Recently, a friend told me she was having trouble finding a trainer to start her 9-year-old horse under saddle. One refused to take on the horse without giving any reason, then another told her that horses were no longer trainable after they turned 9. This surprised us both: ...read more
Americans love Thoroughbreds. They carried our soldiers, they delivered our mail and their intense desire to win races inspires us every spring as we yearn for a Triple Crown winner. In my biased opinion as founder and president of the Retired Racehorse Training Project (RRTP), I ...read more
Finding a trainer can be like dating: painful and awkward until you find the right one. But I needed to find a good eventing trainer for my rescue horse, Banjo. I wanted to learn about eventing, a completely new discipline for me. I'd been attending local events to observe people ...read more
Once you've made the decision to purchase, or adopt, an ex-racehorse and got him home you're ready to begin his re-training. Some people recommend that the first thing you should do is to turn your retired racehorse out to pasture for six months, to allow him to forget the ...read more
