Two Year Olds	Starters	Winners/ Starters	Winners/ All Two Year Olds
Reade Baker Trained	15	80%	50%	40%
North America Total	35,296	31%	10%	3%

- Reade

• In 1996, the average number of starts per runner in North America was 7.59.
• The average number of starts per two-year-old runner in North America was 3.7.
• The average field size in North America was 8.31.
• Bucked Shins, is Nature speaking on behalf of the horse saying; " I physically cannot tolerate the amount of training that you are asking me to do. Slow down, allow me to mature enough so that I'm able to withstand the workload."

Yearling	Owner
Apalachee - colt	Lloyd Simpson, Lee Williams, Arthur Barkin
Ogygian - colt	Breeda and John Hayes
Bold Ruckus - filly	Dom Romeo's Terra Farm and Sam Cosentino's Lincoln Stud
Major Impact - filly	George Farr
Fly So Free - colt	Syd Cooper's RMC Stable
Comet Shine - colt	Syd Cooper's RMC Stable
Runaway - Groom colt	Phil Kives' K-5 Stable
Saratoga Six - colt	Arthur Barkin, Michael Cavalaris, & Leonard Feigman

Wait For Silence, a two year old filly by Salt Lake out of Off The Record, captures the Ontario Lassie Stake under a hand ride by jockey Laurie Gulas. Owned and bred by Reade Baker, Wait For Silence accumulated total first year earnings of $75,189.00.

PROVEN SIRES	UNPROVEN SIRES
CONQUISTADOR CIELO COZZENE CURE THE BLUES DEPOSIT TICKET MATTER OF HONOR RUNAWAY GROOM SAINT BALLADO SALT LAKE SILVER DEPUTY SILVER GHOST SMARTEN TOUR D'OR WAVERING MONARCH	TETHRA DISTANT VIEW MR. GREELY SUPREMO WILD ZONE LANGFUHR TEJANO RUN PEAKS & VALLEYS SMOKE GLACKEN WEIKIVA SPRINGS MARIA'S MON FOREST WILDCAT FRENCH DEPUTY

STARTS          169
1ST             31
2ND             28
3RD             18
STAKES          2
MONEY WON       $603,225
WIN %           18.5
WPS %           46.3

DAY 1 - WORK 5/8
DAY 7 - RACE
DAY 21 - WORK
DAY 28 - WORK
DAY 35 - RACE

A horse who starts out at a level 8 on day one and works 5/8 will notice a slight drop in his energy level. Within 5 days he should recover his full energy level and when he races on day seven, his energy level will drop sharply following the race. As his training regime continues he slowly regains his energy level but will not reach peak performance levels again until day thirty-five, approximately 28 days later. This is what I believe is the necessary time for recovery. Not only will you be getting the best from your horse, you will allow the horse to continue to race for longer periods of time at his optimum level. Performing only when his energy level is at it's peak, I believe horses will be able to stay sound longer.

Some well conformed older horses that have not been damaged in their youth may maintain this race schedule racing every 30 - 45 days for years and nearly always at their peak. The so-called signs that a horse is not tired coming out of a race such as kicking, eating well, bouncing around the shedrow, are for the most part smoke screens. The race has reduced his energy level and only time, will replenish that level. In fact when a horse runs a "great" race this is not the time to run him right back. This is the time when he needs the longest break. Nearly all horses will respond from this schedule. We make cheap horses inconsistent by running them too often simply because there are more opportunities (race) for them.

I noticed that in Australia, the Melbourne Cup is run on a Tuesday and the traditional preps are 3 days before on the Saturday. Horses are given months off to recover from this campaign.

If you want a lot of fast action you'll need to own quite a few thoroughbreds. This is truly a game of patience for sportsmen.