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February 12th, 2010

Reign Day – Day Four

reign-day-four_20100210_067Reign Day is learning his lessons well and we have now posted the fourth day of Reign Day’s Training Diary. Learn how we start a Thoroughbred horse less than two weeks off-the track. Read Day Four . . .

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February 11th, 2010

Bounced Arrives OK in OK

bounced_20100211_1_500Bounced arrives OK in OK after a snowy ride. Read More . . . Read the latest update on recently off-the-track Thoroughbred Reign Day. Day Three has been posted and Day Four and Five will be posted tomorrow.

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February 9th, 2010

Day Two of Reign Day’s Diary

reign-day_20100208_194Reign Day goes for his first ride! Read the story of Reign Days Diary – Day Two. Follow along as we take a race horse just a week off-the-track and train him to be a sport horse.

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February 8th, 2010

Diary of an Ex-Race Horse

reign-day_20091217_14We thought we might take the opportunity of training Reign Day to do a day-by-day diary explaining things a new buyer might need to know. Follow along for the next month as Reign Day makes the transition from race horse to sport horse at Bits & Bytes Farm just outside Atlanta, GA. The first two days are up. Be sure to check back daily for the updates.

Read Day One of Reign Day’s Diary. . .

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January 10th, 2010

Winter Wonderland and Cautions

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holly-snow_20100108_03Winter in Georgia usually means wearing and extra layer of clothing and riding continues as usual. We don’t really need indoor arenas because the ground seldom freezes. Our biggest concern is the wind on a cool day getting under the horses’ tails. We call those “Wahoo Days”. . .

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November 4th, 2009

Chiropractic Page Added Under – Training Thoroughbreds

Does your horse need chiropractic care? That is the title of our new page. I receive many e-mails each week from people following our site who have problems with their horses. Our buyers can pick up the phone and call us but where do the other Thoroughbred buyers get help?

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