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We lost one of ours today.
Henry kept having fits / muscle spasms along his back and shoulders. He has been in for a CAT scan and lots of tests and they said its neurological, nothing can be done.
He was put on a course of steroids to try to control it but they said if it keeps happening it will just get worse. He wasn't happy and clearly distressed. He had a bad episode yesterday with him throwing himself against his door, so the decision was made.
Poor lad, I'm really going to miss him.
Henry kept having fits / muscle spasms along his back and shoulders. He has been in for a CAT scan and lots of tests and they said its neurological, nothing can be done.
He was put on a course of steroids to try to control it but they said if it keeps happening it will just get worse. He wasn't happy and clearly distressed. He had a bad episode yesterday with him throwing himself against his door, so the decision was made.
Poor lad, I'm really going to miss him.
Hello,
I haven't posted on this thread or anywhere on PH for 7 months as I couldn't bring myself to say the Rocket the racehorse had been put down - his pictures are here :-
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=123...
Very sorry Adz the rat about your horse at the same time that Rocket was put down.
Rocket had an arthritic back/pelvis from racing that meant he was in pain when I rode him, he shone so so brightly, I hadn't cried for decades but for months I could just blubber after he was gone, I hate having horses put down, I hate holding them when the pistol fires but I am there for them.
Yes I have a new horse who arrived the next morning after Rocket was gone, not the new horses fault but he came at a hurtful time. He is frankly a sod of a horse, kicks and bites everything that comes near him, his previous owners were scared of him, however he is the right size, breeding, age and sex for me. He has attacked me 7 times, 5 times with feet twice with teeth but he now knows who is the herd leader (and its not him) and he is finally happier for knowing his place in the world.
He was riddled with pinworm that made him grumpy (I would have been too) but that is sorted and he has been seen to put his ears forward occasionally now!
Now the good news he is an ex eventer out of a Weatherbys TB mare and Oldenburg stallion, he extends like its just what you do you know (why I bought him), he placed/won every time out at BE90 but had then been left feral for 18 months. He is 9 years old, dark bay gelding 16.2 hands. No piccies yet as I am waiting for him to look sweet, his stable name is Sharkey as he bites everything with his ears back.
Oh yes he has already qualified for the local dressage winter league championship final and will be a superstar, but he is a git.
Youtube video of him eventing :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOMsLloCc5Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Qmn-SQXPI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GCj44sYTGo
His grandsire is a Grand Prix horse who looks and does this :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hpLprT2Vsg
After he had been neglected for a long while and been left alone in a field I have stopped the kicking and biting, stopped the behind the bit overbending, got rid of the parasites and built muscle on the shoulder and wither instead of behind the poll I now have a good horse. Hopefully some pictures of good times will come.
God bless my Rocket long live The Shark
I haven't posted on this thread or anywhere on PH for 7 months as I couldn't bring myself to say the Rocket the racehorse had been put down - his pictures are here :-
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=123...
Very sorry Adz the rat about your horse at the same time that Rocket was put down.
Rocket had an arthritic back/pelvis from racing that meant he was in pain when I rode him, he shone so so brightly, I hadn't cried for decades but for months I could just blubber after he was gone, I hate having horses put down, I hate holding them when the pistol fires but I am there for them.
Yes I have a new horse who arrived the next morning after Rocket was gone, not the new horses fault but he came at a hurtful time. He is frankly a sod of a horse, kicks and bites everything that comes near him, his previous owners were scared of him, however he is the right size, breeding, age and sex for me. He has attacked me 7 times, 5 times with feet twice with teeth but he now knows who is the herd leader (and its not him) and he is finally happier for knowing his place in the world.
He was riddled with pinworm that made him grumpy (I would have been too) but that is sorted and he has been seen to put his ears forward occasionally now!
Now the good news he is an ex eventer out of a Weatherbys TB mare and Oldenburg stallion, he extends like its just what you do you know (why I bought him), he placed/won every time out at BE90 but had then been left feral for 18 months. He is 9 years old, dark bay gelding 16.2 hands. No piccies yet as I am waiting for him to look sweet, his stable name is Sharkey as he bites everything with his ears back.
Oh yes he has already qualified for the local dressage winter league championship final and will be a superstar, but he is a git.
Youtube video of him eventing :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOMsLloCc5Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Qmn-SQXPI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GCj44sYTGo
His grandsire is a Grand Prix horse who looks and does this :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hpLprT2Vsg
After he had been neglected for a long while and been left alone in a field I have stopped the kicking and biting, stopped the behind the bit overbending, got rid of the parasites and built muscle on the shoulder and wither instead of behind the poll I now have a good horse. Hopefully some pictures of good times will come.
God bless my Rocket long live The Shark
I need to be at home to post a few pictures of our 10 year old Thoroughbred "Roddy" who was bought a day before we came to the US. He's 15'3 and of slight build given his grandfather was Dancing Brave, but Roddy has short legs and a long body so was not chosen to be a racehorse. He's still pretty quick though and is suffering/enjoying the hot weather here in Atlanta.
He's a master at getting food out of the other owners at the Barn (stables) he is at and has been known to find his way into other horses stables and starts chomping their food. He's very gentle, but love to have a race..... with humans being his competition. Not bad at jumping, (1.1M) but loves to be out in the field with his buddies.
I'll put some pictures up in the next few days
He's a master at getting food out of the other owners at the Barn (stables) he is at and has been known to find his way into other horses stables and starts chomping their food. He's very gentle, but love to have a race..... with humans being his competition. Not bad at jumping, (1.1M) but loves to be out in the field with his buddies.
I'll put some pictures up in the next few days
Bought myself some more horsepower yesterday. We do enough work with the rescues so I selfishly decided I deserved something of my own to play around on. He's a 17h2 warmblood called Romeo. (Soon to be changed to Vantage!) He's been competing locally with great success so it will take me quite a while to get up to his spec! Handsome looking fella if I do say so myself.
Took the Shark out today for a dressage test, haven't been out for 8 weeks or so.
He flipped his lid coming out of the warm up arena, went into the ring and.......
Got beaten by 4 marks and 1 mark so came third, still 78% none too shabby!
Sure he will be in the 80%'s in the summer, sheet below.
He flipped his lid coming out of the warm up arena, went into the ring and.......
Got beaten by 4 marks and 1 mark so came third, still 78% none too shabby!
Sure he will be in the 80%'s in the summer, sheet below.
I promised some pictures of Roddy, our 10 year old English thoroughbread who lives in the US at a local Barn. He had a really nasty fall about 2 years ago cutting his knee right openjust before we got him and it's healed well. He was bred as a racehorse, but his legs are a little short so he was used in Windsor Great park as a fast riding horse before we got him. He's a very friendly chap and loves playing "facetag" and running around with his buddies in the field. He is less keen on doing work, but races me in the fields regularly. Extremely good natured and has learned to jump 3ft3" so is doing well
About 2 years ago when he lived in the UK
About 6 weeks ago in Georgia - He had just been clipped
Grazing in the fields
We mainly see his nose though!!
About 2 years ago when he lived in the UK
About 6 weeks ago in Georgia - He had just been clipped
Grazing in the fields
We mainly see his nose though!!
Edited by The jiffle king on Tuesday 7th March 23:00
Yes we moved him out here with us and will move him back in a few months when we return. He had to fly from Belgium to NY then get trailered down to Georgia. I never knew there were different classes of horse travel available but he came cattle class 
It gets really hot in the summer, so about to move to night turnout here rather than day
It gets really hot in the summer, so about to move to night turnout here rather than day
Haha do they do club class where gets a stable, shower and a free bar??
That must have been quite a decision to do that although I can understand why you would. I guess he had to go on a commercial jet not a bay of a passenger plane? Do you mind if I ask the approximate costs involved?
Apologies for the questions but I've never really thought about it before. Not that I'm about to send my 17h3 wb off to the US unless he keeps misbehaving!
That must have been quite a decision to do that although I can understand why you would. I guess he had to go on a commercial jet not a bay of a passenger plane? Do you mind if I ask the approximate costs involved?
Apologies for the questions but I've never really thought about it before. Not that I'm about to send my 17h3 wb off to the US unless he keeps misbehaving!
They have "stalls" for the horses and they can fit 1, 2 or 3 horses in hence first, business or cattle class. I don't think the flight was too bad given they need a vet on board, a groom and lots of hay. I think it was $2k which for 500ish KG is not bad. Of course he needed his passport which he had from birth, injections, quarantine for 3 days in NY and we had to get him to Belgium as well.
I am told that flying is smoother than the roads so they are usually fine and not sedated, but occasionally they try to sit down on take off. He was a little stiff after 13 hours on a truck and given he arrived at 3am in the morning, he was very tired
I am told that flying is smoother than the roads so they are usually fine and not sedated, but occasionally they try to sit down on take off. He was a little stiff after 13 hours on a truck and given he arrived at 3am in the morning, he was very tired
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