TB's do they deserve their reputation??(poll)

If your horse is 5-6 years old (and backed) does he/she have a white patch on his/her back?

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Curiosity really!!I own one,have had him since foal,he is soo laid back he could fall over,generous to a fault and the most loving horse i have ever known!!I also know ex-racers that are similar in temperament!Havnt known to many nutty tb's??Would love to see the results of the poll as to wether there are more sane or insane ones out there,lol,as i am sure alot of people on here own 1!!!
 
I think it is absolute garbage when they get a reputation for being nutty! I have owned loads, and many ginger ones too (mares) with the exception of one, all well behaved.
 
my ex-race mare is a total sweetheart, nothing like as tricky as some (non-tb) horses i've had.
oh, and the chestnut mares i've had, have been totally sane, sweet and nice horses too, while we're busy exploding myths!
 
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cos I've got a TB ex racer and she is as laid back as they come. However....she can have moments the same as any other horse, but when she does she kind of goes into 'another place' like she's blinded to everything around her. Although she is calm and very well behaved 99.9% of the time, I'd say they still deserve their reputation as nutcases
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I have a full TB and he can get wound up easily, as in I can only hack with one person any more and he jogs, and he cant have any more then 2 days off in a row as goes a bit mad, need to keep his brain working.

But he is extremely well behaved and has perfect manners
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I enjoyed my exracer TB than my Anglo arab! My TB is so laid back and takes his stride! nothing is hurry for him whereas my anglo was the complete opposite rest her soul! i love them both dearly anyway, they both are chestnuts and tb is geld, anglo is mare.
 
My ex-racer TB is so laid back I keep wondering if I need to check his pulse. TBs have a terrible rep but most of the ones I've known have been fab. I've known a couple of "nutters" but they were still lovely to ride, just highly energetic and intelligent (didn't suffer fools but fine with decent riders).

I've known warmbloods who you really do wonder if the lights are on but no-one's at home, quite honestly some of them are just loopy.
 
No I don't think they do...

However, i do think TB's are more likely to do stupid things and/or injure themselves than other breeds.
 
I have to say, all of the TBs I know over here are beginner rides. I don't know whether it is a different strain which runs through North America but it sure does produce some very quiet and manageable TBs. I've had a few reside on my farm and all of them have had perfect manners and been very quiet.
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I have voted yes but that is now, he is a darling - far from what I bought tho - nut, nervous and spooky but with hard work, tlc and patience an absolute pleasure to own. x
 
I used to have chesnut TB and though he was lovely he was a bit of a nut. He was great on the ground, but could get very over exited when ridden. He would leap in the air and stick all 4 legs in different directions - the only worry was how many he would land on! He even sliced his head open on the ground once whilst having a bucking fit. He is the only TB I've ever owned and I though he was perfect. I don't think it was the fact he was TB, just that he was a loony.
 
Both the TB mares I had were great fun rides. Breeze was the most bombproof horse you could ask for - JCBs, roadworks etc never bothered her. Miss Delia was not quite a bombproof as Breeze, but a great all round fun horse.

Both could be very lively on occasion with people who could ride - hence not complete novice rides, but I could put beginners on them in the school or out for a hack and they were wonderful school mistresses. I could put any kid on Breeze and she turned into a total plod and could be trusted completely to look after them.

My friend's 3 year old son would not ride any other horse and used to love do mounted games on her - all shetlands and a 16 hand TB on the end of the line which normally came last as she would not do more than a slow jog with her little jockey.

My TB/WB mare was far more of a handful than the pure TBs - she was Miss Delia's daughter. Difference was that you could get after Delia and she would behave whereas Fleur needed very tactful asking.
 
When I bought my tb mare you could barely touch her...defensive/aggressive...it took a lot of time and plenty of patience...and the desire to 'listen' to her - she does try to let you know if there is something wrong!!! She was worth it all...a very intelligent, sensitive, affectionate mare.
She was badly treated in the past and this I am sure had alot to do with it.
Riding was never a problem...she was lovely to ride...actually the sane one usually!!
She still has her mad moments...very much like mentioned above...sometimes she will just go like a bullet when walking in hand to the field tho I am sure there is something I am just not picking up on.
My anglo-arab I had before was fab...would regularly take off with me when ridden but had such a zest for life...I learnt to appreciate her enthusiasm and could actually go for a plod in the end!!!
 
I used to have a TB, the most laid back horse ever to ride. Although had to be sedated for farrier, clippers and did not really like the vet. He was adorable though and was anyones ride, I was 14 and used to jump 5ft for fun, and my little sister also did lead rein classes on him. I could canter him in an open field in headcoller and leadrope.

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I have had the ride of one TB, a 4yr old off the track, who was like a riding school plod, you could saunter along on a hack on the buckle end and he wouldn't put a foot wrong.

Then I had a 16yr old TB who had never been raced and she was as nutty as they come.

Most I know are just your averge horses, temperament wise, what I have found is thoroughbreds break easily, there such wimps it's untrue!
 
No they don't, I have two and yes they are sharpe, but not nutty, younger one who is an exracer is used alot to escort the babies out on there first hacks........
 
tbh, the ones I have met seem to be ok, but prone to injury and if they get their adrenaline up, that's their heads gone!
 
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my ex-race mare is a total sweetheart, nothing like as tricky as some (non-tb) horses i've had.
oh, and the chestnut mares i've had, have been totally sane, sweet and nice horses too, while we're busy exploding myths!

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Well said, I totally agree !!
 
My TB (now my ex's horse) is very laid back - he can have the odd moment when he's going out and can be very stubborn when loading or clipping but on the whole has been very easy. My Warmblood is far sharper and sensitive than the TB,
 
I have two exracers - both are lovely horses to handle and ride, yes they have moments (they are 4 and 5) but they are few and far between, however they are far nicer to own and handle and much less hassle than my previous horses which were a Sec D, a Highland and a IDxCob... The Tb's eat more and one has food intollerences but apart from that they are pretty straight forward and lots of fun....
 
Shadow my TB gelding was a saint. I had him between 18 months and 4 years and with the exception of a rear when he was 3 and on 3 months box rest he never put a foot wrong.
He was the first horse I backed and never, bucked, reared, bolted or misbehaved in any way. He was a saint to hack in any environment and a gem to handle as well. His down point was his ability to injure himself in a pile of cotton wool!
I did think he had an edge to him until I bought my new youngster (friesianXTBxTrak) who in comparison is as sharp as can be.

I also had Donut, an ex racer. And, again he was a saint in every way possible. I trusted that horse more than any before (although my little Dales was as safe as they come). I'd had some jumping accidents but this boy got me back over the jumps and loving it. He came with a questionnable reputation but I just think he was "misunderstood", as cliched at that sounds.

We have 25 horses on our yard. 10 TBs, all ex racers and only one is less than sane (he's just arrived and may be a rearer - he also cribs, windsucks, weaves and is in poor condition, generally unloved). Out of the rest about 5 are easy, uncomplicated rides!
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Don't get me wrong I've some some complete nutters but that said I know plenty of nutters that aren't TB!

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On the ground my tb is sane as ever- my vet thought i had him permanently sedated!!BUT he turns into a bit of a loony out hunting-bombs awaaaay!!
 
My TB mare is very sane and sensible...ignores fireworks, the hunt in the next field (literally), low flying jets....etc...
She also understands traffic and looks both ways before she crosses roads (she says I'm incompetent
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I would say that TBs are very active, movement orientated horses...and don't do well if they can't move so should be in fairly consistent hardish work and/or turned out for the majority of time.
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My ex-racer TB is so laid back I keep wondering if I need to check his pulse. TBs have a terrible rep but most of the ones I've known have been fab.

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You took the words right out of my mouth!!! I am always heard quoting the check his pulse saying!

In the two and a half years I've owned him, he has only ever had two moments of complete excitability, and even then he didn't go bonkers... just a bit bouncy! totally bombproof, fab in traffic, can put beginners on him..... an all round superstar!
 
Ours aren't novice rides but they're very straightforward 'what you see is what you get' horses. If they're hurting, they'll tell you. If they're excited, they'll tell you. If they're happy, they'll tell you. If they got out of bed the wrong side, they'll tell you. They're no messing, does what it says on the tin, workmanlike horses who if you treat them right will do anything for you. Treat them wrong and you'll know about it.

One does have an interesting and inventive line in work avoidance injuries, though, and we think he's singlehandedly funded most of our vet's trendy new equipment
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