Our 2 year old in training

angrovestud · Postby **angrovestud** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 9:02 am

We have moved him to Paul Midgleys yard hes such a happy horse now and is loving his job

LB · Postby LB » Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:15 am

Stunning scenery! I really wish we could train horses like that in the U.S.

angrovestud · Postby **angrovestud** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:43 am

and brought back many memories of riding my friends Pointer over the moors but I am disabled now as I have Dercums Diease and its not curable

Truly · Postby **Truly** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:31 pm

He looks fabulous !

Just goes to show how a varied training programme produces happy horses

..all those horses look happy and chilled!

That is a great education for him..open moors and hacking on the roads..if he doesn't make it as a racehorse (can't see any reason why not tho'

) he will certainly be able to do any job like eventing afterwards

It must seem really weird for our friends across the pond to see how our smaller rural trainers work our racehorses lol..the set up is very different!

going4stamina · Postby **going4stamina** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 6:08 pm

I'm imagining the Yorhshire farmers asdescribed in James Herriot's books.

And good to see the horses are calm near the beer being unloaded at the pub, ha!

TrueColours · Postby **TrueColours** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:11 pm

And good to see the horses are calm near the beer being unloaded at the pub, ha!

Can you just see the local lads at Woodbine (or any other North American track for that matter!) taking the youngsters for a work up and down the hills and dales and then for a hack down the road with cars whizzing by and noisy stuff being unloaded from trucks?!

They'd look at you like you were stark raving bonkers for even suggesting it! :lol:

LB · Postby LB » Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:33 pm

TrueColours wrote:
And good to see the horses are calm near the beer being unloaded at the pub, ha!

Can you just see the local lads at Woodbine (or any other North American track for that matter!) taking the youngsters for a work up and down the hills and dales and then for a hack down the road with cars whizzing by and noisy stuff being unloaded from trucks?!

They'd look at you like you were stark raving bonkers for even suggesting it!

Actually every backside I've ever been on has had plenty of activity. Not as much beer perhaps :wink:

but cars whizzing by, laundry being hung, trucks being unloaded, etc. And once on the track, American horses have to deal with a lot more stuff than I see in those pictures. For example, I doubt if anyone turns on a loud siren when someone falls off on the moors.

Truly · Postby **Truly** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 6:01 am

LB wrote:
TrueColours wrote:
And good to see the horses are calm near the beer being unloaded at the pub, ha!

Can you just see the local lads at Woodbine (or any other North American track for that matter!) taking the youngsters for a work up and down the hills and dales and then for a hack down the road with cars whizzing by and noisy stuff being unloaded from trucks?!

They'd look at you like you were stark raving bonkers for even suggesting it!

Actually every backside I've ever been on has had plenty of activity. Not as much beer perhaps but cars whizzing by, laundry being hung, trucks being unloaded, etc. And once on the track, American horses have to deal with a lot more stuff than I see in those pictures. For example, I doubt if anyone turns on a loud siren when someone falls off on the moors.

ahh but there be them werewolves up on them moors

angrovestud · Postby **angrovestud** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 8:10 am

Not to mention all the sheep!

going4stamina · Postby **going4stamina** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:44 am

Nothing more scary to a Tb than a bleating sheep, except for the often found "invisble horse-eating monster".

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:45 am

Stunning pictures!!

Jane · Postby **Jane** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 12:17 pm

Wow, B E A U T I F U L !!!

How long do they have the horses out on one of these training sessions?

angrovestud · Postby **angrovestud** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:40 am

accphotography · Postby **accphotography** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:13 pm

He's just gorgeous!!

The equipment over there is all so... foreign... to me. :lol:

Truly · Postby **Truly** » Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:18 pm

They are wearing race 'exercise' saddles...just got their stirrups longer as they are hacking not galloping....you need to ride longer incase they shy at a bird or something and you can stay on lol
The exercise saddles have a bit more bulk than a actual flat race saddle otherwise they'd get sore backs.
The stirrups aren't race stirrups, just normal safety stirrups incase they get their feet caught.

They're wearing old bridles..not what they'd go to the races in.
Rummy is wearing a fulmer snaffle...we use these mostly when backing as the cheeks help with the steering with babies.
Edit just checked photo again and it just a full cheek snaffle not a fulmer sorry

He has side reins attached as one but under his chest..not something I do personally as I don't have any fixed reins when riding...but he seems to be happy in them, so each to their own

I 'think' we do alot more hacking and slow work over here before we start cantering them on the gallops...this trainer trains National Hunt and Flat horses so the prep for jump racing tends to be alot more slow work before they gallop compared to short workouts on a track for flat racers.

Hope you don't mind me answering that Angrove?..please correct me if I've got anything wrong