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Re: [RC] More whoa needed - Marirose Six

I think Rae meant, already trained to race 50 +/- miles, not track racing. (I know what you mean about the TB's though.)
Marirose
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Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 4:14 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] More whoa needed

Rae wrote:

 

>>That really doesn’t work on horses that have already been trained to race.  They may calm down on conditioning rides and trail rides, but come competition day, you’ll be right back on your fire breathing dragon.

 

 

I am not an endurance rider, so cannot comment about endurance competitions, but I currently have five TBs standing in my yard, with the following race and competition history:

 

Just Harry – 7yo TB, raced twice.  Currently competing at showjumping

Four Gated City – 17yo TB.  Raced six times.  Retired from competition but did dressage and showjumping.  Currently teaching a novice rider how to jump.

Diceman – 7yo TB.  Ten starts, eight wins, broke down with knee chips.  Currently competing at eventing and showjumping. 

Blistering Barnacles – 8yo TB.  Forty starts, 1 win, 19 places.  Currently competing at dressage, eventing and showjumping.

Good Shot – 3yo filly, unraced.

 

 

The horses that *I* find easiest to control in company (and that includes the warm-up arena at a big show and the start of a XC event) are the successful ex-racehorses.  Diceman is a real dobbin, despite his race record, and I often put nervous riders on him when we go out in company, because you can gallop off without him and he doesn’t turn a hair.

 

ALL of these horses are ridden in snaffle bridles, including on the XC course.

 

It is not whether they raced – it is how they were trained to race, and how they were retrained afterwards, which determines whether they will be “stoppable” in company. 

 

Tracey

 

 


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