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sulphurfire
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Postby sulphurfire » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:23 pm

[quote="CrystalI blame it on the early childhood development of collecting Breyers![/quote]


lol I still have my Breyers and now my daughter collects them.
"The rewards, whether for winning or for losing, offer almost irresistible temptations to race a two-year-old more times than are good for them." John Hay Whitney at the annual testimonial dinner in October 1963 for the Thoroughbred Club of America
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Postby brooke » Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:22 pm

hey dont get me started on breyers 375 to date. and still gettin em LOL!!
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Postby susanh » Fri Apr 08, 2005 6:32 am

I have recently become a Canter groupie too, having recently gotten a sweet chestnut gelding, after eyeing them for awhile. Crystal's line about getting people away from expensive warmbloods happened to me over time. I have a OTTB that has been a simply marvelous hunter, and I really can't see myself ever buying one of those expensive bred for showing horses ever again. Not that there is anything wrong with them- it's just not for me. I look at theses TB's and there are so many wonderful ones out there- maybe not great racehorses but valuable in many other areas and that is the way I will go from now on. Maybe they won't be great showhorses either, but I'll get them, retrain them (yes we have experience training) and maybe they'll just end up being trail horses. Who cares- they are so adorable and so giving. Count me in, even if I didn't collect Breyers. If only my barn were bigger (sigh)! :)
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Postby soccerpmp » Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:14 am

Before brooke and I started working with OTTB's 3 yrs ago all we had heard about them was that they are crazy and hard to work with because all they know is the track... Since then we've come to find out they are one of the smartest breeds you will ever find. I wish I had the $$$ to buy all the horses on Canter and train them to do something more... They are so valuable... Brooke and I have decided that if a TB doesn't have it on the track it will be trained to do something else... You never know, a TB that can't make it on the track could be a World Champion Jumper just waiting to be shown...
If I only knew then... What I know now....
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Postby certifiedgirl » Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:11 am

I grew up riding ex-racehorses as hunter/jumpers. (Before the warmblood obsession really hit in the US). Thoroughbreds are by far my absolute favorite breed.
Years later I purchased a two year old TB filly at an auction to start and then resell- well after riding her for 2 months I realized that she was so much more enjoyable than my warmblood mare that I sold the mare and plan on staying with TBs from now on.
Now I'm into the actual racing and it is a blast! There is nothing you can't do with a TB!!!
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Postby Camish » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:28 pm

certifiedgirl wrote: There is nothing you can't do with a TB!!!


I couldn't agree more!!! :D
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