Re: RC: Stress of racing youngsters

["Truman Prevatt, PhD" <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

Not every horse that goes to the track spends a lot of time there. If a
horse doesn't have the speed at 6 furlongs, then why spend money on their
training?  The hunter/jumper world is full of OTT TB's. One Arab we
have broke his maden his first race. At some point between his first and
second race he twisted a testicle and had to be gelded. The owners wanted
to put a track record on him and put him at stud (to replace his father
who they had at stud). They decided to sell him to a good home who would
use him. He had no ill effect from his track days. If anything he is a
lot less spooky about things because of it.

Truman

Tracey wrote:

>  Caveat
> : what follows is opinion, based on limited experience, no reading, and
> the odd musing.  Not meant to be taken as gospel / to sway opinion,
> but to encourage debate (ticking off new year's resolution to be nice on
> the internet) I
> have zero experience with Arabs, racing or otherwise, but the local riding
> industry is heavily weighted in favour of OTT TBs.  They come off
> of the track regularly and frequently the owner does not want any money
> for them.  Many of these TBs go on to have careers as jumpers / dressage
> horses / eventers, despite having raced. Not
> all of these horses "break down" as a result of injuries sustained whilst
> on the track or because of wear and tear.

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