Many people enjoy watching races where animals are running. These animals need to be trained in a certain way and the need to get regular exercise. Horse racing trainers have a very specific job that they need to do.
There are very few people that have the patience to do this kind of job. The problem is that many of these animals that are being trained will be young ones also known as yearlings. To start off with the first need to train these animals to be comfortable with a saddle on their backs.
These animals do not need to be trained to run, that is a natural ability. They do however need to be trained on running longer distances. The animal needs to build up something called stamina. This is something that will help them coping with longer distances at a much faster pace than what they are used to. Another thing that this animal would need for racing is endurance. This is something they need to learn that will keep them going when they might start feeling tired.
Teaching the animal this is absolutely no different from to teach endurance to a human being. You can just start taking the animal for very long runs from the get go. You will have to start off with short runs.
The animal is born with a natural instinct to run. There are two major differences between the untrained and the trained animal. The first difference is that the untrained animal can only run short distances where the trained animal can run long distances.
The second difference is that an untrained animal will go from a stationary position to galloping and then only running where the trained animal can go from a stationary position straight into running mode. This is something that will take up a lot of time, energy and patience to teach the animal how to do this. The trainer will take the animal on runs on a daily basis.
The trainer can't just let the horse run and push the horse to run the full distance that he want him to run on day one of training. This will damage the animal in a way that will be very difficult if not impossible to fix. The trainer should take the animal and let the animal run the normal distance that the animal is comfortable with.
The animal should have a few days of very light workouts. This should carry on for as long as it takes the animal to be completely comfortable with running fats and for long distances. The animal should also be able to understand when to run fast and when he can relax and gallop.
Once you have accomplished this, almost half of the training has been done. One of the major things that you need to teach the animal, and this can be a tricky situation, is to teach the animal how to start running straight from a still standing position. As you can see, training this kind of animal can be close to a mission impossible if, you do not know the animal and if you do not know how to do it. Maybe now there is a little more respect for the people that is responsible for the training of these animals.
There are very few people that have the patience to do this kind of job. The problem is that many of these animals that are being trained will be young ones also known as yearlings. To start off with the first need to train these animals to be comfortable with a saddle on their backs.
These animals do not need to be trained to run, that is a natural ability. They do however need to be trained on running longer distances. The animal needs to build up something called stamina. This is something that will help them coping with longer distances at a much faster pace than what they are used to. Another thing that this animal would need for racing is endurance. This is something they need to learn that will keep them going when they might start feeling tired.
Teaching the animal this is absolutely no different from to teach endurance to a human being. You can just start taking the animal for very long runs from the get go. You will have to start off with short runs.
The animal is born with a natural instinct to run. There are two major differences between the untrained and the trained animal. The first difference is that the untrained animal can only run short distances where the trained animal can run long distances.
The second difference is that an untrained animal will go from a stationary position to galloping and then only running where the trained animal can go from a stationary position straight into running mode. This is something that will take up a lot of time, energy and patience to teach the animal how to do this. The trainer will take the animal on runs on a daily basis.
The trainer can't just let the horse run and push the horse to run the full distance that he want him to run on day one of training. This will damage the animal in a way that will be very difficult if not impossible to fix. The trainer should take the animal and let the animal run the normal distance that the animal is comfortable with.
The animal should have a few days of very light workouts. This should carry on for as long as it takes the animal to be completely comfortable with running fats and for long distances. The animal should also be able to understand when to run fast and when he can relax and gallop.
Once you have accomplished this, almost half of the training has been done. One of the major things that you need to teach the animal, and this can be a tricky situation, is to teach the animal how to start running straight from a still standing position. As you can see, training this kind of animal can be close to a mission impossible if, you do not know the animal and if you do not know how to do it. Maybe now there is a little more respect for the people that is responsible for the training of these animals.
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