My main horse Scorched Son aka Seamus.
He’s a 16.2-3 TB gelding. Raced from 2005-2014. He then suffered a tendon injury but was kept at the racing yard for another year in hope he’d recover and continue to love hurdles. Unfortunately after a slow recovery he fell out of love for racing which meant he was to be retired.
From what I understand he was loaned out by the lady he retired to but didn’t stay long in any loan home. He returned to the lady he retired to but wasn’t worked much at all.
I decided to take a look at this big boy after enquiring after a few 3 y/o she had but they weren’t suitable for my parents to handle (both parents have back and knee problems baby ottb’s wouldn’t have been right) I saw him in the field and asked about him “he is impossible to catch unless you have food” she said to me, I asked for the headcollar and in a field of 10+ horses I was able to just slip it over his head, the look of amazement on her face will never leave me.
I lead him in, groomed and inspected him and just fell in love although I didn’t ride the beast. On first inspection I noticed mud fever (how I’ll never know as he was so caked in mud I’m surprised I saw anything from the knee down) also a large saddle sore on his back, that’s it he was to arrive the next day he needed love and most definitely plenty of treatment.
September 11 2016 he arrived at mine, wormed, farrier, hosed legs and wrapped in cling film, measured for rugs (bought that evening) and fed a decent meal. Antibiotics etc. We’re given and over the bext few months the ugly duckling bloomed. Until a chronic abscess set in. A few months of constant vets visits and treating finally sorted it but once the lameness from the abscess went it uncover stiffness behind. My poor boy now had hock arthritis.
Fortunately it’s easy enough to work with but it’s been a struggle.
He’s been a gentleman through all of his struggles, for a horse that ‘can’t be caught’ he now whinnies and gallops to the gate when I arrive at my land. He’s taking to being a riding horse amazingly well. Mainly hacking and dressage but he’s starting back over poles as we speak. He’s a dream and a pleasure to own. He has a lifelong home with me.
Safe to say I love him and all the challenges he’s presented me with along the way.
The photos I’ve included are of him being typical Seamus when he arrived head sky high being a plonker, and him yesterday afternoon working slightly rounder (still along way to go but it’s a big difference)
He’s a 16.2-3 TB gelding. Raced from 2005-2014. He then suffered a tendon injury but was kept at the racing yard for another year in hope he’d recover and continue to love hurdles. Unfortunately after a slow recovery he fell out of love for racing which meant he was to be retired.
From what I understand he was loaned out by the lady he retired to but didn’t stay long in any loan home. He returned to the lady he retired to but wasn’t worked much at all.
I decided to take a look at this big boy after enquiring after a few 3 y/o she had but they weren’t suitable for my parents to handle (both parents have back and knee problems baby ottb’s wouldn’t have been right) I saw him in the field and asked about him “he is impossible to catch unless you have food” she said to me, I asked for the headcollar and in a field of 10+ horses I was able to just slip it over his head, the look of amazement on her face will never leave me.
I lead him in, groomed and inspected him and just fell in love although I didn’t ride the beast. On first inspection I noticed mud fever (how I’ll never know as he was so caked in mud I’m surprised I saw anything from the knee down) also a large saddle sore on his back, that’s it he was to arrive the next day he needed love and most definitely plenty of treatment.
September 11 2016 he arrived at mine, wormed, farrier, hosed legs and wrapped in cling film, measured for rugs (bought that evening) and fed a decent meal. Antibiotics etc. We’re given and over the bext few months the ugly duckling bloomed. Until a chronic abscess set in. A few months of constant vets visits and treating finally sorted it but once the lameness from the abscess went it uncover stiffness behind. My poor boy now had hock arthritis.
Fortunately it’s easy enough to work with but it’s been a struggle.
He’s been a gentleman through all of his struggles, for a horse that ‘can’t be caught’ he now whinnies and gallops to the gate when I arrive at my land. He’s taking to being a riding horse amazingly well. Mainly hacking and dressage but he’s starting back over poles as we speak. He’s a dream and a pleasure to own. He has a lifelong home with me.
Safe to say I love him and all the challenges he’s presented me with along the way.
The photos I’ve included are of him being typical Seamus when he arrived head sky high being a plonker, and him yesterday afternoon working slightly rounder (still along way to go but it’s a big difference)