The first placed coloured racehorse in the UK

[justabob]

It is not legitimate as I no longer own him! he is being produced for showjumping. he was to much for me as I am ill my Hubby was diagnosed with Cancer on Monday I have enough on my plate with out ome silly girl who is up her own arse!

Sorry about your situation, but really there is no need to be so rude. You are certainly showing your true colours.

 

[angrovestud]

well said x

Thank you !

 

[Nollaig Shona]

I am ill my Hubby was diagnosed with Cancer on Monday I have enough on my plate with out ome silly girl who is up her own arse!

Sorry to hear that Hope the outlook for you both is good.

Glad to hear Rummy has a new home now, hope the new owner is on FB!

 

[MerrySherryRider]

Hope you and your husband are doing ok. Don't worry about the rudeness of posters on here,there are always some people who hate others trying to do something they cannot even dream of. I'm sure you don't need such crassness at the moment.

I've loved hearing about Rummy and admired your passion and commitment.

 

[Fantasy_World]

Hope you and your husband are doing ok. Don't worry about the rudeness of posters on here,there are always some people who hate others trying to do something they cannot even dream of. I'm sure you don't need such crassness at the moment.

I've loved hearing about Rummy and admired your passion and commitment.

Very well said and I quite agree. The horse world seems to have its fair share of egotists and dare I say people up their own arse x

 

[angrovestud]

Fantasy_World, horserider, Nollaig Shona Thank you so much for such kind thoughts, We have to wait 12 weeks to see if my Hubby responds to his treatment so fingers crossed.

Our dreams have not ended we have to keep going it gives us a reason to get up in the morning!
My illness is incurable I am riddled with Angiolipomas attached to my blood supply and nerves my tissues are being pulled apart when they grow I have become use to living my life in pain, my only passion is breeding and racing my own coloured horses, I do not undertsand why someone who works for a well known trainer would want to be so rude and judgemental of an owner! as if anyone from MH stables said just half of what this girl says to me I would walk out taking my horse with me!
after all in this day and age customers hould be treated like gold is this how she talks about customers as well !

 

[Fantasy_World]

I am truly sorry about your husband and I hope and pray for a full recovery x
I did not know about your own illness and I can understand your pain and also why racing and breeding racehorses is not only your passion but also your lifeline, and why it gives you something to get up for in a morning.
I wish you continued success with your ventures and I hope Rummy excels in his new sphere and I have no doubt that he will.
I also see nothing wrong in him still remaining a stallion.
Many showjumpers and dressage horses are left entire.
I just wonder if the fact that he is coloured is causing what appears to be a snobbish attitude on here?
I see nothing wrong with coloured horses and in fact it gives me great pleasure to see them enter the world of racing.
Horses come in all shapes and sizes and their colour has nothing to do with their ability, none whatsoever.
I also agree with your comments about an individual on here and the fact that they work in racing makes the situation even worse in my opinion.
Gosh if the trainers I know had staff that were that judgemental they would either have been sacked by now or in the muck heap, or both!
What you do with your horse, is up to you. It is of no consequence to anyone else in my opinion.
There is an ignore button on here which can be pressed if you do not want to read anymore from them
Good luck for the future and don't stop your posts as I know there are people who are interested in how your horses are progressing x

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Ah my lovelies! Like me or loath me I speak my mind - actually I don't I tone it down A LOT when I type things. My opinion is my opinion, yours is yours. You neither have to like it nor agree with it - the same with anyone and everyone in the world

I happen to like AR as a horse, he's well built, has decent bone, a good backend etc and I hope he finds his niche in show jumping - see I'm not all bad.

 

[Nollaig Shona]

I have become use to living my life in pain

I'm sorry for you troubles

my only passion is breeding and racing my own coloured horses

And you succeeded! I was so proud the first time I saw Rummy on the track, I didn't care what place he got, I was literally crying just to see him there! (I've been following your posts on here for years!)

Hopefully Podge will carry your dreams for you!

 

[AprilBlossom]

Some way to treat your 'horse of a lifetime', shipping him off to someone else now he's injured and diverting all attention to the younger one.


I don't see why anyone would try to breed racehorses of a certain colour - genuine question my other comment aside please - as surely racing is about te end result/speed/ability of the animal, regardless of what colour it is.

Yes, greys do tend to stand out and I'll always admire a nice liver chestnut but generally I couldn't care less what colour the horse was, I enjoy seeing the NH horses travelling an jumping well, not watching one because its a certain colour.

I just wonder, do you breed coloured racers for a particular reason, ie you see money in it/particular sentimental reason, or just 'because you can'? Not that I'm criticising either way, just intrigued...

 

[FairyLights]

This horse should be gelded. Definitely. From AG own admission he's not easy to handle , theres thousands of horses dont breed from this broken down one.
As for showjumping. Good grief! he's done a tendon/ligament so lets get shut of him and someone can showjump him. Asking for trouble. Poor horse.
I echo Decemberblossons post. Some horse of a lifetime, it has a problem so lets get rid of it. Says it all.

 

[cptrayes]

he is being produced for showjumping.

I would not want to send a horse with a check ligament strain, normally caused by cornering at speed, to do a job where sharp cornering at full power is a prerequisite. It does not, to me, show full concern for this horse's welfare.

Thank you to all who loved rummy and supported him I will post on his progress in the future, he was a horse of my lifetime and he even made the BBC 1 and the BBC web site! so all you who knocked him can *** off!

Horse of a lifetime? Sold at the drop of a hat into a job he may well not stand up to?

AS I have refrained from commenting before when you congratulated yourself for having a coloured racehorse who came third out of three, insisting that he was placed. Placed he may have been but he was also last. I am commenting now because your subsequent behaviour with this horse leads me to believe that when you post again about your next racehorse, whatever its colour, we should all be cautious of just how much support we appear to give you.

This horse should be gelded. Definitely. From AG own admission he's not easy to handle , theres thousands of horses dont breed from this broken down one.

I agree with this completely.

 

[justabob]

But he made it onto the BBC and their website! So there! Quite a ridiculous idea in the first place, poor horse. Hopefully the next responsible owners will get him gelded and have him as a hack. I wonder if MH will be quite so keen to go down the route of trying to make a racehorse out of the next offering from Angrove Stud.

 

[cptrayes]

But he made it onto the BBC and their website! So there! .

Yes, he shares that honour with quite a lot of horses and cadavers from Spindles Farm, doesn't he?

 

[angrovestud]

I did not sell Rummy! he was re homed with someone who liked him and who can spend time and effort on Rummy as they are a vet! and competes

Rummy will always be my horse of a life time he made history! for me and his syndicate members and we all enjoyed that ! and that is all that matters

My hubby and I are to old to have rummy home I am to ill and my OH is not well and he is nearly 70 ! If Rummy is gelded thats depends on the new owners.

I breed the colour in because I like it & my Husband Like it
spindles farm was not on the BBC sports pages !
I am concentrating on My future in a way I want to!
Thank you to everyone who has shown Rummy and me support Happy Christmas

Rummy was placed 4th out of 7 ! thats the placing I am must proud of and his 5th at sedgefield.
I will never post on here again about any of my future horses achivements if there are any, as some of you are Rude! very cruel! jealous ! and thats just your good points

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

I will never post on here again about any of my future horses achivements if there are any, as some of you are Rude! very cruel! jealous ! and thats just your good points

Angrove you have also been very rude! You get very aggressive when people disagree with you - that's life! Not everyone likes the same thing or has the same opinion, if they did the world would be a very boring place indeed.

 

[EAST KENT]

Being third out of three by damn near a furlong is not being a successful racehorse.The trainer was "kind" enough to take your training fees;now he is going to be asked to do a job he will be incapable of and no doubt break down.All because the poor thing got born a certain colour.

 

[AprilBlossom]

Yes Angrove Stud, you have not been particularly polite to people who fail to see the achievements of your old horse so positively - the world would probably stop turning if everyone agreed on everything!!

I also must say, whether money changed hands or not, you've given the horse to someone else who you refer to as his 'new owners', which doesn't exactly suggest he meant a great deal to you, else you'd just have someone in to ride/sort him but maintain him as yours?? Poor chap.

 

[HeatherAnn]

Rummy will always be my horse of a life time he made history! for me and his syndicate members and we all enjoyed that ! and that is all that matters

I've always wondered if he was a horse in a lifetime because of his colour...

Happenings in your personal life are no need to be rude! If you can't keep a civil tongue in your head, maybe you should rethink replying on the forum when you have things going on at home. Posters aren't mind readers, they don't know your poor husband is sick.

 

[cptrayes]

Rummy will always be my horse of a life time he made history! for me and his syndicate members and we all enjoyed that ! and that is all that matters

You have no idea how close I came on many occasions to pushing the button on you for advertising for syndicate members for your racehorse.

He made history by being the only coloured horse in this country to run on a racecourse? So flipping what. We could all do that if we buy a young enough coloured Wetherby registered partbred. The only thing that counts is if he actually beat anyone. He didn't, he broke down.

In view of what has now happened to your "horse of a lifetime" I put you on notice now that when you new one starts to run, I shan't this time hold back on telling you that I think he is no good as a racehorse if his form suggests it, and if he is syndicated and you advertise "open days" to your place, I will button push on you for advertising.

for me and his syndicate members and we all enjoyed that ! and that is all that matters

Exactly. That IS all that matters. So why you posted drumming up support on here is a mystery, beaten only by why you have so heartily thrown your toys out of the pram at every small failure to agree with you how wonderful he is. He's a nice horse. He's a useless racehorse and I doubt very much if he will stand up to showjumping at any level of success. I am in fact shocked that his new owner is a vet. If he cannot see that a check ligament that blew after training for massively wide bends and straight lines will most likely not stand up to showjumping jumpoffs.

I hope your and your husband's health improves and that you have a really nice Christmas.

 

[Scarlett]

Hope you and your husband are doing ok. Don't worry about the rudeness of posters on here,there are always some people who hate others trying to do something they cannot even dream of. I'm sure you don't need such crassness at the moment.

I've loved hearing about Rummy and admired your passion and commitment.

Doing something they cannot even dream of?! What having a freak of a 'TB' that could barely keep up and only got placed by being last of 3? Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight, cos I dream of that aaalllll the time...

OP - I'm saddened by how quickly you discarded your badly injured 'horse of a lifetime', and to a career that may put more stress on him physically than even racing. I struggle to see why anyone would take him on for upper level SJ when there are so many purpose bred sports horses about, he's not bred for that either, and certinaly shouldnt be being bred from for either job. Sadly he will remain a bit of a joke. Lets hope his new owners geld him and let him be a normal horse at the very least...

Also OP, we all have our injury/illness/crosses to bear in this world, putting it all over the internet in the manner you have when you are trying to look professional and have something taken seriously doesnt work. I'm sorry about your illness and hope your husband recovers well, but there is no need to advertise that whilst advertising your horse/business venture. It just looks like a crass attempt at the sysmpathy vote.

 

[sunleychops]

Jesus christ on a bike.

 

[Fantasy_World]

@ Scarlett what a lovely post.
Could not disagree more.

 

[MerrySherryRider]

Good heavens, there's certainly some bile spewing out here.
Totally offensive and unnecessary.

 

[angrovestud]

This is for all who love Rummy with a big thank you for us both Merry Christmas and Happy 2013

 

[bonny]

You come across as someone very rude and with a large chip on their shoulder! Reply to a comment with the facts and not the nasty attitude!

Wow, what a random first post !!

 

[bonny]

Why have a young horse gelded when he has just got a check ligament injury? Won't he be in enough pain as it is? As for the breeder, who is ill, any young colt wouldn't be easy to deal with. Rummy has a lovely temprement, not dodgy, he's just a cheeky young colt that's all! And yes I have met the horse & I have worked with racehorses for over 20 years and he is mild mannered compared to some that i've worked with & most of those were geldings! There's nothing wrong with his breeding! It's been a pleasure for many people watching a coloured horse run in races. There are also those people out there that just love to pick fault with everything that has to do with coloured horses because they are narrow minded & bitter people.

Ah, all is revealed now .....

 

[bonny]

You are the one whose comments come across as rude & sarcastic! I cannot believe some of the things said on here!

Have you really just come on to go through an old thread and have a random go at people ?

 

[bonny]

Yes it is! There are some very nasty people commenting on here! If you can't be polite then don't bother commenting! Easy

have to say you sound just lovely !!

 

[bonny]

I've cannot believe how so many negative and spiteful comments can be made! You should all be ashamed of yourselves & get a life where you can give positive, constructive comments!

Thamk you for pointing out the error of our ways, I'm sure we are all feeling suitably ashamed !