Quiet Rein Farm's Tip Top TB Challenge

Quiet Rein Farm's Tip Top TB Challenge Follow the restarting and training of QRF’s thoroughbreds as they go from racehorses to show horses!

Storm has spent a few days bundled up for the frigid temps! Tomorrow it’s back to work 💪 for him and his brother Jado an...
23/01/2025

Storm has spent a few days bundled up for the frigid temps! Tomorrow it’s back to work 💪 for him and his brother Jado and sister Tempest!

22/01/2025

What do we do when it’s too cold? Look up race videos of our thoroughbreds of course!! Here is one of Wayne, May 2022, winning FIRST PLACE 🤩

Jacque says stay warm everyone ❄️☃️💙 love this cutie pie 🥰
21/01/2025

Jacque says stay warm everyone ❄️☃️💙 love this cutie pie 🥰

Castle update! Castle was introduced to lunging with side reins this week to help her understand contact without the add...
21/01/2025

Castle update! Castle was introduced to lunging with side reins this week to help her understand contact without the added pressure of having a rider on her. With the temperatures this week, we probably won't start undersaddle until next week, but we have been working on our transitions on the lunge line and standing at the mounting block.

She is bundled up with extra blankets and as much high-quality hay as she wants in these freezing temperatures! Quiet Rein Farm always puts the horses first in providing exceptional care, and I cannot wait to see how this girl thrives as she gains weight, muscle, and training!

Wayne Update! 🏒We have been building up the skill of bending at the trot. Initially, Wayne has been quite straight throu...
21/01/2025

Wayne Update! 🏒

We have been building up the skill of bending at the trot. Initially, Wayne has been quite straight through his spine and goes to fall in on the forehand in order to turn both left and right. We have spend a good amount of time trotting circles and figure eights of different sizes. Over the course of each ride, Wayne softens and gets more inside lateral flexion, and moves easier off the leg, together creating better balance through our turns. Every ride this is getting easier for him. The short term goal is that upon a light warm up this suppleness will be right there in every session! We are going to limit our canter work untill the trot reaches this point. This will create more balanced canter transitions and set up for more correctness in striding around the ring. He is so quiet and wants to do the right thing! You can tell he remembers previous sessions and only progresses as we move forward! What a good boy!

Everyone at QRF is getting prepared to bundle back up for the fridged temps the next two days. Wayne is ready to just hang out, be snuggly warm in blankies, and eat a lot of hay! He’s hoping his new favorite treat, a raspberry nutrigrain bar (or two!), will come his way as well 😉

Say Hello to Jado! Jado has been enjoying some ground work sessions, acclimating to group turnout with some other TB gel...
19/01/2025

Say Hello to Jado! Jado has been enjoying some ground work sessions, acclimating to group turnout with some other TB geldings, his new diet, and just got a new set of shoes too. I was going to work him yesterday and every time I stopped by his stall during the time I was there, he was so cozy napping. Can you blame the guy? Winter weather is the worst! Hoping to get the real work started this week ♥️

TEAM KHALI UPDATE! This weeks update comes from team member Abby: “This week I worked with Khali twice! That was my seco...
19/01/2025

TEAM KHALI UPDATE! This weeks update comes from team member Abby:

“This week I worked with Khali twice! That was my second and third session with Khali. On the second session I side reined him for the first time [on the lunge line] which was really cool. Khali was really good. Khali walked trot cantered and was learning about contact. In the third session we side reined him for I’m guessing 30-35 minutes (walk trot cantered) and he was an angel 😇. Then for the end I sat on him for the first time was an amazing experience! Khali was so brave and went over some poles. Khali was amazing and I’m excited to work with him this next Tuesday!”

Meet Bays Castle, lovingly known as Castle, Kaitlyn’s RRP project! This sweet girl came off the track late last year aft...
14/01/2025

Meet Bays Castle, lovingly known as Castle, Kaitlyn’s RRP project!
This sweet girl came off the track late last year after having a career of 37 starts and over $120,000 won!! She has been turned out in a field with a buddy for a few months and recently came back into the barn to start her training. She is so well behaved on the ground and already lunging great. She loves the jump shoot and looks like she will excel either as a hunter or jumper. I’m excited to see what this girl looks like once she puts on some weight and muscle!!

Team Khali has officially begun their work! Team members spent the last week working on the ground. They groomed Khali, ...
14/01/2025

Team Khali has officially begun their work! Team members spent the last week working on the ground. They groomed Khali, got to know him, and did some horsemanship activities with him on the ground and in the round pen. They are starting to transition their training to undersaddle. With team Khali our moto is “Slow and steady training wins the race, just as slow as Khali”

Our first update comes from team member Reagan: “This past week I learned how to lunge Khali and I got to work a little bit under saddle. He is very calm at the mounting block and I was able to trot him around the arena a few times. Next week I want to try to trot to the right with him which can be a challenge for a racehorse who is used to going in one direction to the left.”

Introducing— The Interrupter! Catherine’s 2nd RRP hopeful, lovingly known as Jado (pronounced Hado). This big b***d quie...
13/01/2025

Introducing— The Interrupter! Catherine’s 2nd RRP hopeful, lovingly known as Jado (pronounced Hado). This big b***d quiet minded young gelding is a 16.1h 4 year old by a Tapit sire that is quickly winning me over! He only ran 4 times and crawled his way to one 3rd, earning a measly $6,589 with an average Speed Figure of 47. We are hoping his pokey nature and athletic, leggy build points him in the direction of the Hunter Ring! Stay tuned for more updates on Jado, who will go under saddle this week 🥰

Yesterday evening Storm and I enjoyed a great night training session! My bestest buddy is shaping up with the help of cr...
12/01/2025

Yesterday evening Storm and I enjoyed a great night training session! My bestest buddy is shaping up with the help of creative long lining (halter only to keep his mouth soft). I have longlined him in a loose ring snaffle as well but yesterday was his first time working since the cold snap and I didn’t think moments of play should result in his mouth getting tugged on. In the rope halter he was frisky but also focused and attentive! He lunged both ways, did a little bit of canter, and worked a ton of transitions including halting on command out on the circle. Storm is soooo smart and intuitive, he is really getting the idea of the outside rein on the circle and self carriage. He looks so beautiful when he carries himself, I am really looking forward to doing some longlining with weight on his back to get him stronger still, and even add in some pole work.

Yesterday I enrolled my bestie Storm in the SmartPak Colicare program by adding SmartDigest Ultra to his monthly Smartpaks. As many know, we lost an RRP horse last year mid training term to colic as we didn’t have access to the funds to put him through a surgery, so we are grateful to have up to $15,000 in reimbursement for colic surgery, should Storm ever need it! Huge thank you to our sponsor SmartPak for making keeping him healthy financially accessible if the unexpected were ever to happen and we needed to send him to the clinic for surgery. Plus, we are looking forward to Storm feeling better than ever thanks to the added benefit of SmartDigest Ultra! More of his supplements will be discussed in the future, as we have carefully picked them through SmartPak to ensure he is always in top form and we can’t wait to share with you what drives his success.

“I’m just” aka Jacque update!! 🏈🫎Jacque has been weathering the cold recently. The frigid temps have given us some time ...
11/01/2025

“I’m just” aka Jacque update!! 🏈🫎

Jacque has been weathering the cold recently. The frigid temps have given us some time to just hang out outside of riding and ground work. This guy has the best personality! He’s so sweet, loves to be pet, and never mouthy or rude. A shoutout to his breeders at Merrylegs Farm North who clearly handled him with kindness and respect. We even found a few pictures on their page of Jacque as a c**t ❤️ (I added them below cause he’s so cute). Also pictured is him and Juliette his favorite barn baby who he loves very much.

This little break from training is given me time to do alot of research on nutrition, supplements, managing horses that come off the track, message therapy for horses and so much more. This being said I’d like to thank Purina as they have been so helpful in trying to find the right nutritional supplements for my best friend.

This month we are trying out Purina Systemiq Probiotic Supplement. This new product by Purina, “has a systemic effect in your horse, helping him to overcome challenges such as exercise or occasional gastrointestinal stress. It is one more piece of the puzzle to help protect horses with sensitive systems and elite athletes alike. Systemiq® probiotic supplement provides proven benefits backed by science, all part of the Purina® MQ® platform.” [PurinaMills.com] 🥰

My goal is to help Jacques GI tract feeling it best so he is able to breakdown and absorb all the other vitamins and supplements he needs 💪🏼. This probiotic will help build up an army of good bacteria 🦠 so Jacque can continue to be healthy and happy. Thanks you Purina for your sponsorship to Quiet Rein Farm and our RRP horses and giving us the ability to test this supplement!

Another goal of mine is to help Jacque continue to work out any tension in his poll and shoulder. This guy truly loves his message time and is always licking, yawning, and stretching whenever we do it. My goal is to hopefully help keep the everyday tension to a minimum so that when the chiropractor comes she can work on the deep stuff and really assess his needs.

This guy is an angel and he deserves the world. I am so lucky to have him as my RRP horses this year. Nothing beats a horse that loves to be loved 💕that’s all for now!

Wayne got to experience our new round pen set up today! Soooo chilly and windy but we had a good join up after a nice lu...
09/01/2025

Wayne got to experience our new round pen set up today! Soooo chilly and windy but we had a good join up after a nice lunge to get the freshies out 🤪

As a bit of a body boost, Wayne is going to be starting on Purina Systemiq Probiotic Supplement! This new product by Purina, “has a systemic effect in your horse, helping him to overcome challenges such as exercise or occasional gastrointestinal stress. It is one more piece of the puzzle to help protect horses with sensitive systems and elite athletes alike. Systemiq® probiotic supplement provides proven benefits backed by science, all part of the Purina® MQ® platform.” [PurinaMills.com] ❤️

I have always been a fan of probiotics, and their ability to aid the body in more ways than one. Quiet Rein Farm and our RRP horses are proud to be sponsored by Purina and thank them and Meghan for the ability to test this supplement! We will have more body pictures after being on Systemiq a bit of time to see the difference! 💪🏻

Overdue Storm Update 🥶 Storm is back in light work and on indoor night turnout with the rest of the RRP geldings so we k...
08/01/2025

Overdue Storm Update 🥶 Storm is back in light work and on indoor night turnout with the rest of the RRP geldings so we keep his sole bruise improving. He also is excited to have a new brother who he has befriended, although Christina Sordi’s Jacque is still his BFF! His new brother will take the unnecessary pressure off him, so he can follow his own healing and training timeline. Storm is the kindest, sweetest gelding and he deserves to feel 100 percent so he can find his forever person. As of right now, this handsome boy should be sponsored by ! We will be starting him on a new product provided by our sponsor Purina, called Systemiq, so I took pictures of his body condition this week so we can see how he improves at the end of this trial. His nutritionist provided by Purina has also adjusted his diet, so I’m looking forward to watching him flourish with the help from our sponsors!

Merry Christmas and happy New Year from the gang! We are so excited for 2025. Love,Christina, Tarzan, Jacque, and ...
28/12/2024

Merry Christmas and happy New Year from the gang! We are so excited for 2025.

Love,
Christina, Tarzan, Jacque, and Reenie! ❤️🎄✨

Storm-storm Update!!! Storm got front shoes put on and is getting excited to go back to work once his holiday vacation i...
28/12/2024

Storm-storm Update!!! Storm got front shoes put on and is getting excited to go back to work once his holiday vacation is over. Most of the OTTBs at QRF have enjoyed a little break during this busy time but will hit the ground (not) running come January ❤️

Wayne 🏒 Update! After a week of some stretching and balance work on the lunge line, Wayne had his second post track ride...
22/12/2024

Wayne 🏒 Update!

After a week of some stretching and balance work on the lunge line, Wayne had his second post track ride Thursday! He was a relaxed boy, liking his full cheek copper lozenge snaffle. We did lots of bending at the walk and the trot, and even took some time to meet Catherine’s new Mustang, Tempie! Winter workouts will continue working to build strength and confidence in his flat work!

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What do we do when it’s too cold? Look up race videos of our thoroughbreds of course!! Here is one of Wayne, May 2022, winning FIRST PLACE 🤩 #thewaynefactor #ottb #warhorse

Jacque-date part 2 Learning to ground tie and adding some commands to go with it 😊

Chilly days? Charm doesn’t care! Best little chestnut mare!

Emma riding Chance in her lesson- his first canter with us under saddle! The junior team has now split their classes up into separate private lessons as well as hacks throughout the week, putting Chance on a full riding schedule. Go #TeamChance!

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