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Lets See Your Thoroughbreds!

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I apologise in advance if there is already a thread about this. I have had a lot of experience over the last 10 years with thoroughbreds, especially OTTB's. Over all I don't think they are a breed for every one, but I love them, and enjoy riding them. I was taking some pictures of my BO's thoroughbreds and thought I would share.

If you have photos or stories about your thoroughbreds, feel free to post them here:D

The first picture is Missy and Willy. Missy is owned by my BO, and willy by her sister. he is 23 and she is 22. they have lived and done endurance together for 12+ years, my BO has owned Missy since she was 3. Missy has had four amazing foals, one dies of colic, the other three are still on the farm. Both these horses are amazing trail horses, and they have such a bond. Recently missy was peacefully overthrown from her position of alpha mare in the herd, and now her daughter reigns as lead mare.

The second is her daughter, victory. She is a maiden mare, 5 months pregnant with her first foal. Various issues prevented her from reaching her full potential on the track, but she is well bred, and enjoying her life as a trail horse and soon mother.
 
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Here's my sweetie. Racing name is Illustrious Kiss. Won about 60K in his short 3 year career. Raced on the NY circuit, Belmont, Aqueduct and Saratoga. He is now a happy eventer, hunter pacer, trail rider, and his mommy loves him.
 

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Wow, everyone's TBs are absolutely beautiful!

I always told myself that when I bought a horse, I would not be getting a TB. Not because I didn't like their personality (I love it), but because I absolutely hated how light boned most of the racing bred TBs were. And then I said, well, if I did get a TB, it would NOT be a light boned racing bred type.


Guess who I fell in love with? LOL



A noodle-legged, short necked, racing bred yearling ;) she just sort of fell into my lap and wiggled her way into my heart, and now I wouldn't trade her for the stockiest, most versatile, loudest colored QH/Paint (my original 'dream horse') in the world. I think the only thing about her that fit my bill is that she's going to be very short (2 years old and 14hh right now) but I love her to death. You won't find a more eager to please little horse. She isn't registered due to being neglected, then orphaned, then neglected, then rescued, then neglected again- and she has some pretty horrific battle scars including a floppy right ear, but I love her to pieces and she has TOTALLY made me a TB fan.


Pardon her weight; she fluctuates like crazy because she's growing to make up for lost time after such poor nutrition for a while.






 
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Here's my sweet girl. 4 year old, raced one time. I've had her about two years, but I just started working with her in August. She makes me so happy :)

Just standing around


At a lesson


First show, dressage portion (went bad due to warming up too late, but still fun!)


The "I'm in a new place, who are all these horses!?" look


First time jumping a course


I love thoroughbreds! Especially my thoroughbred, but I am biased :)
 
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Theatrical Affair, our horses are closely related on the dam's side. Roberto a few generations back, is most likely responsible for your horse's nice jump. I didn't even know my could jump well until he recently leaped over a 5' gate from a near stand still a few weeks ago. I'm only schooling 2'7", so I guess now I need to get my butt into gear. Enjoy him. He looks like he will make a fantastic jumper.
 
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Do appendixes count ???

This is Drifter! He is a 16.2 Appendix, but honestly has more TB than QH in him. His QH side is made up of Appendix stallions who won enough points to be a "quarter horse" and breed to a TB for another appendix. The cycle continues.. Great Grandson of Seattle Slew on his dam's side. His grandfather is Turkey shoot.
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Whiskey (Cadoc Cheval) is a 4 1/2 year old Appendix as well. Got him from some less than ideal conditions so we are working on that. His sire is Giant's Causeway, so he is a Storm Cat grandbaby! I cant wait until he blossoms into his own. I think he should be fairly pretty once he figures himself out.
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Here's my baby girl, Buea Oak, aka Alahna! She had 25 starts with 5 wins and multiple places/shows. I believe she was retired because of a blown out knee, but she's perfectly sound now and will continue to a gaming and cow pony career :p

A before and after, plus one from her second ride undersaddle after I decided to restart her and her first show!




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I love the posts with past race pictures!

Does it count if they are thoroughbred crosses? This is Mojo and he is not the color of a traditional thoroughbred (that's where the cross comes in) but he is built like one, he behaves like one, and he runs like he just came off the track. He sounds like a freight train, and he handles like one when at a full run. We actually tilled a makeshift race track along the inside of our 20 acre field so I have a place to let him stretch his legs. I actually prefer playing with dressage moves on him. He handles well when collected. Once I turn him loose, it's go time and it's hard to bring him back. My ultimate goal is to start jumping him. At 16.2, he's at least got the legs and the height.

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Thanks! She's come such a long ways, I'd never have imagined she'd end up as she is now! She handled her first show sooo well, I was very proud. Everyone there LOVED her!

I usually like a long mane, but hers was ruined when I got her (rubbed off to the point of a bloody scab halfway down her neck D: ) and I thought the mohawk looked perfect on her :p it looks great on your guy too!
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Thanks :) and no problem..the farrier still calls her a him xD
The thing is, apparently she was suppose to be this guys new barrel horse for the big shows he goes to, but he only rode her once and "didn't have time"..He only rode her once because he was absolutely ridiculous and confused the ever living..anything out of her, haha. And then the ad said that she's "unpredictable"..The only thing I haven't been able to predict is her undersaddle freak moments. And those really aren't that bad, she'll dance in place or bolt..and all you have to do is holler hey or turn her and she goes back to normal, lol. Apparently the guy's wife was terrified of her and wanted a pleasure horse, so she was being sold..Oh well, I got the best of that problem :p She has soo much heart. She's very into her own ways, but with a bit of persuasion/incentive, she gives everything she has to do as asked. That's what I love about thoroughbreds. Plus, she has cow sense somehow! How sweet is that!? Lol
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This is my OTTB Bo, race name and show name Omdurman. He is a 10 year old gelding by a Great British horse called Desert Sun and out of a New Zealand mare called Theatre Talk. He had 39 starts 3 wins, 8 seconds and 3 thirds with a career prize total of $51,455.00 AUD. He was a stayer and ran distances ranging from1400m - 2200m. He injured his front right suspensory around October 2008. He came back from that injury in May 2009 and 3 months later was out with the same injury.

His jockey saved him from the knackers with the intention of using him as a riding horse for his girlfriend, he went out into a paddock for some rest and recuperation. Fast forward 3 years, and he was still in that paddock and he had been surrendered in place of board to the property owner who is a friend of my instructor. She suggested that me and a friend take him on, see what he was like and sell him on, otherwise he was going to be put down.

I fell in love with him and paid my friend her share for him. He is one of the sweetest horses I have ever worked with. He is laid back, chilled out and honest. He has a few quirks... He is a windsucker and is really, really attached to my other horse, but I wouldn't change him for the world.

He is now mostly a dressage horse due to it putting less strain on his legs but he has done a little bit of jumping, nothing over 70cms but he seems to enjoy it and my vet has checked him over and advised that as long as he continues to not have any problems, he will be fine to jump. He also loves the beach and water, if his water buckets were big enough, he would probably climb in them.

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NaeNae, Alahna LOVES water too! Everytime we get to a large enough puddle or a creek/river, she stops and paws at it with her face down so it gets splashed, lol. Everyone laughed at us at the show because there was a huge puddle in the lower arena and she was the ONLY horse that woule continue cantering through it and if we'd walk through it, I'd have to tap her on the butt to get her moving again or she'd paw there all day if I let her, haha.

And he's beautiful! It would've been such a shame if he'd have been put down!
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NaeNae, Alahna LOVES water too! Everytime we get to a large enough puddle or a creek/river, she stops and paws at it with her face down so it gets splashed, lol. Everyone laughed at us at the show because there was a huge puddle in the lower arena and she was the ONLY horse that woule continue cantering through it and if we'd walk through it, I'd have to tap her on the butt to get her moving again or she'd paw there all day if I let her, haha.

And he's beautiful! It would've been such a shame if he'd have been put down!
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Haha Iseul, Bo will go through water in the arena, it's that beach, streams and his water bucket that he plays in.

Thanks, I think he's pretty handsome :)
 
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Love this thread - I'm a huge TB/OTTB lover.

I have two horses to share: Pepe and Dimka.


Pepe: 15.2hh Brown OTTB Gelding

I learnt to ride on this horse in the last 11months, going from a girl who could not rise trot, and was bucked/thrown/bolted off by Pepe, to the confident rider I am today. He was offered for sale to me by his owner many a time but I did not have the time and money to support him unfortnuately so he went up for lease (and still available for sale) to a friend of mine. This horse, along with my instructors, has taught me the good and the bad of horse riding with a few tumbles along the way (all which were my fault, except one).
We had our ups and downs, but over the time we had created a bond strong enough to get us through the hard times and laugh together with the good times.

I was able to help move him and settle him into his new home, and also go to his first outing (PC) since racing and have heard he is going really well, so I am really happy he and my friend are happy together.
This quirky horse will always hold a special place in my heart.
This boy made me love OTTBs..

I've included a few pictures of him (including a picture from one of my first lessons!)



Now on to Dimka.

I had been looking for a horse to ride due to the horse I had been riding for the last 11mo was being leased out, and the other horses which his owner had I did not feel would challenge me and help me improve my riding.
After looking for about a month, I was approached by one of the girls I have met previously at the riding school I worked for - her mum had stepped in to do some instructing whilst my instructor was out of action - spoke with me and suggested a few horses which live on her property.
One of those suggested was a 16.3hh Chestnut TB gelding, who was at the PC day I was attending with my previous riding horse and his leasee.

That is how I ended up riding Dimka (I am riding him 3x a week - but not currently as I have a broken wrist as a result of riding). Since riding him he is now going on the bit and we are working on working in frame and also jumping (including landing on the correct lead). I have a riding blog which has a blog from when I met him, until current. Here's the link: http://www.horseforum.com/member-journals/~riding-blog~-halleyscomet-dimka-255618/

Here are some pictures (many more are in the blog :))



 

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