Any interest in a (crooked) black yrlg filly? (pics added)

[Sysonby]

Thank God the foal crops are down so much, then. I cannot fathom destroying a living creature with grace, intelligence, and usefulness in SOME capacity, when they are not sick or injured.
Then again, I have trouble destroying plants I'm pretty sure are dead anyway.
Glad you're trying to find her a new home.

I'm not thrilled with the prospect either but as a yearling, she could be free and cost someone thousands before anyone sits on her back.

That might be some of the reality that the owner is facing and some would note that putting down a filly like this might be the responsible thing instead of just sending her off to an auction to become someone else's burden.

I hope she finds a new home Hops.

[Shammy Davis]

The prospect of putting the filly down bothers me too, but I see the breeder's dilemma. One of the major problems is that physical maturity of the horse is slow, while the fiscal issues of the breeder are always pressing.

I hope you find a place for her.

I will say (not knowing the true age of this filly) that as the article below points out, juveniles often grow out of or improve on some of their skeletal problem areas. There have been a great many successful racehorses with what appeared to be less than adequate conformation. Sunday Silence and Mine That Bird come immediately to mind.

"What we start with are foals that at birth have various degrees of overall musculoskeletal maturity, and occasionally have focal immaturity," she summarized. "When these tissues (bones and soft tissues) are less mature, they are more susceptible to load. If we can keep them from pounding (asymmetrically) on those soft little bones, they'll be OK.

"Most limb deviations in foals are a normal developmental process, or the result of musculoskeletal immaturity," she summarized. "Some require more specific management, but will improve after careful evaluation and management changes (such as restriction of exercise). And a small number of foals will require more specific therapy such as hoof trimming and augmentation, external coaptation (casts and braces), and/or surgery."
http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=5604

[LB]

I'm not thrilled with the prospect either but as a yearling, she could be free and cost someone thousands before anyone sits on her back.

That might be some of the reality that the owner is facing and some would note that putting down a filly like this might be the responsible thing instead of just sending her off to an auction to become someone else's burden.

I hope she finds a new home Hops.

Amen to that.

[Tbird]

Didn't Seattle Slew have some kind of issue with crookedness when he was young?

[Tappiano]

I always thought Slew was overweight when he went to be broken.

[Bohemia]

Real Quiet could be the poster child for a crooked horse who went on to do well on the track. But of course he had a little veterinary intervention to make that happen.

[madelyn]

Real Quiet RAN like that. I believe they didn't straighten his legs till he went to stud, lest his legs scare away all the mare owners...

[mini's mom]

we had a horse named "copper rick" who was terribly pidgeoned toed and he would run 2 mile races and beat the pants of all of them - I would try to fix this mare with corrective shoeing before I put her down & or sold her -

the slew family is ususally somewhat crooked - genetic you know - if she was born with those legs then she can run on them just fine - does she trip or stumble -

there is also a horse called lisa's booby trap - look at her - club footed & blind but she can still run --

again try fixing her feet with some corrective trimming & see how that works out - if mother nature gave them to her then most likely she can run on them just fine - never give up on a horse

thanks
minis mom

[Hops]

Thanks to all of you. It's heartening to read the responses. This filly is still available.

We are responsible breeders - we will not just send a horse down the pipeline to be neglected or worse somewhere down the line. There ARE things worse than death.

The plain and simple reality is that there aren't enough homes available for the horses that are perfect, much less the ones that are compromised. I hope that I'm not coming across as callous or heartless, as I am neither.

As posted above, the owners are concentrating on their correct horses to run next year. This filly's right front rotates in from the knee down, so it's not quite as simple as corrective shoeing.

Anyone who might be interested in taking this girl on as a project, please send me a message. Her mother was certainly a runner!

[Hops]

This little girl went to her new home on Sunday.

[onalimb]

good to hear..

[summerhorse]

Awesome, she's so prettybut had nobody stepped up it would have been the responsible thing to do to put her down rather than risk her going to a bad place.

[pokeyman]

Awesome, she's so prettybut had nobody stepped up it would have been the responsible thing to do to put her down rather than risk her going to a bad place.

Agree in a lot of circumstances but not this one.....

Find a picture of Well Armed. He toes in even worse and is a grade 1 winner.

I would give her a chance. If she is going to have issues it will be during the first 90 days.

I wouldn't quit on her yet.

[LB]

I'm glad you placed her successfully, Hops.

For those who continue to argue that the filly should have been given a chance on the track, well...she was available. Like so many things that are proposed on the internet: it's a good idea if you can get somebody else to do it.

[pokeyman]

I'm glad you placed her successfully, Hops.

For those who continue to argue that the filly should have been given a chance on the track, well...she was available. Like so many things that are proposed on the internet: it's a good idea if you can get somebody else to do it.

If I wasn't on the opposite side of the country than I would definitely take her! I think, maybe, the % of us that actually own and breed racehorses on this forum is small so the filly might have gotten more play if she was advertised in the Times or on Starquine.....