Retraining ex-racers thread

[TheMule]

As a few people seem to be on this journey currently and I'm joining the ex-racers club this week I thought I'd start a thread to share experiences/ trials & tribulations!

My new boy comes home on Thursday- he is 8 and has run 35 times and won 5, mostly on the flat with a couple of hurdles races. He has had a break since coming out of training so we'll be starting slow and steady with lots of groundwork and quiet hacking. He has come from a nice yard where he has seen a bit of life so hopefully this will all go swimmingly….. ??

Meet Eagle

 

[lannerch]

What a handsome boy he is mule and quite chunky with substance for an ex racer . Love him looks very useful

 

[RachelFerd]

Well he's very attractive. Looks rather Simon-esque actually!

 

[CanteringCarrot]

Ooh, love his type.

 

[AmyMay]

Good grief! That’s the best looking horse I’ve seen for a long, long time!!!!

 

[Tiddlypom]

He is seriously nice!

 

[TheMule]

Well he's very attractive. Looks rather Simon-esque actually!

If he turned out like Simon I'd be delighted!

 

[TheMule]

Good grief! That’s the best looking horse I’ve seen for a long, long time!!!!

It took me approximately 10 seconds to type the number into my phone when I spotted him on Preloved ? Hopefully he has a good brain too ?

 

[TPO]

There will be a queue if you can find his twin brother!

He's a lovely sort. Looking forward to following his updates

 

[ycbm]

He's a very smart horse.
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[RachelFerd]

If he turned out like Simon I'd be delighted!

To be fair he looks better put together than Simon - but a v similar chunky type. How's he bred?

 

[TheMule]

To be fair he looks better put together than Simon - but a v similar chunky type. How's he bred?

https://www.tattersalls.com/cat/february/2019/456.pdf

 

[lannerch]

There’s always northern dancer in majority of TB somewhere

 

[humblepie]

He looks a lovely type. Very exciting.

 

[LEC]

I want to be in this club but a small disagreement on value at the moment ?

 

[daffy44]

Thats a very smart horse TM!!

 

[Flowerofthefen]

Gosh he is gorgeous!! Hope you enjoy him for years to come. This is my ex N/H / pointer. They are great horses that can turn their hooves to anything!!

 

[Horseysheepy]

Very very nice.

 

[SashaBabe]

He's lovely. Hope you have very many happy years together.

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I thought he looked like a Lope De Vega. They are nice horses! He looks like a lovely sort, I hope you enjoy him and have lots of fun with him!

I'm guessing he picked up an injury in his last run as no one would retire a young horse on a win otherwise.

 

[BronsonNutter]

What a lovely looking horse! I know of another exracer called Eagle (also chestnut) and he is a star, hopefully yours follows suit!

 

[Trouper]

He's gorgeous - lots of photo updates for those of us who, these days, have to live vicariously through others' horses please!!!

 

[Squeak]

Oh he is a really really nice type. I'm not surprised you snapped him up. What are your plans with him?

I'm another with an ex-racer. I've always been partial to a tb but I'm not sure I'll be going back to another breed after my current boy. He's the easiest, sweetest horse, who really tries his heart out.

 

[j1ffy]

What a beauty TM! Good spot

 

[j1ffy]

I thought he looked like a Lope De Vega. They are nice horses! He looks like a lovely sort, I hope you enjoy him and have lots of fun with him!

I'm guessing he picked up an injury in his last run as no one would retire a young horse on a win otherwise.

I've just done some stalking on the trainer's page - he was still in training in December 2021 so maybe had an injury in between then did something else?

 

[J_sarahd]

He’s gorgeous! After getting my own ex racer (albeit 2 days ago) I’m really interested in other people’s journeys! So I will be watching this thread!!

 

[TheMule]

I want to be in this club but a small disagreement on value at the moment ?

Fingers crossed he's useless!

 

[TheMule]

I thought he looked like a Lope De Vega. They are nice horses! He looks like a lovely sort, I hope you enjoy him and have lots of fun with him!

I'm guessing he picked up an injury in his last run as no one would retire a young horse on a win otherwise.

Yes, small injury, came back into training but owners have given up
Thanks for the info on Lope De Vegas, I know nothing about that line other than I love Giant's Causeway. I'm such a sucker for a ginger!

 

[TheMule]

Oh he is a really really nice type. I'm not surprised you snapped him up. What are your plans with him?

I'm another with an ex-racer. I've always been partial to a tb but I'm not sure I'll be going back to another breed after my current boy. He's the easiest, sweetest horse, who really tries his heart out.

Hopefully he'll be interested in eventing, but it doesn’t really matter if not, I just urgently needed another horse to make numbers work and he's a very useful sort so if he just hacks that's fine too.

 

[TheMule]

He’s gorgeous! After getting my own ex racer (albeit 2 days ago) I’m really interested in other people’s journeys! So I will be watching this thread!!

You'll definitely have to join in here! Has your girl just been in training or did she race too?