Recent content by Cobraess

Oh god, that's awful - was the horse alright in the end? Management is quite a sad answer but I think that is the only true one. Definitely the most realistic than what I had been hoping for. I'll be with him though forever so if management it is then I'm willing to do whatever it takes. Very...

Thank you! Yes, Switzerland is perfect for training his butt muscles too haha!

He's a hard keeper and the owner did not have the funds to feed him what he needed. We have given him the best possible restart since December - he's already such a different animal personality-wise! He had one other owner for one year in between me and his racing career so his decline must...

Thank you for your response! He's a skinny boy, he was really so underweight when he came to us so we are currently building up his muscle, loads of uphill canters to develop his hind and lateral work etc. I guess since he's so skinny it's quite easy to see his bone structure through it which...

Ok, thank you very much. I obviously do not want him in constant discomfort. I have tried different feed consistencies and there's not much I can do about how he drinks water. I hope there is an easier solution to stop it once and for all. He's super fit now and has the potential to have a...

Hello everyone - brand new to the forum here. I was wondering if anyone would like to critique the conformation of my new OTTB. He came to us very thin (can be seen in one of the images), and has been in steady work ever since coming to us. Here is the link to the album...

Ok, I'll schedule the vet for next week in that case. We had him imported from the U.K. where he has had 2 stage 2 vet check and they both gave him the all clear. After the first 10 minutes of hard work, or an uphill trot whilst hacking he seems to clear whatever is obstructing his pathway...

Is there anything that can be done for him? Will he just have to live with it?

Thank you for your reply. I researched choke and that's what I thought it was at first but choke seemed to strike me as a one time occurance that's a medical emergency when it does happen. The way he coughs is more like how we accidentally inhale a bit of our drink and then have to cough...

So my horse is an 8 year old ex-racer and we believe he had a tie-back and a hobday operation, but we are unsure as we bought him from a unreliable source. The trainer said that he has always had this cough and that grazing on good grass seemed to be the most important thing for him. He...