You don't teach a horse to neck rein in barrels. They are always direct reined.

I think the gray in the second performance was soubtly lame.

What size tree are you using that fit multiple OTTBs?

I love my stubben. I got an ottb now and we thought my stubben fit her, but I’m thinking it’s too wide. I’d love to become a stubben saddle fitter because I love the saddles.

Great Job with great horses, love it

great work, I love ist

This was really sad, are these horses trained prior to this class, or is the requirement to come in right off the track? Years ago we only had ex race horses to make into show hunters, they were hot, one sided, hard to get soft and quiet. They were a lot of work to be successful. In today’s show world, the hunters are mostly European warmbloods now, and are much better suited for this.

Can’t help but love him

🌟 "Promo sm"

the first one 💀

Thanks for putting this on KZfaq. So happy to get to see the Thoroughbred Makeover.

Why did evention tv stop posting 9 years ago?

Heavens alive audiences in America just don't shut up. The grey mare and the six year old dark Bay need turn out on good pasture and some targeted feeding, after a year reassessed before being ridden again. The mare is not muscled up enough for work. She may remain a narrow skinny horse but should still be given all the chances to improve. A lot of racehorses are raced too light ie without enough condition, this is extremely detrimental for their development as muscle atrophy is the result, most have it in some form or other, she seems not to have exactly that but very close to it, particularly the loins are worrying. The rider is also too heavy and big for her at this point and she shouldn't be jumping as she is already showing some loss of ligament elasticity in her front limbs, that is they're not repairing quickly enough to get stronger. Race horse training is not training, they're backed too soon, raced too soon the muscles are not correct for a ridding horse. I don't know the ages here or history as I just cannot hear above the crowds. I can see the condition though. Most need at least one - three years letting down, growing and putting on condition or you risk compounding any issues that exist and there are always issues even if the horse is Xrayed 100% sound. If he was riding a young warmblood in full health his ridding would be spot on. There's no point in the hurry at all with off the track TBs, you need patience to do it properly without the pressures of anything competitive, so I'm a bit wary of these "events" anyway. The Chestnut was holding it's head in some very odd positions, basicaly none of them were fully softened to the hand though the grey was the best IMO as she seemed fully flexible.

I love the Thoroughbred makeover. I learn so much and how to work with my OTTB

great class!

I wish someone would have fixed the mic of the lady on the right.

I have a 6 year old OTTB he ist learning Dressage and Show Jumping, but in Germany you cant do thatch an competition with an thoroughbred, just warmblood want to see by the junges. Great to see you Guys👍

Red King!!! 7:05:00 ⭐️🐎👑👏

I trained TB's on the track and for show, Good , GOD even for a 4 year old he is skinny and no development of body condition!

Very interesting to learn of additional careers for these beautiful mares. Thank you for sharing.🐴🐴

I had an off the track horse Fina. She had a couple of babies and was mo longer of use. I got her when she was 23 and she lived to 34. She loved to trail ride, but had to be the lead horse... no suprise there.

Love to see so many of the finalists are smaller horses!

It’s Hobo!! 😊❤

Excited to see how Hunter performs

"Promosm" 🌺

Like pigs in a beauty pageant. I've seen Gypsy Vanners run barrels better.

Awesome webinar!

😓 *PromoSM*

Awesome webinar, I learned so much! Can you link the webinar Alicia references where she talks about nutrition and hoof health?

Really informative! Thank you!

Just to clarify: any horse that is registered with the Makeover, even if it doesn't end up competing in October, is a Makeover graduate? What exactly does that mean?

Do we need to be part of a team to register I don’t know anyone else doing this

Painful to watch.

Whitmore is really cool!!!

As a racehorse trainer and a H/J rider my entire life,my opinion doesn’t carry much weight. I wish this interview ,together with a montage of Rodney’s great TB’ s could get put together where a bigger audience could see it and MAYBE make some H/ J trainers ,riders and owners see how great these horses are just from what Rodney says here,which I agree 1000% with. TB’ s will go through fire for you if you treat them right. They are very loyal,loving horses. #OTTB #Give them a chance

Love this event so much! Thank you for posting so all us OTTB fans can enjoy from afar!

We used #CAVALOR FiberForce to help our two TBs get over their #ulcers, while settling in. CAVALOR has incredible customer service to help with nutrition, if you’ve never used them. Five stars💥.

I really wish you guys had taken the time to break this down into separate videos per discipline like you did in years past. An eleven hour long video is far too long to expect anyone to watch this all the way through. I'm really disappointed as I was looking forward to these videos.

I wonder why they go through all the training and everything for those months to be in this and then turn around and sell the horse why would somebody do that?

So excited to see Whitmore and Donna at the Breeders Cup this weekend!! 🍎🤠🌹Been in love with this champ for YEARS!!!

Love this guy!!! Followed him his whole career! So glad to see him again in a far different role during the Thoroughbred Makeover Competition, his first. He finished within the alotted time, but he wasn't pushed. He was so brave and calm!!! ..most of the time, but the flag made him nervous.

Aww great interview. Whitmore you'll always be a champ 😘

nice interview Jacks!

Its great to see that you have put the ground work on the OTTB's. I had a couple OTTB's 20 yrs ago and they were trained alot better trained than the last 3 I purchased off Los Alamitos since 2019. I lost Derby Kingdom to colic in 2019 and Most Gloriously got EPM amd Millie Joel has Kissing Spines and other training issues from that track.I was accepted 2x to participate in the RRP in 2020 & 2022 & both I wasn't able to attend. Congratulations to you and all you do for the breed. Thank you 😊

He would have been a top breeder.

He is really stunning

What a cutie pie!

Great story! Good luck in the makeover competition!

Go Whitmore !!!!! 😀❤

RACETRACKS need to continue to step it UP, for these horses. The SPORT of KINGS and all Racing🌹, WILL NOT MAKE IT, WITHOUT HEALTHY AFTERLIVES FOR THESE RACEHORSES.🤠