From Max's grandson, BIll Hirsch:

 

Training charts for 1946 Triple Crown winner Assault, who was conditioned by my Grandfather / Racing Hall of Famer Max Hirsch, are very interesting. Assault, a Texas-bred, basically breezed every 3 days, though he occasionally was wheeled right back and breezed 2 days in a row. Assault breezed 10 to 12 times each month. He ran an average of 2 races per month, though he did occasionally race 3 times in one month.



 
This arduous training schedule of 2 or 3 breezes a week ensured that assault received sufficient race-specific conditioning, so that his body remodeled itself to withstand the pressures of racing. His morning training routine ensured that Assault would develop race-specific bone, ligament, tendon, heart and lung densities. Plus his frequent breezes developed his ability to recover from a race in a few days and he was ready to race right back the next week, if necessary. Assault spent the winter of 1946 in winter quarters at the Columbia Training Center in Columbia, SC. Assault's KY Derby winning margin of 8 lengths still stands as the longest winning margin in Derby history.


 
Please note that in 1946 there was only 1 week between the KY Derby and the Preakness Stakes.


 

April 1            Shipped to Belmont Park
April 5            3 furlongs in :37
April 6            6 furlongs in 1:14

April 9            First start of year; won 6-furlong Experimental Free Hdcp in 1:12
April 12          4 furlongs in :48 2/5
April 14          3 furlongs in :35 1/5
April 15          1 mile in 1:43 4/5
April 18          1 mile in 1:41 2/5
April 20          Second start; won 1 1/16 Wood Memorial in 1:46 3/5

April 23          3 furlongs in :39; shipped to Churchill Downs
April 30          Finished 4th in 1 mile Derby Trial 1:40 1/5; muddy track



 
May 3              4 furlongs in :48
May 4              Won 1 ¼ mile KY Derby by 8 lengths* in 2:06 3/5; sloppy track


May 5              Walked
May 6              Shipped to Pimlico
May 8              3 furlongs in :40
May 9              1 mile in 1:45
May 11            Won 1 3/16 Preakness by a neck in 2:01 2/5; fast track


May 12            Shipped to Belmont
May 16            4 furlongs in :52
May 18            3 furlongs in :40
May 20            4 furlongs in :48
May 22            1 mile in 1:43 3/5
May 24            3 furlongs in :35
May 25            1 ¼ in 2:05
May 28            4 furlongs in :50
May 29            1 ½ in 2:32
 June 1              Won 1 /1/2 Belmont Stakes  by 3 lengths in 2:30 4/5; fast track









 * Assault still holds the longest winning margin of 8 lengths in KY Derby history.


 

Assault's distance traveled in official Workouts  (4 miles & 3 furlongs) AND
Races ( 2 miles & 6 ½ furlongs) for month of April: 7 miles & 3/16ths
 

Assault's distance traveled in official Workouts  (7 miles & 7 furlongs) AND
Races (2 miles & 7/16ths) for month of May: 10 miles & 5/16ths
 
And on the 3rd day after this 2-month grueling morning regime, Assault wins the Triple Crown.