What classes do you all do with your TB's/ex racers?

[Victoria25]

Just wondering for next year really as hopefully (touch wood) we'll progress from the in hand to ridden classes with my ex racer ...

Class wise though ... which do you all enter??

I was told by the last judge that he'd be ideal for show hack class but reading up on it it seems he's too tall (sounded good too as no galloping ha) perhaps riding horse or even hunter type if we really get our bums into shape and get some muscle/topline on him ...

He's 16.2 that is sloooowly getting into a decent shape - not a slim TB - he was a sprinter/jumper so quite well muscles on chest/bum/legs ... with 9.5 inch of bone

Any suggestions?

 

[Bay TB]

Racehorse to riding horse classes ;-)

 

[Elf On A Shelf]

Outwith the Racehorse Classes, just going on your description he would be a Riding Horse for a season or two until he has fully filled out into his new job frame then he could possibly end up as a Lightweight Hunter.

Start in Riding Horse classes and if you are told he is too chunky then put him in the Hunters.

 

[Victoria25]

Thanks for all the advice guys

Will just try and get him out as much as possible next year and try them all and see what happens ha ... we may not even get to ridden by then but just trying to plan for next year all going well ... as you can see from the last picture no topline at all but he's only just started to be ridden 'full time' about 2/3 months ago so hopefully by 2013/14 we should be getting somewhere

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