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Retraining the Racehorse: The New Mission
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A new horse owners guide to choosing the wrong horse, making every mistake, going broke, and loving every minute of it. Thursday, January 20, 2011. About a year ago, Metro had just gotten re-shod and the farrier had his right front leg resting up on a platform to elevate it so he could give his foot the finishing touches with his file. When the farrier was about 20 feet away, Metro just stood there with one foot in the air, and turned to me with a “What’s up with Mr. Chicken? 8221; look on his face.
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Retraining the Racehorse: Running the Gauntlet
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A new horse owners guide to choosing the wrong horse, making every mistake, going broke, and loving every minute of it. Sunday, January 23, 2011. If equine science ever advances to the point that knee transplants are possible, Metro will be sporting a brand new pair of Chestnut colored knees, courtesy of Pork Chop. Wendy thinks that we bought her Pork Chop so she could have her own horse. I am of the mind, that we bought Pork Chop for spare parts, in case Metro ever needs a kidney. We brought him and Por...
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Retraining the Racehorse: January 2011
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A new horse owners guide to choosing the wrong horse, making every mistake, going broke, and loving every minute of it. Sunday, January 23, 2011. If equine science ever advances to the point that knee transplants are possible, Metro will be sporting a brand new pair of Chestnut colored knees, courtesy of Pork Chop. Wendy thinks that we bought her Pork Chop so she could have her own horse. I am of the mind, that we bought Pork Chop for spare parts, in case Metro ever needs a kidney. We brought him and Por...
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Retraining the Racehorse: Part 22: "If you touch my junk, I'll have you arrested."
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A new horse owners guide to choosing the wrong horse, making every mistake, going broke, and loving every minute of it. Wednesday, January 12, 2011. Part 22: "If you touch my junk, I'll have you arrested.". The San Diego man informed the TSA screener who was about to give him a pat-down, “If you touch my junk, I’ll have you arrested”. Metro tells me the same thing, but he has no intention of calling a supervisor, he will just take the law into his own hands. Time for another dose of happy juice. After th...
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Retraining the Racehorse: Part 23: Yet another barn
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A new horse owners guide to choosing the wrong horse, making every mistake, going broke, and loving every minute of it. Saturday, January 15, 2011. Part 23: Yet another barn. Barn #4, and hopefully final resting place. We stayed at Matt and Emily’s for as long as we could afford it, got some good training, but it was time to move to somewhere more permanent. We had been familiar with this one barn for about a year, and had always wanted to move there, but were always committed somewhere else. When I hear...
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Retraining the Racehorse: December 2010
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A new horse owners guide to choosing the wrong horse, making every mistake, going broke, and loving every minute of it. Friday, December 31, 2010. Part 12: Vacation's over. Enough rest. Metro has had 3 months off to recoup, now it as time to ask him to do something besides graze. I have done nothing with him except lead him from Point A to Point B by the lead line, and at times, he even wants to protest that. That worked well, and I would get his feet moving for about 2 steps until he stopped again.
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Retraining the Racehorse: Part 21: The Magic Shoes
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A new horse owners guide to choosing the wrong horse, making every mistake, going broke, and loving every minute of it. Monday, January 10, 2011. Part 21: The Magic Shoes. Retraining the Racehorse: Part 21: The Magic Shoes. Time for a new barn. We moved in with Matt and Emily. At their new training stable. It is a little out of our price range long term, but the training is good, so we are going to stay as long as we can afford it. One morning Wendy and I showed up at the barn to work the boys. Matt ...
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Retraining the Racehorse: February 2011
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A new horse owners guide to choosing the wrong horse, making every mistake, going broke, and loving every minute of it. Monday, February 21, 2011. Dr Metro and Mr. Meteor. My other horse is a lightning bolt. Only riders with experience dare get on his back, because he is a rocket, and you better be prepared to go fast. He is perfectly sound, and full of himself. He can go from 0 to 40MPH at a drop of a hat. My dilemma is that both of my horses occupy the same body. We arrived at the barn early. I was...
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Retraining the Racehorse: Part 24: A Big Class Drop
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A new horse owners guide to choosing the wrong horse, making every mistake, going broke, and loving every minute of it. Sunday, January 16, 2011. Part 24: A Big Class Drop. A good horse trainer, besides being a good judge of horses, and knowing how to get the most out of those horses, also knows which races to enter them in. Enter them in too high of a class, and your horse has no chance of competing. I wasn’t hoping he would win anything, just make a good showing and not look lame. Usually whe...We groo...
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