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Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
Finally got the weather for some pictures. I have to say I'm thrilled with these. I bought him four months ago and I've been working relentlessly through the winter at getting him to release himself and go forwards. I don't think he was truly sound when I bought him. His front feet were a very odd shape, 130mm from toe to heel and 150 mm from side to side. My guess is that he was equally bilateral lame in front and that if we had nerve blocked one front foot he would have shown up lame. I got his shoes off at four weeks, and as his front feet turned into a round shape (they are now 140 x 140, his shoulders began to unlock and he began to go forward. I am absolutely thrilled with these videos from today.
To summarise, he's eight years old, 16.1hh and was bred as a hurdler, trained as a hurdler, but never raced. He was the stiffest, stuffiest, most backward thinking TB I have ever retrained. He's interesting mentally, you don't try and make him do anything, you just work around issues until he agrees to release and use himself. He is nowhere near fully muscled yet, I think there is a lot more to come!
It was his third time out today, and he was much improved to handle on the ground. He was even tacked up tied to the van, which we haven't managed before as he was too aerated.
His full name is Muffin McClay, friend of Hairy McClary 😂
I'm sharing these videos for all the people who have been asking to see him. I'm not looking, please, for any criticism of how he is going or of my riding.
To summarise, he's eight years old, 16.1hh and was bred as a hurdler, trained as a hurdler, but never raced. He was the stiffest, stuffiest, most backward thinking TB I have ever retrained. He's interesting mentally, you don't try and make him do anything, you just work around issues until he agrees to release and use himself. He is nowhere near fully muscled yet, I think there is a lot more to come!
It was his third time out today, and he was much improved to handle on the ground. He was even tacked up tied to the van, which we haven't managed before as he was too aerated.
His full name is Muffin McClay, friend of Hairy McClary 😂
I'm sharing these videos for all the people who have been asking to see him. I'm not looking, please, for any criticism of how he is going or of my riding.