Can Thoroughbreds do endurance?????

I don't know for sure but I would say they probably could, maybe not as well as an Arab say, but probably better than other types of horses.
 
In a word - yes. So can warmbloods, natives, cobs.... the list goes on.

And yes, they can be very successful indeed - although being useless at things like that, I can't think of any examples right now, I just do know there are many successful TBs out there.

There's absolutely nothing to stop you giving it a try, and you never know, your TB might take to it like a duck to water.
 
I've certainally seen some out on the endurance rides, completing no problem!

one thing, tho - if you're wanting to get seriously competitive with the endurance stuff, having a horse with a naturally low heart rate is a real advantage and friends of mine that do endurance on their TB's struggle with this....
 
There are plenty of TB's (and other non-Arab) competing at Endurance at high levels, and doing well. With regards to TB's try and avoid flat-footed ones that tend to get bruised soles or you might struggle.
 
If we'd have got our old guy before racing screwed him up (he had an old fractured pelvis and boogered tendon from a crashing fall so was never up to real hard work), he'd have been a worldbeater. That long groundcovering trot, the powerful canter that goes on forever, the will to always catch up with that horse on the horizon..... He is a big hearted critter so his resting rate was always really low, too (low 20s) - the issue with TB pulses is that they are very reactive and can shoot up depending on how exciting they find their surroundings, even if they are showing no outwards signs of being stressed.
 
I sold a little mare some years back, bred for racing but unraced. Ended up being fairly successful at endurance. Didn't surprise me as though she was extremely laid back and nothing bothered her, she was very forward going, the sort you can go out on for hours with the reins on the buckle end.
 
I too had an ex-racer when I started endurance. He had pelvic trouble which precluded long distances but was superb up to 30kms - low heart rates, very comfortable, ground-covering ... just a bit tall for gates at 16.3! There are quite a few successful TB endurance horses up here.
 
I did quite a lot of lower level endurance rides with my TB (now retired). We did mainly 25 miles on Exmoor / The Brendons and The Quantocks. She had raced and so was always keen to catch up with any horse on the horizon in front. She had rather flat feet, which was a problem, as the going on the moors is quite rough in places. The other slight problem was as she had such sensitive skin I had to be careful not to get rubs from her tack. I really enjoyed doing it though and it gives you a very close bond with your horse.
 
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