Ralph Annear i? 
     
     As a trainer. Ralph belieyed that there 
     
     were important things lte must do for all 
     
     of his horses. They must be fed on a reg— 
     
     ular basis with the proper nutrients 
     
     Their water supply must not be neglect— 
     
     ed. They and their enyironment must be 
     
     kept clean. Proper shoeing is a must. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Their health must ne\'er be ignored. 
     
     Horses must neyer be abused or neglect— 
     
     ed. He believed that they must haye a 
     
     formulated training plan in place and you 
     
     must not miss too many days with them. 
     
     You must haye sufficient jogging and 
     
     training miles because. if you cheat in 
     
     this area. it shows when they race. Ralph 
     
     remembered a lot of early. cold winter 
     
     mornings when his hands would be 
     
     extremely cold while he jogged his hors— 
     
     es. These are some of the factors that a 
     
     successful trainer must practise 
     
    

    
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     Ralph Annears 
     
    
   
   
    
     moment in the 
     
    
   
   
    
     experience or 
     
    
   
   
    
     sport may haye been 
     
     when they won the Dairy (Queen in 
     
     Sydney with Harrods Iron/e. (Zlare 
     
     .\lacl)onald was the driyer that night and 
     
     she beat a lot of good ones. Ralph state 
     
     ed, "1 think it was (Ilare. She really stole 
     
     that race. in the eliminations. she had a 
     
     real battle after cutting some really quick 
     
     fractions and we just barely qualified for 
     
     the final. In the championship the fol 
     
    
   
   
    
     lowing week. she drew inside and 
     
    
   
   
    
     nobody would tackle her until it was too 
     
     late; she really stole that race, That was 
     
    
   
   
    
     one of my biggest moments in the game." 
     
    
   
   
    
     “Tl/2611‘ was one Qfmy biggest moments in [be game. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Ii Behind the Gate 
     
     The night in 1902 that .llor/et's l’l‘I’r/e died 
     
     due to an injury in a race was the worst 
     
     experience or moment for Ralph Annear 
     
     in horse racing. He remembered the sad 
     
     experience and related. “I remember it 
     
     all. .llor/et's l’ric/e was a good horse 
     
    

    
     called alter my younger brother. I was 
     
    

    
     sitting three in the race: he had neyer 
     
     made a break in his life. Just past the 
     
     half something happened and he almost 
     
     went down but I was able to take him 
     
     back to his feet. I looked and Junior 
     
    

    
     Downe was three or four lengths behind 
     
    

    
     me. I thought that l was okay but he 
     
    

    
     came plowing oyer us and (Ilark Smith 
     
     came o\‘er that. .llor/et's l’l'l'z/e had bro— 
     
     ken his leg so seyerely that he had to be 
     
    

    
     humanely put down on the spot. I 
     
    

    
     pleaded with them not to put him down. 
     
    

    
     it was pretty tough. The accident sey— 
     
     ered my right foot and it had to be fused. 
     
    

    
     l was in the hospital for two weeks and 
     
    
   
   
    
     in a cast all that winter." 
     
    
   
   
    
     I asked him what adyice he would giye 
     
     to a young person who was thinking 
     
     about a career in horse racing. This 
     
     “If that 
     
    
   
   
    
     person was talented and really serious. 
     
    
   
   
    
     astute yeteran adyised. young 
     
     he or she might haye to leaye the Atlantic 
     
     region to make a good liying in this 
     
     industry. He or she may acquire a good 
     
     foundation here by starting at the bottom. 
     
     Successful people in this industry began 
     
     by mucking stalls. They didn't start on 
     
    
   
   
    
     the track. This is not a game or industry 
     
    
   
   
    
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