Thoroughbreds can do
Maverick on the Move!
His ground manners and patience are all improving. He’s been taught to be hobbled. I only did this because he was getting to be such a handful camping and on big trail rides, I feared for his saftey and didn’t trust him not to jump to get with the herds. He struggled some, but quickly learned to calm himself. The Sunday afternoon following the Saturday that he was first hobbled it actually paid off in an unexpected way.
Fast Commander Bundled Up for Winter Weather
Fast Commander looks more soft and mature now. He is getting much more balanced. We actually jumped a mini course of little cross rails very respectably a couple days ago. Commander really seems to like jumping. He thrives on any and all human attention, which is quite a contrast from how he was prior to…
Mudbaths, Mayham, Whatever . . . Life is Good for this OTTB
Sorry it’s taken me so long to write, but the weather has been wretched and the only thing Outflankem, aka Bailey, (aka Mr. B ) has been doing is eating and taking mud baths! We got “Mr. B” so my husband could take a crack at some lower level eventing, and maybe some fox chasing.…
Muchu is a Superstar
“Shu” is the superstar of the barn….Patrick is starting to ride her almost exclusively now with me putting in some training rides to work on leg yielding and shoulder in stuff. . .
Enjoying Life After Racing
We had a perfect day today (weather) and both horses took full advantage of it on the soft ground. Thought you’d enjoy seeing Taxi with Cait’s other horse, Pepper. We’ve never had two horses lay down together like this. We were working on the fence near them so after seeing if we needed any help they decided to crash.
OTTB Nature is a Natural Hit with His New Family
We got real busy with getting the farm ready for winter (and have not had time to send an update)! Nature aka “Father Nature” is so wonderful, he is a gentle giant! I just got some corrective shoeing done about two weeks ago he’s got lots more heel now. Thank you so much! I would…
Slower Thoroughbreds and “Ghosts” to the Right Please
Rode Familiar Ghost for the first time today. He’s absolutely wonderful. Taking it slow, slow, slow. Will be emailing you for advice. Thank you again–so very much.
Brother Ron Settles In at Home
Brother Ron settled in so well at his new home. He is a nice paddock by himself for now so that he can have all the hay he wants, but also has his friends right on the other side of the fence. He let the other horses push him around, being the sweet boy he…
Clever “Casper” Invents New Game – Crash through the Rails
“Casper” (Familiar Ghost) is doing very well. He’s slowly coming into frame and getting rounder. I’ve jumped him over small stuff, little x’s, and he really thinks about things. I can almost HEAR him thinking, “why jump over this stuff? I can go around it much more easily.” But he’s honest and tries, so I have no complaints! We…