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Training

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future. The method used for the weaning process, or how he is broken in to saddle — all of it helps stamp a model for success.

How much?

How early?

“The trick is, of course, to treat every horse as an individual,” said Malcolm Commer, managing partner of Contrarian Stables, a steeplechase breeding and ownership partnership based in Maryland. “It’s better, at every stage, to err on the side of taking it a little slower to develop a young horse than faster.”

Commer, who owns champion Tres Tbuche, said his steeplechase breeding operation includes young horses of varying ages.

“We foal most of them at the

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