Next Generation Thoroughbreds

08/30/2024

UPDATED

You have likely heard of the tragic death of over 70 horses at the Buetler Ranch in Elk City, Oklahoma. Horses that are descendants of over five generations of legendary rodeo horses perished when accidentally fed horse feed that was contaminated with Monensin, an ionophoric antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections in cattle and sometimes mixed with cattle and livestock feeds. In cattle, it can improve feed efficiency and average daily gain.

However, in horses, tiny amounts of monensin causees damage to the mitochondria in horses, and disrupts the sodium potassium ion fluxes in the heart, leading to cardiovascular failure.

Attached is a list of horse feed mills that are ionophore free - no ionophores are on the mill property and risk of contamination is eliminated. Ionophone "safe" mills have separate facilities and equipment for livestock and horse feed production, however, ionophores are present and the risk of contamination is not eliminated.

This list is not exhaustive. In California, Stable Mix made by Elk Grove Milling and Integrity Feeds made by Star Milling are both ionophore free facilities.

If in doubt about a feed manufacturers ionophore status, call or e mail them. Unfortunately, some small local mills may not be able to guarantee ionophore free status.

UPDATE! Dr Rachel Mottet of Legacy Equine Nutrition has updated their list of ionophore free equine feed mills. Her team contacted all the mills listed to verify their ionophore status, a huge task!
Here is the link to that document.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17IVu88GVlLU04C3uitCTPHQ5Q2cB-khka_-eMJaMSCY/edit?fbclid=IwY2xjawE-069leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZsDAwMxkfCeS5Oq4osuGzIi2GXrhepntpC1ObUyxrlHRqjBQTAgPdrLug_aem_-mb63idLfO55NZmTqeKnVw&gid=0 =0

And,Bluebonnet was spelled incorrectly, in the photo - Bluebonnet is named after the flower, not a hat!

08/11/2024

This is a nice one

08/05/2024

My 3 adult ammy ladies

07/27/2024

07/27/2024

07/25/2024

TIME reveals the annual list of the World’s Greatest Places, which highlights 100 extraordinary destinations to visit and stay worldwide. World Equestrian Center – Ocala is one of 50 hotels and resorts to make the annual list and the only Florida resort featured on the stay list. Just 13 U.S. ho...

07/19/2024

A 700-acre horse park that features dozens of barns, over one hundred paddocks, hundreds of stalls, and two large, dirt race tracks was just sold to a company registered to the same family that owns the World Equestrian Center.

07/10/2024

That email informed amateur rider Nicholas Fix that his horse Paint The Town had qualified for the Adequan/USEF Junior Hunter National Championships with a previous rider, so he reached out to his trainers Linda and Alyssa Stevens of Fox Hollow Stables in Wampum, Pennsylvania.

07/10/2024

Ocala, FL – World Equestrian Center – Ocala (WEC) welcomes back junior riders for the 2025 Premier Equitation Cup Championship, taking place on February 8, 2025, during the 2025 Winter Spectacular Show Series. For the 2025 championship, junior riders are now required to accumulate 120 points to ...

07/08/2024

BY DAPHNE THORNTON OF TWO BIT TRAINING As horse trainers, we all see a lot of angst, drama, fear, and anxiety at horse shows. Sometimes, it’s not even ours. Kids and drama seem to be able to find each other in a crowd. When you add in horses, judging, and parents spending a ton of money… […]

07/02/2024

The best!

BY JESSIE LOCHRIE “I just love the heart of a Thoroughbred.”  That’s how Amy Hess, of Avanti Equestrian in Lake View Terrace, CA, explains her lifelong passion for the breed. Hess grew up with horses, steeped in a diverse mix of disciplines. Her mother showed hunters and jumpers, her father a...

06/30/2024

The FEI has published it's first draft for the rules changes in 2024. While the National Federa...

05/04/2024

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04/18/2024

Pick up after your dogs

Many trail uses wonder why it's ok for horses to p**p on trails but not dogs. Here's why:

04/17/2024

Always wear the jacket

04/02/2024

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To look at him and to watch him, you would never know that New Years Eve (Night Conqueror) is, well, ancient. He's holding his weight and he still manages to run around his paddock when the mood strikes him. “He's doing amazingly well,” said his owner, Julie Izzo. “But he has slowed down a bit...

08/21/2023

IF YOU CAN OFFER A HOME TO ANY OF THE 18 THOROUGHBRED MARES DUMPED AT NEW HOLLAND, THERE IS PROXY BIDDING HERE. POSSIBLY BRED!!

TRRAC is at New Holland right now helping find homes and trying to ID each horse as we can.

Please contactBonded By Strength Equine Rescue they are taking proxy bids we do need homes all here!

717-303-9692

08/01/2023

DON’T FALL OFF
The May 2, 1998 issue of the New York Times wrote that Ron Turcotte, Secretariat's jockey, had often told a story about meeting Hollie Hughes just before the 1973 Belmont Stakes. Hughes told him: "Son, you're riding the greatest horse that ever looked through a bridle. I have seen them all, including Man o' War. Secretariat is the best I've ever seen. You will win the Belmont. Don't fall off."

07/08/2023

Things your riding instructor wants you to know:
1. This sport is hard. You don't get to bypass the hard…..every good rider has gone through it. You make progress, then you don't, and then you make progress again. Your riding instructor can coach you through it, but they cannot make it easy.

2. You're going to ride horses you don't want to ride. If you're teachable, you will learn from every horse you ride. Each horse in the barn can teach you if you let them. IF YOU LET THEM. Which leads me to…

3. You MUST be teachable to succeed in this sport. You must be teachable to succeed at anything, but that is another conversation. Being teachable often means going back to basics time and time and time again. If you find basics boring, then your not looking at them as an opportunity to learn. Which brings me to…..

4. This sport is a COMMITMENT. Read that, then read it again. Every sport is a commitment, but in this sport your teammate weighs 1200 lbs and speaks a different language. Good riders don't get good by riding every once in awhile….they improve because they make riding a priority and give themsevles opportunity to practice.

5. EVERY RIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY. Even the walk ones. Even the hard ones. Every. Single. Ride. Remember when you just wished someone would lead you around on a horse? Find the happiness in just being able to RIDE. If you make every ride about what your AREN'T doing, you take the fun out of the experience for yourself, your horse, and your instructor. Just enjoy the process. Which brings me to...

6. Riding should be fun. It is work. and work isn't always fun.....but if you (or your rider) are consistently choosing other activities or find yourself not looking forward to lessons, it's time to take a break. The horses already know you don't want to be here, and you set yourself up for failure if you are already dreading the lesson before you get here.

7. You'll learn more about horses from the ground than you ever will while riding. That's why ground lessons are important, too. If you're skipping ground lessons (or the part of your lesson that takes place on the ground), you're missing out on the most important parts of the lesson. You spend far more time on the ground with horses than you do in the saddle.

8. Ask questions and communicate. If you're wondering why your coach is having you ride a particular horse or do an exercise, ask them. Then listen to their answer and refer to #3 above.

9. We are human beings. We make decisions (some of them life and death ones) every day. We balance learning for students with workloads for horses and carry the bulk of this business on our shoulders. A little courtesy goes a long way.

Of all the sports your child will try through their school years, riding is one of 3 that they may continue regularly as adults (golf and skiing are the others). People who coach riding spend the better part of their free time and much of their disposable income trying to improve their own riding and caring for the horses who help teach your child. They love this sport and teaching others…..but they all have their limits. Not all good riders are good coaches, but all good coaches will tell you that the process to get good is not an easy one.

*thank you to whoever wrote this! Not my words, but certainly a shared sentiment!

06/24/2023