lisan
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Lead Rein
Riding Clubs Shows
my 6 yr old neice riding her
Beach Rides
Hunting
XC
SJ
Fun Rides
Riding Clubs Shows
my 6 yr old neice riding her
Beach Rides
Hunting
XC
SJ
Fun Rides
How sensible and versitile are your TBs? *Photos please*
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Sparkles
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Bustie, ex-raceeeer 
He's manic in open spaces....
Jumps are ver.very.spooky....
Unpredictable on the ground...
Scared of hacking....
And hates attention...
Too scary to be handles by kids...
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/Arko_III/?action=view¤t=498c46782a4b-1.flv
[She's 10 btw! Bosses daughter lol]
Loves a good play though!
And can win the occasional rosette!
LOL. He's a complete utter sweety and so unbeleivably anti-thoroughbred stereotype if you didn't guess
He's a lead rein pony at heart
He's manic in open spaces....
Jumps are ver.very.spooky....
Unpredictable on the ground...
Scared of hacking....
And hates attention...
Too scary to be handles by kids...
http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y52/Arko_III/?action=view¤t=498c46782a4b-1.flv
[She's 10 btw! Bosses daughter lol]
Loves a good play though!
And can win the occasional rosette!
LOL. He's a complete utter sweety and so unbeleivably anti-thoroughbred stereotype if you didn't guess
He's a lead rein pony at heart
Wimbles
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My crazy tb's
Monty
Winning a village scarecrow competition
Playing cricket on the park
Christmas pub ride
Team chasing
County show
Hunting
Halloween
Tiger
Showing
Event pony
Halloween
Jumping
Sorry got hugely carried away with that!!
Monty
Winning a village scarecrow competition
Playing cricket on the park
Christmas pub ride
Team chasing
County show
Hunting
Halloween
Tiger
Showing
Event pony
Halloween
Jumping
Sorry got hugely carried away with that!!
Grey_Eventer
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Will get some more pics. of me and my brother riding them when we were very little but here are a few for now:
although not on the lead rein there, dad used to lead both me and brother out hunting
on the lead rein there, different horse- polo pony
me on evil mare last year... she has played everything from high goal to farm polo...she has hunted, she has jumped and she has raced. versatile? will find some of me and bro. riding her when we were much younger!
aged 18, playing medium goal! still! last year!
will get some more pics. but all our TBs have been ex-race horses, turned polo ponies, turned hunters and turned general kids pony when we didn't have anything else to ride!
When i was 7 and didn't have a pony as we were looking i rode one of our polo ponies regularly, made it do dressage! she was more than happy to oblige!
although the pics. make them look like nice sensible horses.... none of them were! all had the mental side to them, although some chose to show it more frequently than others!
although not on the lead rein there, dad used to lead both me and brother out hunting
on the lead rein there, different horse- polo pony
me on evil mare last year... she has played everything from high goal to farm polo...she has hunted, she has jumped and she has raced. versatile? will find some of me and bro. riding her when we were much younger!
aged 18, playing medium goal! still! last year!
will get some more pics. but all our TBs have been ex-race horses, turned polo ponies, turned hunters and turned general kids pony when we didn't have anything else to ride!
When i was 7 and didn't have a pony as we were looking i rode one of our polo ponies regularly, made it do dressage! she was more than happy to oblige!
although the pics. make them look like nice sensible horses.... none of them were! all had the mental side to them, although some chose to show it more frequently than others!
Wimbles
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Sorry just wanted to add another pic of one of our ex racers we had first time going western
MissMincePie&Brandy
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My lovely TB is an ex NH racehorse out of Selkirk. He's fab and I love him to bits. He saved my life recently after a deranged loonatic drove into us at very high speed with his horn on, and my boy did exactly as told and didn't move a muscle. If he'd have fidgited we'd have been hit, and if he'd have panicked and spun we'd probably have been fatally hurt.
He's totally bombproof in traffic and is fine to hack out alone around the village on bin collection and recycling days!
Having said that, he's certainly got spirit and isn't a novice ride. He's very bold and very brave. He's going to go far. Unfortunately he's just recovering from a slight setback when he demolished and destroyed a 5 bar gate, but the stitches come out on Friday, and he'll be back to 100% fitness again very soon!
He's totally bombproof in traffic and is fine to hack out alone around the village on bin collection and recycling days!
Having said that, he's certainly got spirit and isn't a novice ride. He's very bold and very brave. He's going to go far. Unfortunately he's just recovering from a slight setback when he demolished and destroyed a 5 bar gate, but the stitches come out on Friday, and he'll be back to 100% fitness again very soon!
FestiveSpirit
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I wouldnt in all honesty describe my TB as sensible or versatile, but I love him to bits and he is the best horse I have ever owned
emmaln
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This is Toffs, she is a 19 yr old ex racer with a chequered past and although i would definitely not call her sensible she is most certainly versatile!
She is best at being beautiful!
She can do in hand showing (so long as you forget the black beauty rears that occured just before we went in the ring)
She is extremely affectionate (well to the people she chooses!)
She has however finally found her vocation in life as a therapist and she helps children with behavioural difficulties! In this picture she is taking a childs soul dragon for a ride, he had just lost his grandad and was struggling to control his behavioural problems, after talking to Toffee and just spending time with her he told me he could learn to control himself because when he was around Toffs if he was silly then she would be silly and become dangerous! Toffs is a horse in a million and i love her to pieces!
She is best at being beautiful!
She can do in hand showing (so long as you forget the black beauty rears that occured just before we went in the ring)
She is extremely affectionate (well to the people she chooses!)
She has however finally found her vocation in life as a therapist and she helps children with behavioural difficulties! In this picture she is taking a childs soul dragon for a ride, he had just lost his grandad and was struggling to control his behavioural problems, after talking to Toffee and just spending time with her he told me he could learn to control himself because when he was around Toffs if he was silly then she would be silly and become dangerous! Toffs is a horse in a million and i love her to pieces!
malcolmmacaw
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Haven't got the hang of attaching pics yet, but I got Ralph (Cyborg de Sou) straight out of training at 10 years old, so he's raced for many years, always National Hunt, never on the flat. What a poppet to deal with!!! Having said all that, he did dump me 2 wks ago, which was the first time in nearly 2 years of owning him! Too much spring grass! I've not really asked much of him, although he did come 2nd in his & mine 1st dressage test!! He moves like a dream, which is probably the only reason I bought him back then! He's adapted really well to being a 'normal' horse, although he does have his typical TB moments. I would highly recommend and ex-racer, although def not for novices.
Angua2
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As well as all the photos in my siggie, this was my girly on her first introduction to the sidesaddle. Just a little confused, no screaming addabs either. A 7 year old ex racer who has been nanny to horses, in somecases, a decade older than her!
pinktiger
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i dont have any pics just a vid of my 5 yo t/b (7/8ths) first dressage test on grass, he has the most massive movement and is quite tall so please excuse me looking like im being orbited, because i am !! I think he moves well for a tb and his size he managed to get round a 20x40 without leaving the arena, bless!!!,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SbvzvlDZo0
no cc required my trainer/friend was there i know where the faults are!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SbvzvlDZo0
no cc required my trainer/friend was there i know where the faults are!!!
mudmonkey17
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I so want an ex racer after reading this post! Currently have a cob/hunter type but think i am being converted x
LadyRascasse
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Joe is good at looking pretty
dressage
jumping whilst holding on to nothing
and normal jumping
and very good at cuddles
Gymkanna's
Not bad going for a 22yr old (all photos where taken in the last 12 months)
dressage
jumping whilst holding on to nothing
and normal jumping
and very good at cuddles
Gymkanna's
Not bad going for a 22yr old (all photos where taken in the last 12 months)
LadyRascasse
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jazz jumps lots
nice flat work (though better when she has a decent rider)
nice flat work (though better when she has a decent rider)
rowy
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my mare Dancer is supposedly 3/4 tb and 1/4 irish though she acts completely tb and looks it too. got her in a really bad state as a 12 year old and managed to train her in dressage and jumping and showing
Toffee44
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My wonderful boy. Loved X country, I did a bit of team chasing but have no pictures. And some. One problem with a grey ex racer is the purple spray really shows up
Toffee44
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LadyRascasse
I love those fillers stop, dont stop, stop, dont stop
I love those fillers stop, dont stop, stop, dont stop
_April_
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I have a full TB mare who is now 12
She does a bit of everything at RC sort of levels.
The most laid back thing i do with her I don't have photos of yet but I canter her up the field bareback in a headcollar and I've even started being able to do it with just a rope around her neck!!!
XC
SJ
Fun to hack - alone or in company
Laid back to handle and will stand for hours on her own in the trailer at shows.
Can give pony rides to 10 year old kids
She does a bit of everything at RC sort of levels.
The most laid back thing i do with her I don't have photos of yet but I canter her up the field bareback in a headcollar and I've even started being able to do it with just a rope around her neck!!!
XC
SJ
Fun to hack - alone or in company
Laid back to handle and will stand for hours on her own in the trailer at shows.
Can give pony rides to 10 year old kids
Firewell
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Heres my current one:-
5yr old Ex-Racer Gelding:-
First Show, Notice how chilled he is, so much so that I could hack him around on a long rein! He was aged 4 in this pic. It was BD and he was placed first time out
First time over a water tray.. he is so spooky he didn't even look, in fact didn't even do a big jump. Hes totally unphased
First jumping show and 3rd ever show. V chilled out and happy and popped round clear first time
Excuse my chicken wings
He is the most gorgeous, pleasurable horse.
Ex-racers are fab. I always say as long as you have a half decent seat and some common sense you will be fine. They are not suitable for complete novices or nervous people as they can be quite powerful and they are very intelligent (blood horses after all!). But I think they are massivly under-rated and mine is just amazing.
5yr old Ex-Racer Gelding:-
First Show, Notice how chilled he is, so much so that I could hack him around on a long rein! He was aged 4 in this pic. It was BD and he was placed first time out
First time over a water tray.. he is so spooky he didn't even look, in fact didn't even do a big jump. Hes totally unphased
First jumping show and 3rd ever show. V chilled out and happy and popped round clear first time
Excuse my chicken wings
He is the most gorgeous, pleasurable horse
. Ex-racers are fab. I always say as long as you have a half decent seat and some common sense you will be fine
. They are not suitable for complete novices or nervous people as they can be quite powerful and they are very intelligent (blood horses after all!). But I think they are massivly under-rated and mine is just amazing.Prince33Sp4rkle
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all TB's are downhill and cant trot..................
this is my 5yo on his way to qualifying for the open novice regionals. he raced 4 times on the flat as a 2/3yo.
this is my 5yo on his way to qualifying for the open novice regionals. he raced 4 times on the flat as a 2/3yo.
hadfos
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(Don't know if this has been done already)
So many people have the perception that TBs are all crazy loons to ride. So I thought that all those with versitile TBs could post photos of them on here and see if we can show others what kind, tolerent horses they can be
This is my big lad....
Absolute angel
Infact if he was any more laid back he would be permanently asleep
(he has his moments as they all do,but believe it or not...owned him all his life(14yrs now)and he has never bucked or reared under saddle
,and the easiest on the yard to pull up on a stubble field,lol!