I was watching some horse race yesterday(The Preakness Stakes) and I was amazed and how much money is involved. Apparently they can sell the winning horse of the Triple Crown for $70 million!
I immediately thought to myself… Charlie must be able to transfer his training and nutritional knowledge over to horse racing. Maybe give the horses abit of a massage, contrast showers, speed endurance work… and you’ll be up 70 mil in no time. What do you say??
I spoke to a horse trainer some years ago- they were doing short-to-long training due to age etc.
I heard they were still stuck on the bi-lateral vs. quad-lateral strength training predicament…
teaching a horse how to power clean is a struggle too! 
and as for getting them to do belly starts in training!!
i did a med ball workout once - hit the silly horse right in the head - workout was over before it even started…
And, the recoveries between high intensity bouts of running are much longer than humans - 7-21 days between hard runs, and maybe only one or two hard runs each workout - max. Starting out of the gates only takes place once in a while, because of the strain on the horses.
I taught a course to with a show jumping coach present. She was telling me how big a business equine training and therapy was. Only rich people are in the horse business, so high fees and bottomless budgets are the norm.
When I asked about the long recovery periods, a common response was, “Well, the horse isn’t going to tell us that they need a longer recovery or massage, so we just have to assume they need more time to recover. The stakes are high and we can’t afford to hurt a horse.”
But sporting coaches and trainers hurt humans all the time… sometimes intentionally, if you are a U of M Football player.
Remember horses are bred to be the best. This info may provide clues as to how training should change for athletes approaching world record levels as we move into uncharted territory.
I hear most guru’s prefer working with seals. Apparently, they will do anything on top of a Swiss ball.
I wonder what the horse would say if you told him/her that they were going to give them an ice bath?
I’m neeeeeyyyyy going in there!
I know it’s bad:)