Got to love the TB's

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sammylou93

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I have recently started riding out for my local trainer, first just on the gallops but now I have started doing flatwork with the racehorses and it is so satisfying to get one that has no neck, can't bend or go in any outline whatsoever to working properly in a matter of a few days. They always try so hard and are such a pleasure to work with. Got to love them!
 
I'm so glad someone else is getting the chance to experience these lovely horses doing what they do best!

I hope you carry on enjoying it as it's one of the best feelings in the world when it all clicks into place on these "psycho" horses!
 
PitPony said:
definitely....why do they seem to get such a bad press...the only problems my tb ever had were human-made...?
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Agree. The lads at the yard boot them in the ribs and yank them in the teeth and balance on their mouths on the gallops so it's no surprise that they go the way that they do. If they get upset by something rather than a pat and a steady word it's shouting, kicking and pulling!
 
sammylou93 said:
Agree. The lads at the yard boot them in the ribs and yank them in the teeth and balance on their mouths on the gallops so it's no surprise that they go the way that they do. If they get upset by something rather than a pat and a steady word it's shouting, kicking and pulling!
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I think that's a very generalised statement and certainly doesn't and wouldn't happen in the yards I have worked in and run.
 
I agree Aces-High.

In my experience, in the NH yards the guys are not upto much when it comes to flatwork (thats what they employ girls for!) ;) - but they dont flap and balance on their mouths, kick etc. For some of them riding racehorses was their introduction to riding so they must learn to "post" but most tend to be far more balanced and have far better hands than your usual beginner.

Poor riders who haul horses around will not be employable outside of their starting yard. No reasonable yard tolerates that sort of riding.
 
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