Racing horse training?

Question

Why do they train horses so early in mornings?

Answer 1

At racetracks, they have to train during the hours that track management sets. If the horses are stabled at a track where racing is conducted in the afternoons, the horses have to be off the track quite early to allow the track to be watered and harrowed.

Another reason for working the horses early in the morning is that during the warm seasons of the year, this is the best time for workouts: before it gets hot. (It used to be that racing was conducted primarily during the warmer seasons of the year. Racehorses used to get a break during the winter months. Winter racing at places like Aqueduct in New York is a grind for horses and people both.)

At many off-track training centers, like Fair Hill in Maryland, they can get the horses out any time during the day. Some trainers swear by the value of running horses out of training center environments, because the horses can get out more and the environment is more laid-back than at the track.

Personally, I think one of the great pleasures in Thoroughbred racing is to get up early and go to the track to watch the workouts. You can stand by the rail and hear the muffled thudding of the hoofbeats as the horses go by, hear them breathing in short, sharp puffs, and even smell them. You can watch them fading out in the morning mist and feel the presence of the ghosts from the past-- great horses that likewise galloped down the track in the early morning and went on to immortality in the afternoons.

Morning workouts are a part of racing that most people never bother to go see, and that is such a pity. At most tracks you can go watch the workouts for free. You can see established stars working out in preparation for the next race, and if you're lucky, maybe you can see one of the future stars working out, laying the groundwork for greatness.

Answer 2

Racers are breezed and worked in the early am as the track is open and you are allowed to use it. Before they race on the surface it has to be worked on and drug with a harrow so it is closed a few hors before the raceing starts to allow the grounds people to clean and take care of the track surface.
So in the early am is the only time to exercise the horses.

Answer 3

Racehorses are trained so early in the mornings because that most tracks close the racetrack at 10 or 11 a.m. for work to get the track ready for the races that afternoon or evening.

Answer 4

Having horses and having a large stable,every horses needs its excerise.Thats why we employ people.I could never by myself ever get done with training.Wouldn't matter what time I started,if I did it myself.I'd loose business.When training a racehorse he doesn't go around the track one time and your done,that would be nice if it were true.My owners would replace me.They haven't yet,and I doubt they will,its hard to beat a winner.

Answer 5

Because alot of race horses need to be conditioned before the racing starts at noon.

Answer 6

because the trainers and the jockey.s all had jobs to go too,speaking from a family that owned and trained horses you could not soley count on the costs of training

Answer 7

To be cruel! That's how I found out I loved working with TBs because I hate mornings but I am willing to do it to be in it.

Now I work with Jumpers and in an indoor so I can work the horses at night.