Show me some TB's with fantastic movement...

[Showjumper28]

Well the title kind of says it all... Can anyone show me some videos of TB's with fantastic movement? I have a TB now, and although I have been told he is a great mover, I would like to compare. Am asking for TB instead of WB due to the lack of super duper suspension. Most of the videos people put up here are of Wbs with a lot, and it doesn't really compare. My horse is not the hunter type of flat knee mover. Has a lot of action, especially in the hind.

So bring it on, show me some videos of great TB movers.

[Sonesta]

Anyone have a video of Keen or Glitter Please to post for her?

[cuonxc]

Don't have a video ...but see if you can find one of the eventer Courageous Comet

[Marydell]

The 2008 Sporthorse Stallion Expo had several really nice TB movers and jumpers. If you go to www.sporthorsestallionexpo.com you will find how to order the DVDs with all the stallions on it.

Maryanna Haymon
www.marydellfarm.com
www.sporthorsestallionexpo.com
2007 USEF Breeder of the Year!

[SueCoo2]

Here is a son of Glitter Please:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp1vQDaHnAc

[elmerandharriet]

i second the courageous comet i enjoyed his dressage last year at rolex he did a really good job

[Samotis]

what kind of tb? Jumper or hunter type? or dressage?

I have a hunter tb mare that is very flat kneed, and as you said doesn't have a ton of suspension.

I could find a video of her, but I am not sure how to download it to this site?

[EqTrainer]

The first pics of are friends hacking in the hay field. The chesnut horse is mine; the bay used to be mine and now belongs to my working student.

The rest of the pics of him are of when I owned him.

I recently purged a lot of pics of our TB's over the years, wish I had kept them. We've had some really good movers. I just wish people would find a nicer way to say that, instead of "OH he moves like a WB"!! How asinine is that, given how many WB's are bad movers?!! It's no compliment to me.

[NOMIOMI1]

Ya same here my new horse is a tb/arab cross and the first thing out of the trainers mouth was "She is very balanced and moves like a warmblood".

[Showjumper28]

I am not looking for flat knee hunter movement. I am looking more for dressage movement...

[Sabovee]

http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u252/sabovee/DSC_0481.jpg?t=1201637300

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v112/28/82/818070045/n818070045_1226187_9908.jpg

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v112/28/82/818070045/n818070045_1226157_4133.jpg

:)

Raced until he was 5. Currently doing 4th, no signs of stopping there.

Here's another one I have that's a nice mover.... He just went to his first show last Saturday and got an 8 on movement :)

http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v154/28/82/818070045/n818070045_1582315_4440.jpg

Video
http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u252/sabovee/?action=view&current=Tobyus_0001.flv

[ACMiller]

Check your PM. My guy always gets 7's-8's on his gaits. First show out at T-4 got a 71.600% came back the next day to get a 69.600%. He's schooling 2nd and movements of 3rd.

[Ja Da Dee]

Oh yes, Couragous Comet just floats. drooool

[Threedaydream]

I think my guy (OTTB) is a pretty nice mover. (can be, anyways)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/maderina1/IMG_6270.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/maderina1/IMG_43651.jpg

[InsideLeg2OutsideRein]

my boy : ), sorry no video

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m199/Centaura88/justextend.jpg

[EqTrainer]

Not sure what you are looking for..

my chestnut horse has a ton of suspension and very little knee action. Knee action is not desireable per say, it just seems to be a side effect sometimes of suspension. Knee action w/no suspension would not do a darn thing for me, would put me in the mind of hackney ponies, but that's just me.

The bay could do the hunters but is still an above average dressage mover, regardless of breed. He gets 8's on his gaits and he is still young, they will improve more. His canter is fantastic.

They both have great rear ends, really use their hocks and sit down easily.

[Donella]

How about this for dressage!?

http://www.sambertino.com/stravinsky_profile.shtml

[Showjumper28]

Not sure what you are looking for..

my chestnut horse has a ton of suspension and very little knee action. Knee action is not desireable per say, it just seems to be a side effect sometimes of suspension. Knee action w/no suspension would not do a darn thing for me, would put me in the mind of hackney ponies, but that's just me.

The bay could do the hunters but is still an above average dressage mover, regardless of breed. He gets 8's on his gaits and he is still young, they will improve more. His canter is fantastic.

They both have great rear ends, really use their hocks and sit down easily.

You are going way into the extreme. I am not talking high stepping, he is just not flat knee, low to the ground stepping. Which is what they look for in hunters. His leg does straighten all the way before it hits the ground. What I am looking for is horses with really good movement. Just not the super duper suspension, like shown in the others threads for movement.

[Donella]

Jrey..
Isnt he something?? I would love to use him on one of my bigger Hanoverian mares..pretty wow. And homozygous black..I almost cried when I read the "chilled semen only" text.:(

[Jealoushe]

My OTTB..this is him being conservative..just a warm up before going out for a gallop

http://www.youtube.com/share?v=7aXvXrf2bSk

[Showjumper28]

Jrey..
Isnt he something?? I would love to use him on one of my bigger Hanoverian mares..pretty wow. And homozygous black..I almost cried when I read the "chilled semen only" text.:(

Isn't that the same as cooled semen? What were you hoping for, live coverage? Anyway, aren't Thoroughbreds from Europe and around that area not full thoroughbred? Aren't they allowed to mix in other breeds as well, in order to improve the gene pool?

[foxhavenfarm]

Here are a few of ours that we feel have outstanding movement:

Artrageous (http://foxhavenfarminc.com/images/Artrageoustrot.wmv) (coming 6 yo Stallion currently eventing)

Quickgoldbucks (http://foxhavenfarminc.com/images/Buckytrotat2years.wmv)(coming 3 yo stallion)

Olliephant (http://foxhavenfarminc.com/images/Ollietrot1.wmv)aka "Ollie" (unregistered 5 yo gelding currently eventing)

[siegi b.]

Quote by Showjumper28 - "Anyway, aren't Thoroughbreds from Europe and around that area not full thoroughbred? Aren't they allowed to mix in other breeds as well, in order to improve the gene pool? "

The answer is NO.

[foxhavenfarm]

Isn't that the same as cooled semen? What were you hoping for, live coverage? Anyway, aren't Thoroughbreds from Europe and around that area not full thoroughbred? Aren't they allowed to mix in other breeds as well, in order to improve the gene pool?

Absolutely not! The European Jockey Club, Australian and NZ Jockey Club and the American Jockey Club are all 100% TB with live cover ONLY in order to register foals.

[canyonoak]

http://www.eurodressage.com/news/breeding/hannover/2006/lauriescrusador.html

[sm]

Quote by Showjumper28 - "Anyway, aren't Thoroughbreds from Europe and around that area not full thoroughbred? Aren't they allowed to mix in other breeds as well, in order to improve the gene pool? "

The answer is NO.

The answer is not all registrys' books are recognized. To be a TB must be in a Foreign Stud Book recognized by The Jockey Club and the International Stud Book Committee. It's a CLOSED BOOK registry, they do not pull in other blood and it must be live cover to be recognized...

[sm]

I am with some others who don't know what the OP is looking for. There is CORRECT movement.

And then there's GOOD movement for particular segments of the sporthorse market: western, dressage, hunter---here beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Meaning what's good for one may be bad for the other...

[EqTrainer]

I am with some others who don't know what the OP is looking for. There is CORRECT movement.

And then there's GOOD movement for particular segments of the sporthorse market: western, dressage, hunter---here beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Meaning what's good for one may be bad for the other...

Count me in :lol: I think she is actually looking for a horse that moves like her own horse? Maybe? All I know is, mine both move like dressage horses, one moreso than the other. My OTTB babies got back!

[ideayoda]

Rath Patrick (irish tb was 9th in Tokyo) with Trish Galvin (usa)

and let us not forget Prince Thatch who raced for four years and was (even handicapped for age) third in his stallion testing!!!! Sire of many dressage and jumper horses: http://www.eurodressage.com/news/breeding/hannover/2004/princethatch.html

[STF]

http://www.kempkehof.web-kontext.de/englisch/hengste_cavallieri.htm

[STF]

http://www.horsemagazine.com/BREEDINGBARN/GREAT_STALLIONS/lauries%20crusador/luriescrusador.html

[Mustang51]

I'm no expert, but I recall that Salute the Truth is pretty impressive.
Not a pure dressage horse but an UL eventer, TB stallion. And I believe he's recieved compliments from BN dressage folk.

There don't seem to be any videos on the website:

http://www.dodonfarm.com/willy-competition.html

[kelliope]

How about this for dressage!?

http://www.sambertino.com/stravinsky_profile.shtml

Holy cr*p!!!!! That is a nice horse!!!! Is the video clip of dressage him or a protege? Looks chestnut in the video. Man, he looks nice and if he can throw a baby that nice...well, I've bookmarked that site!

[MyReality]

I loooove thoroughbreds.

There was a thread about choosing talent or temperament. Why not a thoroughbred, then you have some of both? Tons to choose from, cheap, most are great wonderful workers and easy easy to work with in my experience.

[STF]

I have a TB mare in my broodmare band that is a superb producer.
She throws tons of hock and rear end power with a elastic front end.
She is sired by Clever Leader (Clever Trick - Bold Reason) out of a Rinoso line.
She is due in May with another foal that Im very excited about.
A good TB is far and in between these days, but there are some out there.

[LarissaL]

STF, I've heard nothing but good things from the Clever Trick line. I had two Clever Champ boys off the track and at one's resale, the prepurchase vet watched him on the lunge and said "I hope this horse is going to a dressage home!" Is Missy the mare? One of my boys looked VERY similar

She is sired by Clever Leader (Clever Trick - Bold Reason) out of a Rinoso line.

[2Mares]

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2390894370086217274UOQKnt
Best I could do to show Courageous Comet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwHU_NpzP_w
I think my mare is a pretty nice dressage mover, uses her hind end well

[Foxdale Farm]

The BWP (Belgian Warmblood) judges were really impressed with Coconut Grove's movement. They said he is incredibly elastic and has a lot of presence. According to his ad in the BWP stallion directory, he is the "only world class TB Grand Prix Jumping stallion standing in the US." Anybody ever seen video of him moving?

I also LOVE Thoroughbreds! They are elegant as well as tough. My stallion is 1/2 TB. He is a lovely mover and incredibly gorgeous. His beauty was definitely passed to him by his TB dam, as his giant Hanoverian sire was huge, bulky, and had a big head! The TB in him lent him his refinement and elegance.

My TB mare could take your breath away when she was moving freely and had just this striking classic elegance & pride that I think a lot of TB's can bring to the table. I think TB's can also add a lot of lightness and can be really quick and athletic.

www.foxdalefarm.us

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

I don't have any pics (yet) - my 15 year old OTTB can piaffe. Apparently, once we got him strong and decontracted, one could see his natural ability for this - we had a clinician come to the barn this spring, and we were working in hand, and he asked me how much training he had had (um, almost none in this regard). And then he showed me what my horse could do. And goodness knows, it's not like I had a clue when I got him.

[STF]

STF, I've heard nothing but good things from the Clever Trick line. I had two Clever Champ boys off the track and at one's resale, the prepurchase vet watched him on the lunge and said "I hope this horse is going to a dressage home!" Is Missy the mare? One of my boys looked VERY similar

Yes. Her JC name is Miss Clever Leader.
The mare has MORE hock and knee action than some of the WB mares I have had here on site! :lol:
She is a power house!!!

As a broodmare, I dont have a good conformation pic of her, but here is a VURRRY fat prego one. Ever her face does not say typical "TB."
http://www.spindletopfarm.net/missy.jpg

http://www.spindletopfarm.net/Msmissy.jpg

[grayarabpony]

I presume the OP is looking for a horse with a big elastic walk, floating trot with suspension, as well as a floating well-balanced canter that the horse can collect or extend easily. I don't have videos but yes, I have seen TBs like that, which would make any warmblood breeder drool.

[rebecca yount]

I saw a TB like this. His name is Favorable Terms and he is ridden in horse trials by a young woman named Maisy Grassie in Maryland and PA. If anyone ever has a chance to see him, I judged a schooling show in the spring of 2006 and he was one of the best-moving horses I have EVER seen.

I see where she is competing him around the Maryland area.

[EqTrainer]

Someone should PM Purplnpurpl for pictures of Boomer.

[Calamber]

This is a very interesting thread. Thank you all for showing me your beautiful and talented thoroughbreds and for the links to those gorgeous horses, particularly the website of Stravinsky. There is a little known story about Jimmy Winkfield the black American jockey who helped to ride and drive a couple of hundred precious Russian Thoroughbreds to Poland after WWI to save their lives. The march was 1100 miles and the horses raced a few weeks later! I am just struck by all of this, I thought I knew something about thoroughbreds, thanks again. If anyone is interested in the Winkfield story, the book is by Ed Hotaling and has just been released entitled "Wink" "The Life and Epic Journey of Jimmy Winkfield".

[Donella]

Isn't that the same as cooled semen? What were you hoping for, live coverage? Anyway, aren't Thoroughbreds from Europe and around that area not full thoroughbred? Aren't they allowed to mix in other breeds as well, in order to improve the gene pool

Yes it is, and I am in NA so that wouldn't work. I would die for frozen from him for a Hanoverian foal. And he is a purebred tb.

[purplnurpl]

Thanks EqTrainer.

sometimes I need to be reminded of what I have.
the UL coaches I see just cry because he's not a stallion. : ( But if he were, I wouldn't have him!

I wish I had a video for you all.
Most every judge talks to me on the way out and they ask me what type of warmblood or cross he is. ; )
He has suspension to die for. If I don't have him softely through I can kiss sitting the trot good-bye. I don't even try.
He is coming 7 year old. Working on half pass/changes/and canter pirouette.

Booms also walks like a panther. I get 8s, 9s on my free walks. The majority of his scores are in the mid 70 range. Higher if I don't screw up.
He has never gotten lower than an 8 on gaits.
The guy at the end 'Endeavor' is my newbie. He's not too shabby himself.

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=18937226&uid=3944062

there are lots of great moving TBs out there. It's just impossible for us to get them before their gaits are lost at the track.
They sell for 6 digits as yearlings!

The guys above didn't race.

[Mustang51]

I saw a TB like this. His name is Favorable Terms and he is ridden in horse trials by a young woman named Maisy Grassie in Maryland and PA. If anyone ever has a chance to see him, I judged a schooling show in the spring of 2006 and he was one of the best-moving horses I have EVER seen.

I see where she is competing him around the Maryland area.

This pair was at my farm for about a year. (He was very green at the time). But he is an awsome horse. She has just started competing him Prelim eventing this past fall.

[see u at x]

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=18937226&uid=3944062

there are lots of great moving TBs out there. It's just impossible for us to get them before their gaits are lost at the track.
They sell for 6 digits as yearlings!

The guys above didn't race.

Purplnurpl, absolutely GORGEOUS horses...thank you for sharing those. :)

You guys have posted some awesome pictures/videos. I am in the process of leasing/buying a wonderful TB/appendix mare (she's not papered, so we're not sure if she's full TB or not). Every time I ride her I'm amazed at her impulsion and how she seems to "float". God help me when the time comes to sit the trot, though! I'm trying to get my friend to ride her for me one day just so I can watch her move. ;) No, she may not be quite the mover that some of the horses posted here are, but to an ammy and in many ways, a relatively novice rider, it's thrilling nonetheless. And a good temperament on top of it? For me, at this stage in my riding career, she is perfect.

[grayarabpony]

there are lots of great moving TBs out there. It's just impossible for us to get them before their gaits are lost at the track.
They sell for 6 digits as yearlings!

The guys above didn't race.

That is often very true. I remember seeing a TB mare in Elizabeth, PA more than 10 years ago -- you've never seen such a floater in your life. She didn't lose her gaits at the track but did sustain a chip in her knee that was going to have to be removed because she was periodically lame. I don't know how the surgery worked out.

Beautiful pictures of your horse.

[witherbee]

Some nice videos and I love Stravinsky!

Purplnupl, I WISH TBs went for 6 figures before they raced - I'd be rich! Nice TBs can be gotten at any TB sale for $1,000. You just need to know what to look for and need to skip those with fashionable race pedigrees. If you are in the MidAtlantic region, FL, California, KY or in any of the areas where they hold the Fasig-Tipton or local TB sponsored sales, you can pick up some gorgeous youngters for a song. Obviously, most folks at those sales want the babies to go to race homes (makes their breeding stock more valuable if it races), but, at the bottom end many are just happy for the sale, or may have sporthorse interests of their own. You can also inquire at most TB breeding farms about their culls or any horses that they are not planning to race. They are not always train wrecks lol! We sold a lovely TB gelding as a 3 year old to a show home. I bought him for $1K at the auction, but he was just so lovely that I decided to see him as a show horse instead of racing him (plus he was so big that he was going to miss his 2 year old and most of his 3 year old season growing).

Anyway, don't discount the youngsters - you can find inexpensive ones at the sales because you are looking more for conformation and movement then for race pedigree.

Glad to see any thread that promotes TBs! I wish there were more of a market for them in the show world.

[SEPowell]

I recently purged a lot of pics of our TB's over the years, wish I had kept them. We've had some really good movers. I just wish people would find a nicer way to say that, instead of "OH he moves like a WB"!! How asinine is that, given how many WB's are bad movers?!! It's no compliment to me.

:lol: We need to teach them to say MY WB moves like a THOROUGHBRED!!!

[Showjumper28]

Isn't that the same as cooled semen? What were you hoping for, live coverage? Anyway, aren't Thoroughbreds from Europe and around that area not full thoroughbred? Aren't they allowed to mix in other breeds as well, in order to improve the gene pool

Yes it is, and I am in NA so that wouldn't work. I would die for frozen from him for a Hanoverian foal. And he is a purebred tb.

Ohhh, that stinks!

[EqTrainer]

witherbee, you are correct... horses who are simply nice can be had inexpensively.

But horses like Boomer.. well, horses like that are ALWAYS expensive, no matter WHAT the breed. Quality costs, unless the seller is ignorant of what he has.

My TB's were not exactly cheap, and I don't sell them cheap either. I have sold more than one OTTB straight off the track in the $10k range. If the movement and the mind are there, people will pay, happily :D

[grayarabpony]

That's interesting, I thought only those who had washed out of racing were inexpensive. I have always gotten my OTTBs indirectly, through other people, but still cheaply. My OTTB mare was for sale for at least $35,000 at one point I believe during her racing career (I need to check her racing record) -- after her racing career she sold for $1000, in part because the couple who owned her were splitting up and each didn't want the other to have her, so the wife sold her on the sly to a friend of mine. And she was sound. And NICE. in every way.

I know Dorothy Crowell got Molokai for $5000, on an installment plan.

[EventGurlie]

I have one here! She is not off the track, my sister found her for me as a weanling in florida for a song. As a two year old, she was a good, correct mover, but not spectacular. I brought her back as a 3yr old and wow, hacking her out on the trails all summer developed her gaits so much. She has nice self carriage and moves uphill and really just opens up that stride and you just feel the suspension! I just moved her to a barn this december where I can do some more serious work with her now. The people there were mistaking her for a warmblood (she is big bodied and just sticked her at about 16.3h now and she'll just be 4 in april) and remark on her really nice gaits. Except she is one hot red head sassy tb mare. Shes just super athletic and hopefully I will take her to some dressage and maybe some unrecognized events (maybe depending on transportation) this summer!

These pics are from early this summer:

Trot (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Nicolie1185/RoxAug07-4.jpg)

canter (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Nicolie1185/RoxAug07-6copy.jpg)

conformation (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Nicolie1185/Image017.jpg)
(yes she is tied to my car :X very yahoo of me, I know..but she was pasture boarded at the time and it was my only option to tack her up out of my trunk!!)

[cyriz's mom]

I don't know that I would call him a "fantastic" mover, but he's a good mover and now that he's using his back better and learning to "sit and push", he's becoming an even better mover. I have dreams of him someday moving like Stravinsky!! There are moments when you can see it's there...

This album is from the Stallion Show in Raleigh...and a few from the lesson at Denny Emerson's the following day. He's a better jumper than mover!

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g97/DeBracySportHorses/Cyriz/StallionShow-Jan08/DSC_1653.jpg

[sm]

!! sweeeeet !!

My boy doesn't qualify as a fantastic mover, he had 8s on his gaits. A fantastic mind and athleticism, he went from galloping around Belmont to winning all the way through I-II and put in two years of top level training at GP. Then a wire fence injury, and retired at 13-1/2. One hundred percent sound today (btw, cosequin as a preventive only, never any hock injections). The old man will be 15 in March, spends his days packing me around, and he's quite good at that too :)

A nice gelding is/was Absolute Power, I saw him in person, he was routinely graded in the 9s and recieved a 10 in Wellington, I think on his walk if I remember it right.

[LookinSouth]

I have one here! She is not off the track, my sister found her for me as a weanling in florida for a song. As a two year old, she was a good, correct mover, but not spectacular. I brought her back as a 3yr old and wow, hacking her out on the trails all summer developed her gaits so much. She has nice self carriage and moves uphill and really just opens up that stride and you just feel the suspension! I just moved her to a barn this december where I can do some more serious work with her now. The people there were mistaking her for a warmblood (she is big bodied and just sticked her at about 16.3h now and she'll just be 4 in april) and remark on her really nice gaits. Except she is one hot red head sassy tb mare. Shes just super athletic and hopefully I will take her to some dressage and maybe some unrecognized events (maybe depending on transportation) this summer!

These pics are from early this summer:

Trot (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Nicolie1185/RoxAug07-4.jpg)

canter (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Nicolie1185/RoxAug07-6copy.jpg)

conformation (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Nicolie1185/Image017.jpg)
(yes she is tied to my car :X very yahoo of me, I know..but she was pasture boarded at the time and it was my only option to tack her up out of my trunk!!)

Beautiful horse. What is this horses breeding?? Your mare is built very similarly to my gelding and moves him as well. He is a chestnut and out of a TB mare by a APHA sire. My guy never raced either.
He was bred by a woman in TX but I know he was in FL at one point early on. He is now 16.
You can see pictures of him in my profile though none do him any justice as far as his movement and athleticism go.

[swgarasu]

Here is a son of Glitter Please:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp1vQDaHnAc

I'm really not a TB fan, but that color, those markings and that last jump.... awesome. :D Thanks for posting this.

[EventGurlie]

Beautiful horse. What is this horses breeding?? Your mare is built very similarly to my gelding and moves him as well. He is a chestnut and out of a TB mare by a APHA sire. My guy never raced either.
He was bred by a woman in TX but I know he was in FL at one point early on. He is now 16.
You can see pictures of him in my profile though none do him any justice as far as his movement and athleticism go.

Actually, I do not know her breeding. It wasn't released to us so that we can't register her or anything to race, which is why we got her so cheaply. Unfortunately that means getting her approved by WB registries for breeding isn't going to happen. I am ok with it though. I have the horse I've always dreamed of having(that I would never be able to afford otherwise) and if I do breed her, its going to be for a horse for myself, so half-papers are fine by me as I will just be wanting a quality horse. Your guy is a cutie though!

[DressageGeek "Ribbon Ho"]

Some nice videos and I love Stravinsky!



Glad to see any thread that promotes TBs! I wish there were more of a market for them in the show world.

You and me both!!!

[seeuatx]

One of my favorite pictures is from Mapleshadefarm.net. This horse is already sold, but she seems to have a gift for finding TB's like this.

http://www.mapleshadefarm.net/johnny13.JPG

[horsepix76]

Here are a few of my OTTB mare. Sorry they're not under saddle. Are her gaits "warmblood fancy"? Probably not, but they're correct. ;)

http://lh6.google.com/horsepix/RTWG_mkyABI/AAAAAAAAAIc/qM9GBccUmbI/s400/jewel_14_sm.jpg

http://lh4.google.com/horsepix/RTWG-hboABI/AAAAAAAAAIE/D0t0PSwuJvc/s400/jewel_13_sm.jpg

http://lh3.google.com/horsepix/R6db3nBdR0I/AAAAAAAADXE/UXFppavgi24/s400/MVI_1140-002_0001.jpg

[Foxtrot's]

So, for the people who can do that sort of thing - what do all these horses have in common with their bloodlines?

Stravinsky has Tudor Minstral, as has Lauries Crusador. I see My Babu, Hyperion, several of the older European classic lines.

Too bad they are getting washed out in NA due to the shorter distances and the sprinters.

That is what the PHR was supposed to do - record the TB's in
sport, other than racing. Save the Sporthorse Thoroughbred.

[EqTrainer]

One of my favorite pictures is from Mapleshadefarm.net. This horse is already sold, but she seems to have a gift for finding TB's like this.

http://www.mapleshadefarm.net/johnny13.JPG

Something to take note of is that Margaret buys most of her horses off conformation shots alone. She is expert at interpreting what she sees in a photograph.

If you are interested in an OTTB, you can put in an "order" with her and she'll let you know when she finds what you want. She truly understands what to look for in a prospective dressage, hunter or event horse.

IMO, the service she provides - getting them off the track, bringing them along, dealing with whatever issues they may have - is really quite priceless because you get to see the horse while still at reasonable price but all the liability of buying a horse straight off the track has been removed. You get to ride the horse, spend time with it, talk to someone who knows it well and vet it thoroughly, for only a few thousand dollars more.