Florida Thoroughbred Rescue

Buffymommy · #1 08-21-2006, 01:56 PM

Thats the problem for my friend. She has connections in NY, but not Florida. I thought maybe some of you on here would know of someone or an owner or trainer who had a mare they wanted to find a nice home for. Like I said, she is a trainer (she is actually my riding instructor now), but she has retrained about three or four race horses and loves doing it.

Oh Cajun. I actually have another horse to ride now. Buck's owner would like me to exercise another one of her horses. He is a thoroughbred. She rescued him from an abusive home. He is in his late teens, but it is just to get him some exercise. Just walk/trot with maybe a little cantering. No jumping though. Never a racer though. Funny thing is he and Buck are NOT friends. The two of them are always fighting in the paddock. Buck is not going to like me paying attention to Jackson. Buck got VERY jealous when I gave his girlfriend a bath last week. He whinnied as loud as he could the entire time I was bathing her. I can just imagine what he is going to do when I ride his arch rival. I think I am going to ride him on Friday. Have a lesson on him for the first ride.

Cajungator26 · #2 08-21-2006, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Buffymommy

Thats the problem for my friend. She has connections in NY, but not Florida. I thought maybe some of you on here would know of someone or an owner or trainer who had a mare they wanted to find a nice home for. Like I said, she is a trainer (she is actually my riding instructor now), but she has retrained about three or four race horses and loves doing it.

Oh Cajun. I actually have another horse to ride now. Buck's owner would like me to exercise another one of her horses. He is a thoroughbred. She rescued him from an abusive home. He is in his late teens, but it is just to get him some exercise. Just walk/trot with maybe a little cantering. No jumping though. Never a racer though. Funny thing is he and Buck are NOT friends. The two of them are always fighting in the paddock. Buck is not going to like me paying attention to Jackson. Buck got VERY jealous when I gave his girlfriend a bath last week. He whinnied as loud as he could the entire time I was bathing her. I can just imagine what he is going to do when I ride his arch rival. I think I am going to ride him on Friday. Have a lesson on him for the first ride.

Have a good time, Buffy!

I'm riding in a horse show in October, and have been practicing like crazy...jumped a 4 foot course for the first time in forever last week and I never realized how out of shape I am! I've got a doctor's appt to get my right ankle x-rayed in a couple of days, though. It's been killing me for two months now and the doc thinks I may have a stress fracture since there's hardly any swelling.

I told him I'm not missing this horse show! LOL

Buffymommy · #3 08-21-2006, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Have a good time, Buffy!

I'm riding in a horse show in October, and have been practicing like crazy...jumped a 4 foot course for the first time in forever last week and I never realized how out of shape I am! I've got a doctor's appt to get my right ankle x-rayed in a couple of days, though. It's been killing me for two months now and the doc thinks I may have a stress fracture since there's hardly any swelling.

I told him I'm not missing this horse show! LOL

HA HA! I said the same thing to my doctor when I had a sinus infection. I told her to give me antibiotics that allow me to be in the sun as I was NOT going to miss my show. Good wishes your way that it is just a strain or something easy in your foot.

Are you going to show jumping or hunters? A FOUR FOOT COURSE? ARE YOU CRAZY? I will stick to my 2'3 thank you. I actually cantered a triple jump last week for the first time in 15 years.

Oh, do you know if they do hunts up your way? My friend has only ridden them up north. She wants to find a place in Florida that does them.

Cajungator26 · #4 08-21-2006, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Buffymommy

HA HA! I said the same thing to my doctor when I had a sinus infection. I told her to give me antibiotics that allow me to be in the sun as I was NOT going to miss my show. Good wishes your way that it is just a strain or something easy in your foot.

Are you going to show jumping or hunters? A FOUR FOOT COURSE? ARE YOU CRAZY? I will stick to my 2'3 thank you. I actually cantered a triple jump last week for the first time in 15 years.

Oh, do you know if they do hunts up your way? My friend has only ridden them up north. She wants to find a place in Florida that does them.

A 4 footer is no different than a 2'3" jump.

You ride them the same, you just have to trust your horse that he'll jump it or it's a little bit farther down when you fall. LMAO

I've been riding this quarter horse mare (Amber is her name) and she is one of the most talented mares I've ever been on. She finished 11th in the national quarter horse show a week ago (out of a few hundred horses.) She'll jump anything you point her to although she's smaller (only 15.2 hands.)

Anywho... here are some sites for your friend:

http://www.pbhounds.com/

http://www.fwfhunt.com/

http://mistymorninghounds.com/

http://www.southcreekfoxhounds.net/

I had those sites bookmarked as I am interested in doing some hunts myself. I'll probably do a couple of cross country horse shows to really get the feel for it.

Buffymommy · #5 08-21-2006, 02:46 PM

Thanks for the links Cajun. I printed them to give to her. I see one that is in Palm Beach and one in Martin County. She will like that!

I should try the non jumping one. That would be cool. Kinda like a long trail ride.

GenuineRisk · #6 08-21-2006, 06:14 PM

Oh my goodness, that canter website is fun to look at. I've found three already I wish I could buy...

Thanks for posting it!

Buffymommy · #7 08-22-2006, 01:34 PM

This is sooo aggravating to me. How come every other state has their own "retirement" program, but Florida does not? I am very angry at the Florida race horse program. Where are all the unwanted horses going? Does anyone know?

I really need to win the lottery now. I want to open a farm where they can come be rehabilitated and come down off the racetrack mentality and then adopted out.

Why do we not have this in FLorida?