I am bringing this up for all future OTTB buyers. As I have read throughout the past many Threads are on new purchase of TB or looking at a OTTB to buy or can I trust the Trainer of the OTTB.
I am a owner of 4 OTTB’s and retrained them myself and have won many Championships in the ring with them.
Never had a problem with the Trainers or Breeders of the horses as I went through CANTER" website.
So on my 5th OTTB I saw one advertised through a Thouroghbred trainer, who buys the horses from the track and starts them in training to resell quickly.
The farm is in Kentucky named Churchhill Hunt Club now Churchhill Thouroghbreds.
The ad said this: Black 17.1 hands gorgeous Thourghbred
had a very nice photo of him standing looked well groomed and taken in the summer.
Also, stated the training is going well he is a large sweet horse.
Long story short and few e-mails back and forth I asked for updated photos and if a stick had been put to the horse.
Sandy the trainer and owner said no had not but I know he is 17 plus hands. I never did get a updated photo.
So we went ahead and purchased the horse a gelding. Before, you start shaking your heads because I know you are. The main reason we were interested in this horse is because we had his half brother. The breeding was AP Indy out of Storm Cat. But I trusted Sandy and what she was saying because she was trying to bring the TB back to the show ring.
WELL the horse arrived 1 week later. Off the trailer he came and my husband and I just about fainted and steamed came out of my head. The driver hands me the horse and says “Looks like he is getting a better home poor guys needs some TLC.” I wanted to put him back on the trailer.
We got: a Dark Brown, 4" length of coat, with some kind of skin desease, 16.2 hands and about 300lbs underweight. And, mud caked all over the the body and on the halter. The horse looked like he hadn’t been touch in 3 months. Just turned out and forgotten. This was in January.
PS… the horse knew nothing but to run back to the barn.
So to all of the future buyers of OTTB Beware.