Myself – Author of this blog…blog world name of OnTheBit.
Gennyral – My horse (pictured above). He is 100% Thoroughbred and is an ex-race horse. He was retired at the age of 15 in 2007 after suffering a catastrophic injury to his superficial digital flexor tendon.
Texas – The horse I lease (pictured above). Texas is a nurse mare foal and was rescued at 4 days old. We are unsure of his breeding, although clearly he has some Appaloosa in him.
Texas’s Owner (TO) – The owner of the horse I lease. She is also a young F.E.I. level rider who has big goals for herself and her horses.
Nice Local Trainer (NLT) – This is Texas’s Owner’s Mom and also the owner of the farm where Texas lives.
Hello OnTheBit!
I’m currently doing research for an equestrian client of ours,
and your site has been a great resource for me. Thanks for all the really informative content. At the moment, I’m working on a social media strategy to promote equestrianism to youth online and would love to hear your experiences with youth riders (if any).
If you don’t mind, I’d like to get in touch and ask a couple questions. You can contact me through my email below. I would really appreciate it.
Many thanks,
Paulino
paulino@wearevi.com
http://learningaboutequestrianism.blogspot.com/
Hi,
I just discovered your blog and can definitely relate to your work with Genny. I have been a horse racing enthusiast for 20 years and just bought a 6 yr. old OTTB last year and am retraining him for dressage. It’s been quite an experience so far! Would love to hear more about your experiences with Genny!
Becky
Hi,
I was researching lumps and bumps on legs and came across your posts on March 30 and 31, 2009 and found exactly what I was looking for. Ive been experimenting with getting rid of wind puffs on my 8 year old QH. Well I did a poultice last night with the prepacked poultice pads and when I took them off this morning noticed a big knot on the front of the front leg, kind of towards the inside of the leg and on the front of both back legs (except these swellings were long and thin, about 3-4 inches long). The swellings (knots) are hard also. In your blog it sounded like the same thing happened, and what I was wanting to know is, was the bump you had on your horse hard or soft and how long before it went away. Ive done cold hosing and some linament. Of course it’s a Sunday and tomorrow is Labor Day so no vets available. I would appreciate any advice.
Thanks, Melissa
Hello,My Family & I own and operate Chateau Stables,Inc over 45 yrs in NYC.As a horse owner talking to another,be very careful siding with animal extremists.If these people have their way,you will not be horseback riding,or showing horses ,as they are against animal ownership.The ”abuse” accusations” ar ejust that,with no truths behind anything they say. The few unfortunate accidents this industry has,is just that accidents,and for 136 horses working regulary having a accident is extremly rare.They use our tragedy to their gain.AS for my family,we own our own farm in Pa,where we rotate our working horses,[can be easily proven by our mangatory log books and time clock documentation].Our blacksmiths travel 300 miles round trip to shoe our horses every 6 weeks,a dental tech has been in our stable 1x a month since March.We donate our stable and ponies and horses to http://www.equestria.org ,they use our facility and animals for therapy riding.We work with ac4h horse rescue in Bernville Pa,and adopt draft and stbs for our therapy program and light carriage driving.We also retire our carriage horses to them to rehome and donate their adoption fees back to thet rescue.We rescue animals ourselves,including a blind appy mare senior that was not easy to place at a another rescue ,and she was donated to us here in NYC.Its because of my NYC Carriage horses we can donate our place and animals to a great program like Equestria,and help adopt rescue horses.Please don’t be blinded by the blinders these extremists try to use by attacking a licensed,regulated insured business.There is a much bigger scale hoovering around this industry and its not a humane issue,its a real estate issue.
By the way,you have beautiful horses,just beware these extremists don’t attempt to ban you too.
I have an OTTB as well and I LOVE him I have retrained him for eventing and I just love working with him! Just thought I would let you know how much I cherish the OTTB’s and what they are capable of when they are shown true love and compassion. You can visit my blog to see pics of Yankee