I can understand the logic of taking them of the dark later = the better they'll race at the back end of the y/bird program but..... is it worth the trade off! I'm out to win every race I enter but my love is old bird racing and wouldn't do anything that could jeopardise that. I feel the strain of taking them of the dark that late, racing them, training them & asking them to moult (again) then on top of that rear a nest before been put on the road as yearlings could leave their energy levels flat.