Advise on young birds

[Bobthegas]

Hi,

 

Can you experienced flyers give me some advise,

If i were unable to race YBs this year, but could train them at any distance during the week, do you think they would and could make good race-yearlings the following year.

 

Bob

[Lightning McQueen]

Hiya Bob,

 

A lot of people dont race thier yb...and do extremely well as yearlings.

 

I think the secret is to make sure that they do get educated in the year of thier birth.. the more training you can give them the better..

 

No worries  

[jimmy white]

definately ,, the more training the better ,, single up, double up ,theyll make great yearlings ,,,and that way ,you will have some yearlings ,, were just comming up to the annual onslaught of the innocents

[Guest]

;D Bob , my uncle took a year out last year , but raised 6 young cocks and trained them well . returned to racing this year and his 6 yearling widow cocks took a few cards between them , and he only lost the one all season ??                                                                              andy  8)

[birdman55678]

They will be fine if not raced as ybs.  But as has been said before be sure to train them well and they will fly their hearts out for you.  Good luck.  

[David Home]

No reason why they wont turn out to be good yearlings. As long as they have a thorough schooling as yb's. Plenty of training. I would suggest up to 100mls. A couple of overnights in the basket as well. Remember and leave the drinkers on the baskets.

[johnyboy]

some people may say they must be raced as ybs to be any good as yearlings some say it dont matter. if you train them well they should be fine, i raced some yearlings this year that didnt see a basket last year and they raced fine as yearlings,

 

johnyboy