school help: I am a 17 year old girl and I am thinking about buying and retraining failed racetrack thoroughbreds to use as schooling horses for children.

forevertalith

I am a 17 year old girl and I am thinking about buying and retraining failed racetrack thoroughbreds to use as schooling horses for children.

I have successfully tamed and trained a wild half arab mare, and am thinking about starting a riding school for adults and children using Parelli and John Lyons training methods on my horses.
I was wondering if it more difficult to retrain a thoroughbred than train a wild horse. . . I know it will be alot of work. I have owned 2 horses for 8 years, but I would say my riding skills are a little over intermediate. I am really good at working ground skills with a horse.
Do you think retraining thoroughbreds to be schooling horses is a bad idea? Thanks.

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Xeno Dragon 83 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 minute after post)

I think you are the coolest person this site has seen in months.

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Dragon_Lady 5 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (52 minutes after post)

I think that’s an awesome idea!

I would think thorouhbreds (sp?) would be easier to retrain, as they’ve had so much time and attention spent on them already. I doubt the big groups of people and inexperienced riders would bother them much.

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forevertalith 0 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 4 minutes after post)

Well, the thing to retrain in thoroughbreds is that they are hard to control after they get a taste of the track. Born and bred to run, it would be kind of hard to train them against their natural instict—it would be awesome for the fact that they would now have a job to do—but how hard would it be to fight their instict to run is what I am wondering.

Dragon_Lady 5 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 8 minutes after post)

Yes; and they may dump inexperienced riders.

I live next door to a professional horse trainer who works with both wild horses and thoroughbreds. When I get a chance, I’ll ask him what he thinks about your idea. I’m sure he’ll know just what can or can’t be done.

Either way, though, I see them in the yard back there, and they don’t run when they’re being exercised and such, so I would guess they have some idea of when it’s appropriate, and when it isn’t.

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Barbyman 5 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 15 minutes after post)

each horse is different.You could find a wild horse and brake it in 5hours and then you could find a wild horse you haven’t broken in 6weeks. racehorses are exactly the same .Most of the reasons are that the racehorses you buy are no good in racing or have broken down.You have to start of from O .Again each one is different .But if i had my life all over again i be in there with braking and racing .Loved the life..
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Kanabi 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (3 hours, 33 minutes after post)

Go YOU!!!! I wish you LOADS of luck!!!!! Just like barbyman said, all horses are different. And rememeber, my instrictor always told me “Rome wasnt built in a day and neither will your horse.” Good luck!!

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Dragon_Lady 5 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (9 hours, 21 minutes after post)

Sadly, my neighbor is out of town somewhere, and I have no idea when he’ll be back. But I’ll keep my subscription to this thread, and tell you what he says when I get a chance to talk to him.

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Max 202 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (16 hours, 36 minutes after post)

Brood mares work best. They have to have a nice personality from the beginning. They are normally a independent breed, similar to Arabians:)

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An Unknown Location | 10 months, 3 weeks ago (2 months after post)

i think thats a great idea, im not an expert but i think retraining a racer would be easier than tameing a wild horse, mainly because with a racer you dont have to go thro the whole process of gaining trust.
i think you will do great. you are an inspiration to many young people
good luck!

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