Well at least he got to his point. I don't know about all this 'walking' though.

If a horse don't go for a decent canter to get the air out of it's spleen and ready it's lungs for the race before heading for the starting gates, it's their for the scenery in my opinion.

A good trainer feeds his horses well and his runners will usually be race fit, so the trainer has to be important as small trainers scrimp on feed quality, vets, etc. etc. It's no surprise their horses mostly lose.

Negative gear [gear changes] has to be important. If I see front leg wraps first time or front leg wraps again [tendon problems] the runner won't see a cent of my money. Same applies to lugging bits, cross-over nose bands, tail chains or bar plates. In fact just about any gear changes [except for trainers who always use front wraps to keep other trainers guessing], keeps my money away.