I bought her almost a year ago now and when I bought her I didn’t realize that she had a broken leg. I read some posts here on the forum that said that with a broken leg you should wait at least a year or more until doing anything with them. Its been a little over a year now since she broke her leg and I’m just trying to figure out what to do. Do I start working her, just walking, every once in a while now? Do I wait some more? Do I even have a chance that she could do anything if I raced her again?
I was hoping I could just make her a broodmare and be able to breed her when she turned 4. But I know that in order to become a broodmare they need to have raced 10 times and she’s only raced once. So that’s out of the question.
So what do I do with her? Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!
They dont. I do have a colt who came back from a broken leg and won his first race back, so it can be done.
I started him off walking after about a full year off that leg. We just kept increasing that walk until I thought he was ready to jog. It’ll depend on the horse, but he didnt need that much time. I only galloped him once though, and that was to see if he could handle it before I raced him. I tend to work him only at walk/jog even now cause I’m worried about that leg, and I refuse to work/race him without his wraps.
Still though, if you dont want to chance it Shanthi can probably make her a broodmare for you and you’d just wait till she was 4 before you could breed her.
Thanks you guys! That’s awesome to know that I can still use her as a broodmare! I think I’ll probably start walking her, see how she does. That would be great if I can race her again. If not, then at least I can use her as a broodmare.
Shanthi, is there a way to prevent pre-maturely retired mares from showing up as an alert for being “Unbred”… I think my stable’s taunting me by reminding me that my nice 3yo filly went and broke her leg this year.
