Track to Trail Thoroughbreds- rehab, rehoming, and rescue of ex-racehorses

01/11/2025

Me and Wiley! What a beautiful day.

01/11/2025

Random pictures from the newest homeschool class. They started to work on safe handling, weighing and measuring, and hoofcare!

Next week is riding!

01/10/2025

Making soup for everyone. Warding off colic w a nice hydrating meal. It takes longer to soak w cold temps. Here I give it a good hour generally.

This is family style so I scoop out into individual buckets. Louie still eats out of his own personal wheelbarrow!

They really enjoy this much more than just grain and the cubes buffer that as well! If I have shredded beet pulp - no molasses- I add that as well.

Plus salt!

01/10/2025

How are your horses managing w this cold?

01/09/2025

We are so lucky to have so many supporters in our lives! Look at this amazing gift!

Meet our trimmer - Jodi- who is from Chicago and spent three days here last week trimming all of the horses - for free!

This was her first time meeting our gang- her nephew Dylan is a student here!

She is skilled, super kind, and extremely patient. She and our vet Dr Harvey worked together to get Clay back on track. X-rays and trims and working as a team to help him. He foundered a few years back and has been managed but recently took a turn the wrong way

He’s needing new Easy Boot Cloud Therapy boots and the Crawfords have stepped in and made that happen! $400 worth of boots!

It’s emotionally tough to run a rescue. To see the hurt some of the horses can have. But then people come running to help. It’s like a life raft.

New volunteer Laurie paid for his coggins and 4 others. Sue got the one for Cyoress!

Our next scheduled visit w Jodi will be the weekend of Feb 21-23. That’s the same weekend as Louie’s 30th bday party. I hope everyone can come and meet and watch Jodi in action

Going forward it will be about $500 to have her for the weekend to get her here so she’s not spending money on travel. The trims will continue to be free. We can also use volunteers to get and hold horses on the weekends she’s here.

We have 10 horses getting trimmed. If you have a favorite you can sponsor them!

Cash the Giraffe (sponsored)
Teddy
Typhoon
Stevie (sponsored)
Wiley
Louie
Chevy (sponsored)
Clay
Cypress (sponsored)
Booker

It works out to about $50 per horse!

PayPal, [email protected]

Venmo tracktotrailthoroughbreds

We also have a QR code I can put in the comments

01/08/2025

More goodies coming in! We are now completely up to date w blue feeding buckets. Wow what a change w the horses. They eat so calmly- we used to have a few that would go to war w their hanging feed buckets!

They are lightweight, easy to clean, zero complaints into month 2 of our switch!

Thank you so much for all you do for them Jodi - all the way from Chicago!

We also got this handy cart from volunteer Nina! The Monday crew put it together and it’s been in use! Super lightweight and much appreciated!

01/07/2025

Who is next?!?!?

W the adoption of Judith’s Tango kicking off 2025 - which horse will be lucky enough to find a home w their own person?

Teddy?

Booker?

Typhoon?

Which horse will have their dreams come true?

Applications, info, all on our website site!

They all go w contract to loving permanent homes💕

01/06/2025

If you are thinking to turn your horse in to a rescue or rehome - please read this

We do have to be there for our horses. We have to fix ourselves and be there to support them.

It can be thru training but often it just starts w the basics. Enough turn out. Plenty of forage. Friends. Kind training methods. Understanding. It’s what makes us good partners, good parents, good employees. Time and effort and seeing things from the others perspective.

There are no quick fixes. That doesn’t mean it has to be arduous. You can love your horse and have fun and really enjoy a deep bond. It’s not boot camp. It’s the start of a lifelong journey 💕

Good morning all! What a glorious week ahead round these parts. Great grass growing weather.

I will be starting my REIKI and healing practice at the end of January as well as rehabbing of the mind and relaxation of horse and rider. Communication with your horse is key and some might like some guidance on how to improve this relationship.

I will be doing this with a few of us who are in this space and starting retreats at The Croft - Base camp for Horse Trax Oz Trail Riding adventures.

All work now will be on the ground as it appears this is what is needed most.

I am seeing WAY TOO MANY horses that have been ridden and trained that are shut down, frightened and fearful of their riders. I see riders not seeing this and worst of all, trainers ignoring these signals that are given to them.

If you have a horse that is reactive, needs some support from YOU and you are unsure how to do this, then these clinics and sessions are for you.

Riding a horse that doesn't trust you is not a safe horse.

Most of my clients have been women getting back into riding and that is fantastic. Horsemanship though isnt learnt from a FB video, post or watching a WS YouTube Video.

Stop also expecting your trainer to do this for you. They won't. They ride a horse and train the horse. Even rider coaches I see VERY RARELY work with you and your behaviour with your horse. This must stop expecting miracles without doing the work yourself and on yourself. You must learn how to see the signs of stress, pain and fulfill the needs of your trusted steed. A horse with a wide window of tolerance only comes from your relationship being healthy and trusting.

Horses suffer from mental health issues - it must be of utmost importance as a custodian that you deal with and solve the issues that your horse may have.

I have custodians say - OH we do this at home - when I look at the horse - I see a very different story.

Anyway, suffice to say - horse healing includes teaching people how to see the issues and work with the horse on making them happy, healthy and safe.

Have a great week.

01/05/2025

ADOPTION ALERT!
Another beautiful ex racehorse from Gulfstream Park- placed!

Judiths Tango has a home!

JT has been w Track to Trail for quite some time but his day has come!

He’s now owned by an amazing local woman that started w us years ago as a volunteer !

They have a visible bond, - you literally can see they are so in to each other! Hes ’s boarded just minutes from us at an extraordinary facility and they are such a match!

They are looking to have lots of quality time other, start exploring Liberty work and do an occasional trail ride.

We are all so thrilled that someone has spoken up for him and will give him the love and care he deserves. He will be giving the same back to his new owner- he’s quite smitten w her!

Wishing them all the best 💕💕💕💕

01/04/2025

Busy day in a busy week!

Volunteers this morning, kids this afternoon, goodies from our wish list from Broadhead Equine, boots for Clay from the Crawford!

Clay got his stall super cleaned and bedded by Elsie and her Grandfather. Janine Gisela and Kathryn did some great grooming and foot picking for 2 hours early. . Dylan dug out a bamboo root ball that was in the way, used his new rasp on Wiley and had a fabulous Liberty session. Lexie who we have not seen was a joy to have. They all worked hard to feed lunch and put out extra hay for tonight. She did some work w Cypress who is her all time favorite. Elsie did some work w Stevie- it’s just been a blur of busy!

A beautiful day w nice temperatures

Could not ask for more!

And of course old man Louie got all kinds of breakfasts and lunches. He can always eat! I’m soaking something now for dinner!

01/04/2025

Lots of ways horses can get hung up on things. Take a look at your set up w fresh eyes or even ask a friend to give a once over. Some things are not obvious at all!

As blanket season is in full force upon us, here is a very important reminder courtesy of the horse doctors at Miamitown Equine Veterinary Services:

"When securing blankets, make sure that the snaps/clips are facing inward, toward the horse! If they are facing out, they can easily become stuck on something, like the hay net in the picture."

01/03/2025

Cold coming- hay needed!
Help stock up on hay for this cold that’s comjng!

I totally forgot to do Feed me Friday last week! And now here we are w this Arctic blast coming

Use this QR code or PayPal [email protected] or
Venmo
tracktotrailthoroughbreds
To send some hay to the herd!

This comes from Hay Naples who delivers once a week to our farm!

01/03/2025

Our Jan 5 week Homeschool program is sold out but we have offerings up now starting in Feb and March

This last session was with our amazing vet, his vet tech, and our barefoot trimmer.

We work together as an amazing team to learn all we can.

Sessions are Wednesday afternoons. 12-2 for $200 w the option to add 2 additional hours

Payment on our website or Venmo

01/02/2025

When you adopt, you are helping in so many ways! Looking for a trail partner? We may have a fit!

These are not dead broke horses. They are not husband horses. They are funny, smart, partners wanting to get out and do stuff.

If you think horsemanship is a journey, that we all have something to learn, that we want to be present and empathetic to our equine partners, this just might be an awesome fit!

Riding or non riding horses! We have them listed in our website!

01/01/2025

Baby it’s cold outside!
Hydrate and pack in fiber and calories for senior horses or any horse needing some help this winter.

You can of course substitute Timothy hay cubes if they can’t have alfalfa for some reason.

We use a wheelbarrow. It’s easier to add more water and easier to move around. Less mess eating too.

01/01/2025

Louie’s New Years Eve Brew!

Thank you everyone for being a part of our family this year. Making us stronger and pushing us forward! We are so excited to see what 2025 will bring!

Enjoy w audio up

12/31/2024

Just a side note. It’s almost 90 degrees and mosquitos in the truck. I’m hoping the arctic vortex makes it to us! Muggy muggy!

12/30/2024

When it takes the whole team
Vet
Trimmer
Volunteers

It was such an incredibly busy day. So much was addressed!

I just flopped into the couch to tired to do anything other than a quick post and heat up some soup Wishing I had a key lime pie- 💕

I’ll update you guys tomorrow as soon as I can. There’s feeding and chores and a trip to Sutherlands

And

And

It looks like we have an adoption on Friday!