AmyAlfTupper
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I am now a proud owner of an OTTB, Alfie ( raced under Alf Tupper (GB), 8 years old, 16.2hh bay gelding ) he is very willing to please, is incredibly affectionate and an angel in the stable and for farrier etc, learns fast aswell although he is my first horse and I would appreciate if anyone could offer some schooling tips and also how to keep him calm under the saddle and what to do to stop him bolting off and also how to stop him if he does. I have only had one incident of this and he lept over 3 trotting poles and galloped round and round, repeating the huge leap over the poles. Sometimes he will try and pick up the pace and try and take off but if I feel him trying to do this I will try and talk him down and circle him. Understandably he only does this as it has been bred/trained into him, he would never try to hurt me, he would nearly hurt himself rather than hurt anyone which is a quality in him I love and is hard to find even in schoolmasters. Every horse whether it has raced or not can be disobedient and gallop off so I try not to judge all his problems as race related and give him the chance to prove me wrong.
He has not raced in over a year and has done basic schooling, and can walk, trot, canter nicely and always on correct leg when he wants too! Can circle in trot aswell, but I am going to bring everything back to basics and do alot of lead rope groundwork and lots and lots of walk. He is turned out into the sand school with other horses every day and would be worked by me 3/4 days a week so I don't think he has any built up energy ( well more than usual for a racer! ).
I have all the confidence in the world in him that he will make a great riding horse and will eventually compete.
Also I would like anything ex-racehorse related posted here too! eg. experiences, what feed you use etc. as I could refer to the advice you all give and use it to help bring on my lovely OTTB Alfie
Thanks!
Amy xx
Here are a few pictures of him I took, and also one I found of when he raced, I will post more if any of you are interested
He has not raced in over a year and has done basic schooling, and can walk, trot, canter nicely and always on correct leg when he wants too! Can circle in trot aswell, but I am going to bring everything back to basics and do alot of lead rope groundwork and lots and lots of walk. He is turned out into the sand school with other horses every day and would be worked by me 3/4 days a week so I don't think he has any built up energy ( well more than usual for a racer! ).
I have all the confidence in the world in him that he will make a great riding horse and will eventually compete.
Also I would like anything ex-racehorse related posted here too! eg. experiences, what feed you use etc. as I could refer to the advice you all give and use it to help bring on my lovely OTTB Alfie
Thanks!
Amy xx
Here are a few pictures of him I took, and also one I found of when he raced, I will post more if any of you are interested