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think of what I do as * ‘conditioning,’ that is, preparing a horse physically and mentally to do his best job, whatever it may be.”
His approach is all “hand's on, not over the phone,” he said, and much of the time by him personally. With 40 horses on the farm and 19 in training, his work is cut out for him.
“My job is paying attention to details. I ride every horse some time during the week and I look at all of them every day.
“I don't believe in chemical stimulants. There's no magic potion. It's all hard work — elbow grease. You can't find out what's wrong with them if you don't look at them. The^ best way is to groom them. I don't do 15 or 20 every day, but I do a lot of them, and I bathe most of those that get ridden.”
Unlike horses that live at the track, Yovanovich's string live a life of comparative luxury, with minimal stress and plenty of opportunity to “just be a horse.” In return, he asks that his horses trust and respect him.
“I try to make sure they are happy here and that I've given them the tools to be successful if they try their hardest for me. That's my goal.”
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