Am I daft to consider a TB?

[I'm Dun]

Thanks everyone for your advice given so freely, that's exactly what I needed to hear! So I've actually seen one on FB that has been on a training yard but not raced as apparently she was too slow -, whats everyone's thoughts on that?

Hard no! Find one thats currently doing and has been doing the work you want to do for at least 2 years. They do break a lot, but that gives you a good chance of finding one that will stay sound.

 

[McGrools]

Thanks everyone for your advice given so freely, that's exactly what I needed to hear! So I've actually seen one on FB that has been on a training yard but not raced as apparently she was too slow -, whats everyone's thoughts on that?

Be careful with that, I think quite a few don’t stand up to the training due to not being sound enough hence never raced. X

 

[McGrools]

So as the title says really!!

As a middle aged on-off lifetime rider/sharer the time was finally right to buy our own last year for both me and the teenage daughter (to mainly hack about, low level stuff) and we purchased a lovely cob, who we adore but hasn't been straightforward at all and after 8 months of stop start riding got diagnosed with annular ligament damage in March. He finally had the surgery in May and we're 7 weeks into what we know will be a very long rehab and we don't expect to be riding him much before the Autumn. I should say he's not going anywhere even if he doesn't come sound again.

In the interim we've been fortunate to have the ride of a very kind lady's 2 horses: a 16.1 ID who my daughter mainly rides and I ride her mum's 15.2 TB who is an OTTB, but now 10ish. Having not ridden many TB's I didn't know whether I would like it but WOW I love riding him, he's athletic, not too wide, jolly and a great boy! Coupled with the fact that a dream of mine has always been to dabble in some non-competitive endurance I was thinking of looking for one??? Is this a crazy idea?
Any advice most gratefully received!

I’m on my third and work in racing. Fantastic animals but fragile and high maintenance and terrible feet.
I love riding them so much but I really don’t want to stomach the farrier bills.
I much prefer low maintenance barefoot types for easy keeping. If you want to do endurance I’d go Arab.xx

 

[Peglo]

I was going to sing the praises of my TB but when I actually think about it I may have had my rose tinted glasses on

She was super brave though. She never enjoyed hacking much but she was bomb proof in traffic. In fact she swerved towards an artic lorry because a bull was at the fence I also really enjoy the athleticism.