I am way behind on my OTTB blog! In December, traveled to California to pick up the newest addition to the horse family. I wanted an TB right off the track and found my perfect match through The Second Race . Wanted to try my hand at being the first human after the track rather than the second or third. I have never been to a big race track so that in itself was an experience. It was very neat and loved seeing all the wonderful TBs. We left the track at 9am, got home at 11:50 pm. Stopped 5 times to give Katz a drink and some more hay. The next day, he hung out in the barn taking in his new surrounds. The day after that, I opened the door to the attached run and led him around. After I left, he just stood in the barn looking out. Then by afternoon, he decided to go out on his own! It was interesting to watch him figure out that he had the choice to go outside. Coming back in took him a few minutes but he figured it out with a leap into the barn stall! Katz has been home for 2 months now and he is doing great. He comes in and out of his outside stall, figured out that he can drink from the trough outside ( I still leave a full buck in the barn though!), and has decided that he can now grump and Jedi in the stall next door. At first, Jedi was his security blanket. No longer it seems! He is not scared of things, grabbed the shavings bag from me and started playing with it.
This blog is dedicated to Off The Track Thoroughbreds. I will warn those that visit this blog that these are my ramblings, my personal experiences with my OTTBs and my future plans or dreams that involve OTTBs. Nothing here is meant to be a 'solution' or professional advice in regards to the training of these wonderful horses, for I am just an amateur.