Exactly 2daysaweek. When you have owners that buy and spend loads of cash you best have picked out some good ones. That's why the big name trainers are always at the top of the money list. Doesn't mean there owners are making money. It's just they have a better day job then Swoodall. Racing is there to stroke their ego. Brown had 10 colts in yesterday in the Ohio sire stakes and another 5 filly pacers going tomorrow in Ohio. Whether he has the current magic potion or not money always flocks to where people think they can find success in this shitty rate of return sport.
One would think a Mensa wannabe would be smarter than this!
Not one figgin trainer in the history of harness racing can tell you whether the yearling they just bought is gonna be a good one or not until they break them and train them down.
Not one high profile trainer who has concentrated on large numbers of 2&3 year olds in their careers have had the high percentage of success that Brown is experiencing per season getting each individual group to the track.
All of Brown's 2 year olds are showing outstanding qualifiers in fast times with one looking as good as another on paper.
Takter, Burke, Morgan Jr, Erv Miller, Alagna, Joe Anderson and many other large current and past operations have had as many 2 year olds in training as Brown has but the difference is those guys would get a couple of real good ones out of their crops and another 4 or 5 decent ones NOT 20 or 30 or more!
So you want me to believe Brown has a better eye for yearlings and a better training program then some of the best trainers harness racing has ever produced?
Brown's percentage of success is closer to Brett Pelling's, Casie Coleman's or Rene Allard's than Erv Miller's.
And we all know Coleman has "Da Shit" and Allard and Pelling's history is well documented.
John Leahy one said publicly that Joe Anderson was so much better than anyone else at selecting yearlings that he could look one in the eye and tell you if he would be a good one or not.
We all know now that that was a fucking lie!
You can not win in harness racing by dumping lots of money into breeding and buying herds of yearlings expecting to win a war of attrition. Many many misguided owners have tried it way before Brown's owners and have failed miserably.
No one here can deny that no matter what track I look at in my programs where Brown has 2 year olds starting their careers those Brown 2 year old's qualifiers look like world beaters on paper.
They may not finish this year that way but they certainly are drawing lots of attention.
