Saturday, June 27, 2009

Back at the Farm; Updates on Shins



TS Faye breezed on Wednesday. Today is Saturday and she is trotting on the machine. She has turnout in between.
As you can see, if you have been following this group, they were ridden long and slow until they got to handle two to three miles twice a week with heavy weight(rider weighs 160) then we started "tightening" the speed and shipping in to track.
At that point we start taking off the weight and go to faster speed .






So far TS faye is the only two year old who has not had any setbacks. With one more work we will be looking for a race.









Remember Phontiffs Wind...the horse I traded Mariah for?













He had sore shin after a work at Tampa.











Phontiffs has been ridden off and on. He is galloping lightly today and will go on Wednesday if he is okay.











I'd like him to have a little more weight on him... But he eats like a horse!












If his shins are good he could race this summer.










Tiny Tune Lilly has been on the shelf with a left shin. I decided to have her ridden today to keep her weight bearing- it should not her to trot around and in a few days we might gallop her if she seems okay.











Tiny has a very subtle head bob after a half hour trotting on the machine.. That is why I have to wait on her.















The profile of her left shin shows a slight bulge still. As she heals it will go away

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