first prelim for ex racehorse

lucygunson

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Hi

just joined this all new to me!!! Have just got a 4 year old ex racehorse after having 11 years with my old horse who was sadly put down last year, i had her since she was 4 and we taught each other so much no other horse will ever replace her, her talent was endless - very sad she was brilliant and i miss her so much,
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but the day after she went fate happened and an ex racehorse was looking for a home as he didnt like racing so i have him now he is lovely but so much work to do we have done 2 walk and trot tests as the canter is not fantastic but now we are off to do prelim 7 on sunday cant wait should be interesting!!! we have been jumping little fences after we have done flatwork but he gets cocky with them so last night put it up to about 2ft 3 and he completely backed off so maybe he is not that confident in his jumping as he thinks he may be!!!??? Planning to do lots of dressage this year and play with clear round showjumping and xc schooling nothing big yet though hopefully he will get there
 
How exciting for you! Im sorry to here about your horse, but it sounds like you and your new pony make a fantastic combination, all credit to you for taking him on!

Best of luck in P7, its a really good choice of test for him as the canter is so straight forward! I always enjoy seeing race-horses do well in dressage, my instructor re-trains them for dressage; only really as a means of earning, but the transformation they make is fantastic. When I went to the Petplan areas last year they gave out special awards to the best placed ex-racehorse - some of the transformations were amazing - particularly in the higher classes!
 
good luck to you on sunday. sounds like you are doing a fantasic job with your boy, and the best of luck to you both, look forward to seeing some photos. racehorses are such noble and gorgeous creatures, they deserve a good shot at life, as do all horses!
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