Advice on new recently-ex racehorse

He's beauiful and wil make a stunning adult .
I would if he arrived here approach turn out gradually my tb took a long term to suss fields and what to do in them .
I would remove the shoes turn out with one sensible friend .
I also would turn away and rest a while without shoes then gently start with a rebacking in the late spring by then he should be living out and just coming for care and training .
They are the most fabulous horses its hard to beat a good TB good luck with him
 
[ just treated them like a normal horse and let them get on with it.[/QUOTE]

That is exactly how we have treated the four we have got!
 
Well he arrived this evening, having not met him before he seems very small, but I guess that's being a baby/whippet fit! He proceeded to fling himself on the floor of his stable and mess up his lovely bed - was very itchy and sweaty and rolled about 20 times, but after a groom he's settled down and seems very sweet and friendly. In the flesh he's very pretty and one of the showing types on the yard has already earmarked him for show hack/riding horse..!

Needless to say he won't touch his boring new food and doesn't seem to get the point of the haynet, but once he's hungry I'm sure he'll work it out :-)
 
tobiano1984 said:
Well he arrived this evening, having not met him before he seems very small, but I guess that's being a baby/whippet fit! He proceeded to fling himself on the floor of his stable and mess up his lovely bed - was very itchy and sweaty and rolled about 20 times, but after a groom he's settled down and seems very sweet and friendly. In the flesh he's very pretty and one of the showing types on the yard has already earmarked him for show hack/riding horse..!

Needless to say he won't touch his boring new food and doesn't seem to get the point of the haynet, but once he's hungry I'm sure he'll work it out :-)
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How exciting good luck!
 
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