As the owner of a horse who spent his previous career on the racetrack, I can’t help but wonder what changes will come to horse racing in 2020. It’s been a polarizing topic of conversation…
Browsing Category OTTB Tales
Stories and tails from adventures with my off track thoroughbred, Sure Prize.
5 Reasons To Be Thankful You Have A Horse
Can you believe it’s December? It’s almost the end of a DECADE? My goodness time certainly does fly, especially when you own horses! As we tend to do each holiday season, I started thinking about…
4 Days in Lexington: A Recap of Horse Country
After leaving New Jersey in the early morning, it was somewhere to the tune of 10 hours later that we finally saw the sign “Welcome to the Bluegrass State”. We’d arrived at our destination for…
Why I’m Glad I Didn’t Enter The Thoroughbred Makeover
If you own an off track Thoroughbred you’ve probably heard of an organization called the Retired Racehorse Project. Each year the Retired Racehorse Project holds the Thoroughbred Makeover, an annual competition designed to showcase the…
One Year With An OTTB: Oh The Things We’ve Learned
If you can believe it’s been a whole year since my darling Thoroughbred walked off the trailer from the track then well, that makes at least one of us because I sure can’t! That also…
First Trail Ride With My OTTB
Going out on the trails has always been one of my favorite things to do with my horse. There’s just something awesome about going for a stroll in the woods tucked away in nature with…
This Week With Indy: A Mounted Police Clinic & Fresh Start
Well kids, it’s been a crazy busy past few weeks at the farm hosting our semi-annual de-spooking clinic with National Mounted Police Services, an organization dedicated to training mounted police units, civilians, and their equine…
How to Kentucky Derby
Spring is in the air, May is just around the corner and you know what else that means: it’s almost time for the Kentucky Derby, the longest running sporting event in the United States. That’s…
Hitting the Ground Running… Literally
Well ladies and gentlemen, we experienced our first involuntary dismount last night. Yep, my trusty off track thoroughbred, Indy, was all of a sudden not so trusty. And do you want to know what I…
Experience Isn’t Just Helpful… It’s Everything
As someone with less than a decade of experience with horses, I’m what you’d call an amateur in the equestrian world. And much to my dismay, there is no fast track or express route to…
We’re Going to Kentucky!
After much debate and a few antsy weeks of waiting, on February 1st my fiancee Lisa got the email she’d been hoping for. She was accepted as a trainer in for the 2019 Thoroughbred Makeover…
This Week With Indy: Consistency v. Repetition
Some people really REALLY hate the snow. You probably know exactly who I’m talking about… you might even be one of those people. I’m not. I actually… enjoy… the snow. Call it a by-product of…
Training A Horse For Straightness
By nature all horses are crooked and asymmetrical. You probably understand this if you’ve ever ridden a horse who’s not quite sure what you’re asking them to do…. and you probably already know what that…
19 Horse Videos to Watch for Inspiration in 2019
Instead of making New Year’s Resolutions that I know I’ll forget about before May, I like to do something a bit different this time of year. In the Northeast it’s hard to always be motivated…
This Week With Indy: Getting to Maybe
After a two week hiatus for the annual holiday pilgrimage to my parents’ house in Northern New York, I’m back at the farm and that can only mean one thing for my boy Sure Prize…