Rehabbing a Racehorse
Method
Allowing the horse to live outdoors 24/7 in a herd of horses
Allowing the horse to be barefoot and trimmed in a natural way
Conditioning the horse in a more scientific way
Feeding minimal grain
Using free choice minerals
Using NO drugs
Raising and training a young horse from scratch, following the same regimen as above.
This project is being documented at The Racehorse Experiment and at Maureen's Blog. See live feed below.
TRE Blog
Behind the scenes of The Racehorse Experiment
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Training update
We’ve had a lot of rain the last week and the ground has just now gotten dry enough to use the track. Not dry enough to gallop, but good enough to trot. There is a 50% chance of rain today, so I worked the horses at their first grazing “break”. They eat for a while [...]
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