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Post by kdcarpe on Mar 7, 2010 1:05:03 GMT -5
I recently took on a thoroughbred who has been off the track for about 7 years. He was run about 25 times. He was retired to the pasture after his last race and has been on an all hay diet with no grain for the past 7 years...We are going to the vet this Tuesday.
Are there any certain things I should have have him checked out for or anything in particular I should watch for? He eats his grain just fine and appears to be sound, but has only had a rider on his back for about 5 minutes tops(he needs to have his teeth floated and the bit bothered his mouth...)
Thanks!
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Post by easychoice on Mar 7, 2010 22:13:18 GMT -5
Get the book 'Beyond the Track'. Has everything you need to know about OTTBs
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Post by kdcarpe on Mar 8, 2010 8:37:01 GMT -5
Okay will do! Thanks!
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Post by kdcarpe on Mar 11, 2010 9:41:43 GMT -5
Just to let you all know, IC had his first vet exam yesterday. He loaded up just fine after 7 or 8 years of not traveling. Got to the vet and he walked into the vet chute just fine and decided he didnt like it so he started throwing his head. We got a coggins, teeth floated and all that good jazz. The vet said he was putting on weight just fine and the bump on his back should go away after he puts on some weight. When I went out to check on him last night he was walking around his stall drugged up out of his little mind.
The farrier came out a few days ago to trim his hooves. He had some cracks on the outside, so hes on stall rest for a few days...When we would grab for the left he would try to give us his right. hes definitely a character.
Also, I ordered the book beyond the track...
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Post by Deb on Mar 12, 2010 9:19:40 GMT -5
It sounds like your IC has a very good mind set for the most part. To load and travel so very well after 7 to 8 years is remarkable. You and IC are off to a very good start!!
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Post by kdcarpe on Mar 12, 2010 14:22:59 GMT -5
I really hope so. I was kind of worried about him. He couldn't get into a lot of mud because of his hoofs so I have been keeping him in and taking him on walks in the barn and in the dryer parts of the fields. He wasn't eating hardly any hay, wouldn't eat grain. He didn't eat hardly anything last night and just stood by the back door of his stall(we couldn't turn him out into his paddock because his neighbor was a mean old stud). This morning I turned him into his corral and he just went to town on his grain and hay...Just as happy as could be. We are going to let him run around in the pasture and eat all weekend since our grass is finally starting to get greener.
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