Thoroughbreds! - Page 2

Melx · #11 (**permalink**) 26-05-2011, 11:53 AM

Any horse owner knows that when you view horses you will know when you find the one for you!
Agree with hope, Mine is pretty sane but still wouldnt walk around with a loose rein because her spooks are pretty drastic!! lol
Something like and ID may be more your ideal horse, I know alot of very well behaved, laid back ID's!

Valanita · #12 (**permalink**) 26-05-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Melx

Hi I dont live near Hull but thought I would give some advice on the breed as I own one!
They are a lovely breed and you can get a lot of pleasure out of them BUT they are not for the faint hearted. My TB is probably the most difficult horse I have owned when it comes to feeding and exercising etc! Her weight yo yo's and it is very hard (and expensive) to keep her wight where it should be. In the winter she must live in at night, some do live out but mine would probably turn into a bag of bones if she did as she doesnt like bad weather at all and the tinyest bit of stress drops her weight dramatically too.
Most of them dont have great feet which means farrier every 6 weeks all year around, I am very lucky and mine has quite good feet so as we dont hack very often she only has front shoes and can go 8 weeks in the winter. This said she couldn't not have shoes on the front.
Her moods can vary quite drastically. One day she can be a total donkey and other days she can be a nutter so do need an confident and experienced handler and rider. She also needs exercising a minumum of 5 times a week to keep fit with a variety of Jumping, school work, poles, lunging, hacking.

All this said..... I LOVE my mare

She is the best thing I have ever owned and I would never sell her no matter how much I was offered!!

Hope this helped!!

Your mare sounds exactly like the TB mare I had. She could be a nightmare to hack out on the lanes, but not always, it depended on her mood. Personally I would never have another TB.

fat fred · #13 (**permalink**) 26-05-2011, 10:47 PM

hi I'm new on here but I do have quite a few (20 something) years with horses. In my experience it depends on the horse and their past as to what they are like. TB's tend to be less hardy and more prone to injury than other cooler blooded breeds or cross breeds and more likely to get fizzed up from keeping them in of feeding up. I would strongly advise against a retired racing TB for your first horse unless it has already been re schooled - they are sometimes a gold mine of potential and it can be very rewarding but they are notoriously difficult to retrain and need experience - maybe even more than breaking a horse from scratch as you have to try and get them to forget all they have learned before starting over again - and bad habits once learned are hard to remove. Having said that I know several TB's who have come 'off the track' and now they are re schooled they are fantastic schoolmasters, and very patient with novice riders and willing for the more experienced. In fact I rode one on our yard the other day as a pick me up after my supposed 'sensible' ISH gave me the most appalling ride during a lesson - the TB restored my faith in my own ability. I'm also helping a friend re school her ex racer and he is a joy to school - very willing to learn a new way. Just weigh each horse for it's suitability and costs etc - that's the best thing you can do when looking regardless of breed - they all have good and bad points.

love huskies · #14 (**permalink**) 27-05-2011, 06:58 AM

Going to look at the loan of a cross breed today, think its the most sensible way to go for now x

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