

TILT ENGINE,IVE NEVER SEEN THAT,I THINK IT WAS A RODEO RACE

When the yearlings are broken and sent to the trainers from day 1 they walk through the stalls....every day...then when they get a bit older they will make them stand still for a few moments...then work on closing the gate.....finally you need a gate card to race...walk in with other horses around stand still...break out ....then you can race

better trained in usa more time is spent ,
in uk trainers are generally struggling to find staff/time to train them to gallop far less go in stalls,
there are a few trainers who you know that there 2 yr olds will be like old handicappers , and others whose old handicappers come down to the stalls eyes bulging and ready to explode.
sprints and maidens are usually the worst.

Our horses are obviously not trained as well.

I have some stats now 12 months
those who only go in with a hood, and also those requiring a Montie Roberts rug. interesting.

the old stalls used before changing to the australian steriline stalls were better also.
if a horse goes off in the new stalls the noise is much louder as they are flimsier and sets off some of the other silly buggers.

Where have all these decent posters gone? dontwin2easy is the only one I recall posting recently. DoWahDiddy was a forum legend.

Onlooker one of the most informative along with ged and geoff who thanfully are still about.

Dowah started posting a lot of very negative posts later on, seemingly about losses from gambling. I think he quit.

mac. You're pretty good yourself. Ged is a different level though. I hesitate to recall my memories as Ged knows better than me what I'm on about. Too many Whyte & McKays tonight cheers.

That would be Whyte & MACKAYS.

Stalls are wider.

Several right answers on here but the key one is the zero tolerance. I never understand why we don't have a stricter rule. Two tries to load max then "take it away". Trainers would soon get the message. I suspect that having so many different courses might also contribute. US horses race on the same track that they train on every day. Would you be more relaxed somewhere you go every day or somewhere you have never been before?

Thanks tommy. Have a large whisky on me mate. Cheers!

Yes, I remember that now that you mention it but did doowah not get banned?

.... in reply to Stu.

yep, stalls a lot wider Rico and outriders seem to calm runners too.

... and stall handlers are bigger and stronger than they are here.

The Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket in 1965 was the first race ever run in UK with stalls and off the top of my head, Ron Mason trained the winner ..... I think ...... and almost certain Sir Lester rode it.

Very true sageform. Agree.

Yes, I remember that now that you mention it but did doowah not get banned?

Don't know TBH, but he did certainly seem to have a downer at some point on here.