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Imatexan arrived on Saturday night to Bits & Bytes Farm and Sunday was a busy day for her. Turnout, shoe removal, bath, photos and giving her new mom her first ride. Read all about her day and then read the first installment of Training Imatexan.
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If you are new to our Web site or have been watching our Prospect Horses at the Track sell quickly, you might be wondering what is it like to retrain a horse directly off-the-track. Reign Day’s Training Diary takes you on a six week long training session that starts one week after he finished racing. Ride along as Elizabeth teaches Reign Day to be a sport horse. Read more . . .
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Reign Day’s Training Diary continues. We have taken the opportunity to expand on Reign Day’s training to explain some of the myths of retraining an ex-race horse. It is our hope that by following Reign Day’s training you will learn that it is not difficult to retrain an ex-race horse if you have experience riding. Read more . . .
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Reign Day is learning his lessons well and we have now posted the fourth day of Reign Day’s Training Diary. Learn how we start a Thoroughbred horse less than two weeks off-the track. Read Day Four . . .
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Bounced arrives OK in OK after a snowy ride. Read More . . .
Read the latest update on recently off-the-track Thoroughbred Reign Day. Day Three has been posted and Day Four and Five will be posted tomorrow.
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Reign Day goes for his first ride! Read the story of Reign Days Diary – Day Two. Follow along as we take a race horse just a week off-the-track and train him to be a sport horse.
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We thought we might take the opportunity of training Reign Day to do a day-by-day diary explaining things a new buyer might need to know. Follow along for the next month as Reign Day makes the transition from race horse to sport horse at Bits & Bytes Farm just outside Atlanta, GA. The first two days are up. Be sure to check back daily for the updates.
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Winter in Georgia usually means wearing and extra layer of clothing and riding continues as usual. We don’t really need indoor arenas because the ground seldom freezes. Our biggest concern is the wind on a cool day getting under the horses’ tails. We call those “Wahoo Days”. . .
Winter Wonderland and Cautions Read More »
Does your horse need chiropractic care?
That is the title of our new page. I receive many e-mails each week from people following our site who have problems with their horses. Our buyers can pick up the phone and call us but where do the other Thoroughbred buyers get help?
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