Rocky Bear & Elizabeth

Rocky Bear and Bits & Bytes Farm owner - Elizabeth

This Web site was created to tell the stories of the Off-the-Track Thoroughbreds Bits & Bytes Farm has sold. The Mission of Bits & Bytes Farm is to help sellers (of Thoroughbred racehorses for sale) to find buyers who have the ability to transition these horses to new careers. We offer assistance and guidance to make sure the horses we sell are successfully placed. Our Success Stories are proof that Thoroughbred racehorses make great sport horses and family members when their racing careers are over.

When a horse is purchased with the assistance of Bits & Bytes Farm, we require the new owners to stay in touch and provide us with updates. These updates are posted on our Success Stories pages so that the sellers of the horses know that their horses are doing well and have not gone back to racing or been slaughtered. The sellers care about these wonderful Thoroughbreds and they too enjoy reading about their horses' successful new careers. They often call or e-mail to thank us for finding a home for a horse they bred or trained. To learn more about Bits & Bytes Farm and our mission please visit our Web site at: www.BitsandBytesFarm.com.

Bits & Bytes Farm is to help sellers (of Thoroughbred racehorses for sale) to find buyers who have the ability to transition these horses to new careers. We offer assistance and guidance to make sure the horses we sell are successfully placed. Our Success Stories are proof that Thoroughbred racehorses make great sport horses and family members when their racing careers are over.

Be sure to visit our Facebook page, YouTube channel, websites and G+ page to learn more about Bits & Bytes Farm and the Thoroughbreds we have found second careers for. Links are at the top of this page. Enjoy!

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Icy Event – Bargain Barn Horse Finds a Champion

Congratulations Georgia Champion of Milner, Georgia! This was his Bargain Barn Available information: Icy Event is a 6 yr old gelding who is 16’1 hh. He is in dire straights for a home. He does have a splint on both front legs but other than that he is clean legged. He is very well behaved…

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Austin’s Wolf Exhibits a Wicked Sense of Humor

A quick update on Austin’s Wolf a former Bits & Bytes Horse For Sale. He has decided to try living up to his name and dug a hole in the pasture then pretended to be afraid of it when we walked by it under tack. HA! He is spoiled rotten. Our coach came over today…

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Joy in California!

Thank you so much for bringing me my JOY JOY! (Runnin Joy). She is the love of my life and will be with me till she goes to heaven! She is doing so well!

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Bato Loco – SOLD! September 2008

SOLD! Congratulations Melissa Cavan of Fernandina Beach, Florida! This was his Prospect Horse FOR SALE information: Bato Loco’s photos only made it as far as our sister Web site: www.ottbs-online.com and he was SOLD! “Loco” is a 2003, 16 hand, dark bay, Thoroughbred gelding. He has four white socks. He is a beautiful mover who…

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TK’s Turn Finds a New Mom

TK’s Turn has found a new home with our most frequent buyer, Dr. Laura Durham-Dixon. Congratulations on to Dr. Laura eighth purchase from Bits & Bytes Farm. Laura and her daughter Leslie enjoy doing hunter paces and dressage shows with the horses they have purchased from Bits & Bytes Farm. Dr. Laura even has her…

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When Can I Ride my New OTTB?

I just wanted to let you know what we have been doing lately. Votive has settled in extremely well here in Vermont. She goes outside in the round pen for a couple of hours every day, she doesn’t like bugs so we don’t push it on time outside. Yesterday, she had her new shoes put…

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Deny & Liz’s Success Story

I have been riding and competing in the hunter/jumper world my whole life and leased an OTTB during high school and college. I knew that when it was time for me to get my next horse I definitely wanted a thoroughbred! As I was researching barn and sale horses I kept coming back to the…

Ain't Misbehavin - - Despooking ex-race horse Mary Misbehavin

Mary Misbehavin Has Turned into a Flower

Just a couple of pics of PK Mary Violet (Mary Misbehavin) enjoying life on the farm. I’ve been doing ground work almost every day, and she is doing so well. The second picture is her with the bag of rocks on her back after I threw it all around her, up against her legs, under her and dragged it all over from behind and in front etc. She doesn’t even bother to look at it.

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Brett – A Champion at Eight

Just wanted to send you an update. Brett turned eight last Saturday (May 22), and he gave me a birthday present! We were champion in both of our divisions, classes of 14 & 16! He was fantastic! I’ve attached a photo of him with our ribbons.

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Positive Outcome to Anticipated “Irish Challenge”

Well it’s been a week and we “found” Irish hidden beneath his stubborn façade. My trainer rode him and I rode him a couple of times and finally yesterday we got a break through! He tested us pretty good, BUT he couldn’t stand us persistently asking him “to listen”, and finally we saw the “schoolmaster”…