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Gluttonforpunishment

Gluttonforpunishment

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I'm seriously considering taking on an ex racer TB who has just come back into work after a tendon injury. (injured whilst racing in 2009, box rested, no surgery needed)

For various reasons I'd suspended the hunt for a new horse but this one just came up and appealed to me.

Just want to out hacking / occassional light schooling.

Been a few years since my last TB (like 11!!!) but he had had tendon surgery so not too put off by it. (He also had pedalostitis, flat feet and weak hooves and had been hobdayed too just to add interest to my life!)

Always said I'd have a cob or less hot blooded horse next but so love the TB's .........

Am I totally mad for considering this??
 
Gluttonforpunishment said:
I'm seriously considering taking on an ex racer TB who has just come back into work after a tendon injury. (injured whilst racing in 2009, box rested, no surgery needed)

For various reasons I'd suspended the hunt for a new horse but this one just came up and appealed to me.

Just want to out hacking / occassional light schooling.

Been a few years since my last TB (like 11!!!) but he had had tendon surgery so not too put off by it. (He also had pedalostitis, flat feet and weak hooves and had been hobdayed too just to add interest to my life!)

Always said I'd have a cob or less hot blooded horse next but so love the TB's .........

Am I totally mad for considering this??
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Well your screen nane is Gluttonforpunishment!
 
Not in the slightest! If his injury was in 2009 then he should be absolutely fine to do anything other than racing, serious eventing and mad gallops on hard ground!

I have 4tb ex-racers, on with a complete rupture of his SDFT that he did at the end of June so we have a long way to go with him but go it we will!

If he is right for you then I would say defo go for it.
 
No not mad. Just because he is a tb doesn't mean he will be mental :)
I have known pleanty of cobs who ride like TB's and completely unsuitable for novices, and TB's who have been 14 year old girls first horses with no problems. No harm in going to see him :)
 
Reg had nearly 2 years off racing having done a front leg. His leg now is clean and very hard, and he's only ever sick or sorry when he's managed a spectacular case of self-harming (rolling on flints, electrocuting himself twice in under 5 minutes, kicking at a fly and taking himself out...). He's now at BE100 level and will hopefully be a decent eventer as he matures and becomes for established- and he's honestly the nicest horse we've ever cared for. He hacks like a dream, never fast or strong or silly, totally snaffle mouthed all the time and a gentleman to handle!
 
You Wont Forget Me - funnily enough my TB/ID has always been far more difficult than my TB ever was. :rolleyes:

At least I knew what would make the TB flip out (bin bags were fun!) but my TB/ID is soooo unpredicatable as to make her unsafe to ride out.
 
Gluttonforpunishment said:
You Wont Forget Me - funnily enough my TB/ID has always been far more difficult than my TB ever was. :rolleyes:

At least I knew what would make the TB flip out (bin bags were fun!) but my TB/ID is soooo unpredicatable as to make her unsafe to ride out.
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Oooops my bad just realised that was such a stereotype i made! My bad!:o

I was just meaning to say my TB X is bad enough without the thought of an excitable TB ( not nessiseraly an ex racer) ;)
 
You Wont Forget Me said:
Oooops my bad just realised that was such a stereotype i made! My bad!:o

I was just meaning to say my TB X is bad enough without the thought of an excitable TB ( not nessiseraly an ex racer) ;)
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OK - I didn't even pick up on that so no worries there :D

Trouble is my old TB was an ex hunter (that's all he did from being broken to me getting him at 14) but I've never had an ex racer, just wondering if I'm up to it!

Have to admit my girlie has knocked the confidence a bit, before her I'd ride anything but do think twice about some horses now.

If I take it further I'll be taking my instructor with me so I don't allow myself to be totally overhorsed.
 
Tis what you are drawn to:D

When I lost my last horse I was planning on a nice RC all-rounder- not too old but old enough to have got everything sorted and be a nice steady away.

So I immediately went out and bought a young, green arab with issues. As you do.

We've had our ups and downs. And sideways mostly.

But god love him....he's really really coming good. Totally fab.

Go with your gut instinct and what makes your heart sing.:D
 
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