ChowChow
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Poor Keith must have been practically still a foal
http://www.tathren.com/main/main/horses-for-sale.html
http://www.tathren.com/main/main/horses-for-sale.html
Broken in too soon
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vieshot
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yuck! disgusting
sallypops
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omg, could that not do alot of damage to the pretty wee horse
jesterfaerie
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Poor thing lovely looking creature though.
Moggy in Manolos
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when we purchased my mare as a two yr old she had been broken to ride, bless her, we bought her from a sale of some irish gypsies, she was only a baby really, too young imo
carthorse
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Same happens to racehorses!Poor things
Rocky01
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A lot of people in the US break in at 2 so it's not really thought of (I'm in the US for half the year). I do think that it is too early especially considering what they have done with it since.
But I've known a lot of horses who have been broken at 2 and are very happily working without arthritis or anything else well into their late 20's, I equally have know a horse who did barrel racing as a 2 year old (very tough on horses physically) who wasn't right for a long time and always had a cold back so I've seen both sides.
This isn't to say that it is always done in the US just more often than here.
But I've known a lot of horses who have been broken at 2 and are very happily working without arthritis or anything else well into their late 20's, I equally have know a horse who did barrel racing as a 2 year old (very tough on horses physically) who wasn't right for a long time and always had a cold back so I've seen both sides.
This isn't to say that it is always done in the US just more often than here.
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Donkeymad
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As said, in the US horses are broken to ride very young and there is no apparent evidence to show it does any harm. I do not approve though. Nice looking youngster
JM07
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Doesn't seem to have done him too much harm.........
Tia
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I back most of mine at 2 (3 or 4 if they are not ready), as do many people in my country. These horses all seem to go on forever and without the usual issues that old horses in the UK tend to have; due to good breeding or being worked at a very slow pace when young, or different weather patterns? Who knows.
One of my oldies, is 23 was backed at 2, has competed and won many 100 miles races right up till he was 17 years old; still doesn't have any arthritis and he's never had any ailments.
One of my oldies, is 23 was backed at 2, has competed and won many 100 miles races right up till he was 17 years old; still doesn't have any arthritis and he's never had any ailments.
S_N
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Same happens to racehorses!Poor things
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No it doesn't - if they race at 2, do you think they break them at 2 or earlier? Depending of course on a) if they are intended for flat or jump racing, b) what country they are in and c) how forward they are.
Same happens to racehorses!Poor things
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No it doesn't - if they race at 2, do you think they break them at 2 or earlier? Depending of course on a) if they are intended for flat or jump racing, b) what country they are in and c) how forward they are.
Shilasdair
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I back most of mine at 2 (3 or 4 if they are not ready), as do many people in my country. These horses all seem to go on forever and without the usual issues that old horses in the UK tend to have; due to good breeding or being worked at a very slow pace when young, or different weather patterns? Who knows.
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'Fugly Horse of the Day' would suggest otherwise...
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I back most of mine at 2 (3 or 4 if they are not ready), as do many people in my country. These horses all seem to go on forever and without the usual issues that old horses in the UK tend to have; due to good breeding or being worked at a very slow pace when young, or different weather patterns? Who knows.
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'Fugly Horse of the Day' would suggest otherwise...
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