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No one will ever compare to the Burke’s
They train the shit out of them, and if they survive, they'll make good horses. Easy to employ that tactic when you have as many as they do.
The number of babies they get to the races would suggest that it’s not an attrition based program. They do train the shit out of the older horses though. 1000%
I don't keep a real close eye on how many they start with in training as 2yos versus how many make it and then go forward, but someone else who gets a lot of flak on here (see the Ponzi thread) gets an insane percentage to the races, at the detriment to the horse. I am not saying there's not some logic to that. High numbers, get them going, and the tough training weeds out the lame, the ones with no try, etc. It's not how I'd do it, but I also don't have the $$ backing these outfits. I personally would not give a baby to them. I would give an established horse with some go to it to them. Which, quite frankly, they end up buying a lot of the time anyway.
My opinion on the Burke stable with young horses is they try to get all they can out of their 2 year olds, and a lot of them don't come back good at 3.