Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Get Back To Me: retirement



        We have been lucky again to find a lovely new home for Get Back To Me (stable name: Tommy) who has recently been retired at the age of 10.  I delivered him a few weeks ago to his new home near South Molton in Devon.   If you are a horse, this is the one place where you would want to be! Fresh air, no traffic, amazing views and green fields with lovely hedges for shelter (and for picking at!).  My drive down there included several miles of the smallest single track country lane before we got there.  As with Headly it is so nice to find people who really care about retired racehorses.  Tommy is getting his own, made to measure saddle before he is being ridden. 
      We were pleased, again, that Get Back To Me has been retired sound, has never fallen and has perfectly clean legs.  Sadly he never produced his considerable potential due to numerous niggles over the years and never had the chance to prove what he could do.  His owner has been brilliant throughout and very loyal to his horse but it was felt, quite rightly, that it was time to stop.  Tommy will be very pleased that he can enjoy life without the pressures of being a racehorse.  We hope to hear from time to time how he is getting on.  Some pictures below of his time with us.

Get Back To Me (left) enjoying the paddocks with Headly's Bridge (right)


 Christmas Day!




 Gridwork

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