Thoroughbred Horses For Sale | Retraining Off-the-Track Thoroughbreds | Success Stories
Retraining an off-the-track Thoroughbred requires skill and knowledge. You either need to have both or work closely with someone who does. The life of a racehorse is very different than the life of a sport horse. The aids of a jockey are not like the aids of a dressage rider.
Introducing Thoroughbreds, or any horse to x-country fences, the first time can be both exciting and scary for the horse. This training note walks you through a process that is methodical and well thought out to make the learning fun and not over stimulating — while building the confidence of both the horse and the riders.
Here is a small selection of the videos you will find on our BitsandBytes Farm YouTube Channel. We have many videos to help you start training your off-the-track-Thoroughbred (OTTB). We also have some ‘dirty videos’ too… not that kind!
Made in Her Image came to Bits & Bytes Farm from the race track in mid-December 2018 for a few months of training. Her owner will be bringing ‘Mae’ home to Nantucket, MA in the spring. We have the pleasure of starting this three-year-old filly and documenting it.
So you just got an off-the-track Thoroughbred! What do you do now? Wait to ride? No. Get on and RIDE! Read about what to expect.
Its been busy at the farm. We have had lots of visitors coming to meet our horses and learn about Thoroughbreds. We’ve had visitors from Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia all stopping by in the last seven days.
Saint Lawrence is growing like a weed. He turned two on May 5th and he is already over 16.3 hands! How will we ever get on this monster? See Elizabeth’s solution.
People ask how how we find such nice horses. We have a group of owners, trainers and breeders that we like to place horses for because they do a great job of breeding, raising and training their horses. They care about what happens to their horses. Most of the Thoroughbreds we sell have raced or …
Today is not only cinco de mayo but it is Bubba’s seventh birthday and our baby Saint Lawrence’s first birthday. We have photos of Saint Lawrence on his page learning about all the fun toys in the “Redneck Roundpen” during his despooking training. Bubba (Lynn’s Vision) had fun too! Happy Birthday to our brave boys. See photos of Bubba navigating the obstacles.