{"id":8695,"date":"2017-05-09T15:39:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T05:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/?p=8695"},"modified":"2017-07-17T15:57:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T05:57:33","slug":"how-to-break-a-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauristonfarm.com.au\/?p=8695","title":{"rendered":"How to break a champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Story by Mick Sharkie \u2013 @TheSharkTweet<\/a>
\nfrom G1X : How to break a champion<\/a><\/p>\n

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Warren Diggles and a yearling Sepoy colt<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Tgwx5ctiwA&feature=youtu.be<\/a><\/p>\n

A noisy, dust stained truck pulls up at a country property.<\/p>\n

The back gate opens and nervous feet tread the steel floor inside.<\/p>\n

One by one, three young horses walk anxiously from the truck into the rough, weather beaten hands of a stranger carrying a lead rope and a chest full of courage.<\/p>\n

The first young horse rears and strikes out, but the man gently coaxes it back to earth. With a comforting voice he runs a hand down the young horse\u2019s jowl.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s OK mate, it\u2019s OK.\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the world of the breaker.<\/p>\n

Around Australia right now on horse properties both far flung and urban, breakers and pre-trainers are helping hundreds of yearling thoroughbreds take the first step to a career on the racetrack.<\/p>\n

Warren Diggles from Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm is one of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery horse is different and you have to treat them that way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a bit like a teacher I suppose. I can\u2019t make them faster than they are but I can teach them what they need to know to be a racehorse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diggles works with all types of young horses, shy ones, brave ones, tough ones, naughty ones, and of course, fast ones.<\/p>\n

G1 winners Malaguerra and I Am  Star are just two of the fast ones that have passed through his classroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ones with attitude problems, the naughty ones, they misbehave because they don\u2019t understand what you want them to do,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need to take your time with them, show them, and help them understand. It\u2019s a challenge and a very satisfying job.\u201d<\/p>\n

G1X.com.au<\/a> spent a day with Diggles at the beautiful Lauriston Thoroughbred Farm at Corinella, on the shores of Westernport Bay, to find out just what it\u2019s like to educate tomorrow\u2019s champions.<\/p>\n

Take two minutes from your day to witness a true horseman at work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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