Would you....

Which hack should i go on?

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i did...Hector! worst thing i ever did! lol (joke
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lmao... kate.. ur smaller than me.. i should be riding summit olympics size not teds =oP
Lou x
PS can i ride missy before the end of term.. I always wanted tooooooo
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lol ted has only got one good leg and to make it better, he is lame on that one at the moment! LMAO.

u sure we dont own the same horse???

Ted.. when he aint lame lol.. is fine in any direction and preferably at high speed.. Only finish racing last year.
Lou x
 
his off fore leg is his good one LOL he got mid bow to superficial tendon on his near fore

lymphagitis in his off hind

and a clicky joints in his near hind.
Lou x
 
Got one, if you go onto the racing post website and look up the horse charlie chops, thats my boy! Did really badly but his father Persuit of Happiness is very good and his grandfather Green Dessert is well known in USA.

However hes the most accident prone horse ive ever met. He has hurt his back, tendon bone, he tried to jump out of the arena and fell. His nickname is Orvil lol, he does some silly things!
 
yes yes yes yes.

J was an ex racer and he was the best thing that has happened to me.

Ok he was stoppy and moody and he never wanted to really do any work. He was known to bite and it took me months to get him to trust me, but he was bloody worth it. Gaining his trust was just amazing.
 
OMG! we have Lymphagitis in near hind!

and issues with both front legs (caused by his incredibly flat feet, but seems fine if he he doesnt work in circles or on hard ground) our off hind was our good leg, till last year when he damaged a tendon, along with both hind suspenseries!

he also fractured his pelvis when he was racing and has muscle wastage on one side of his quarters

dont know why i keep him going really!
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except he currently looks amazing well and somehow sound??!!! dont ask me how
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correction.. Grren Green Desert is a stallion lol.. metal block.

Lol Ted has muscle wastage on the right side.. LOL.
a twisty skeleton which mrs chiropractor put right on monday,
Lou x
 
I wouldnt for me its not enough horse but I have rode a couple and whilst they gave a nice ride, They arent for me, I like something bigger built.
 
My guy is 15.1hh, he is some jumper, but has the slowest gaits ive ever seen in my life!!

When we got him he was in very bad condition, literally skin and bones!
 
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This was taken only a month into us getting him.

Now you cant see his ribs but he still needs alot of flatwork to help build those muscles
 
Yes I would consider buying an ex racer and had I been more experienced at owning horses and a bit lighter framed I would have seriously bought one if I had not loaned my lad. Perhaps in the future, if time and money allows and I get my confidence back then I will. However I would get as much information as I could and join as many ex racer forums as I could to gain help in turning them around as some racehorses can become institutionalised which I would need help in changing.
It would have be a national hunt type though unless it was a larger framed dual purpose as I would not even consider a smaller flat bred horse.
Typical really as my friends who own and breed racehorses retired one which I did a feature story on a few years ago. A lovely giant of a horse by Komaite. Very sweet natured but due to a breathing problem it would have needed to be tubed to have any chance of winning races and they didn't want to put the horse through it. It ended up being sold to a friend of their's as a hack but if it had been more recently when I was in a position to buy I would have seriously asked about it as it had not had that much training and only raced under rules once so hopefully would not have taken much to change its way of thinking as it was very laid back.
Nevermind perhaps one day in the future .....
Cazx
 
I put 'yes', basing that on if I was more experienced than I am now, and if I were in the position to buy.

I've seen some really nice ex-racers go on to do very well.

I was offered one, but declined because of my lack of experience, time and money. He was a babe though!
 
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I wouldn't buy one, but not because it was an ex-racer, just because I wouldn't buy a horse that fine.

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Freddy was built like a brick sh*t house!! LOL - they're not all fine little wispy things
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