Oh yea the spooky ones are always fun. When I take them off the track, they get all that oats, grain, sweet feed, and alfalfa cut completely out of their diet. I put them on beet pulp and oat hay. Oats and sweet feed and defently energy producing feeds, thats what we feed our racehorses to give them the extra boost!
I so far, have only kept 1 of the horses I've taken in and I do have one that is currently in training for sale. I get them from my racetrack. I usually get them from this one trainer that I first started riding for. It works out for him, so he doesn't have to feed the horse anymore and has an open stall while not having to worry about what to do with the horse and I find it a good home! Some I have had to give away due to major injuries, but they went to recue type homes as pasture pets.
I have heard of Canter and have seem many of their horses, but I am not sure if they run like normal rescues or they let you rehome them. Do you have a track near by that you can go to and talk with trainers and owners and find out if they have any horses that they want to give away? There are just sooo many out there many owner/trainers don't even want to spend time to try and get money for the horse. Also, don't believe a word they say about soundness issues, usually they sugar coat their injuires, as we all know OTTBs are never 100% sound! LOL
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