emma
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Post by emma on Dec 23, 2008 21:29:18 GMT 1
My friend trains racehorses. All the horses that race through the summer are turned out 24/7 in winter unrugged. They live as a herd on 20 acres with trees on it. They are all really happy and look in really good condition
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tamzin
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Post by tamzin on Dec 23, 2008 21:34:08 GMT 1
my friend has tb broodmares who are out 24/7 no rugs just good feed and shelter. They look fantastic.
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Post by Heathcliffe on Dec 23, 2008 23:09:47 GMT 1
when I worked at a racing yard, many racers were turned away on grass with rugs for the winter, they had lived in all summer and it did them no harm..
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Post by horsefeed on Dec 27, 2008 16:36:53 GMT 1
**UPDATE** Both arrive chrimbo eve - I will upload pics later. I have decided to have the 2 year old. She is a darling and turned out and settled well. We've had a few problems since, including shetland excaping in with them over night and them haring round for hours by the look of the field. They managed to ripe all the electric fencing between all the paddocks down, she is now very sore slightly lame but it looks like she'll wrapped elec tape round her fetlocks as very bruised so she should be ok. She choked on her dinner this morning and had to have vet out to sort her out - bit of a nightmare to be honest.
But she has a lovely eye and has taken most things in her stride and going to send all day tomorrow with her.
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eeyoreluva
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Post by eeyoreluva on Dec 27, 2008 17:18:52 GMT 1
It depends on whether you want to ride now or wait a few years for a 2 year old to mature.
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Post by jackiedo on Dec 27, 2008 18:01:05 GMT 1
I still stand by what I said. I have had 2 TB ex racers who have wintered out. BUT just to say it's ok, without knowing exactly what conditions they are going to is something I would not do. Are they aclimatised (have they grown thick coats,) or are they used to being in and rugged up? Is there adequate shelter for them both to get into if need be, or thick natural hegdes. Fed properly, and with the right support they can live outside, but for example (and I am only generalising) they could NOT be turned out unrugged in electric or wire fenced paddocks with no shelter and expected to cope with it.
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