Gosh Sophia, that sounds horrifying. I do not know much about living on a ranch with that many coyotes and courgars.. maybe someone else could answer your questions better. With the filly, although she's smaller, she is a year old yet? I bet she is faster then the other horses? My best to you Sophia. I am sure no one would place that filly in there if something that bad could happen.
Frankie

I found out good news, the cougar was never seen but the paaw prints were, and they were last year, so i bet the cougar is now somewhere else in the world. And our neighbors will watch out for coyotes when were not there. But i have been training the little filly, she is the pretty thing i have ever seen. Shes a little shy but im working on that. She is only 8 months and taller than one of my horses. As im working with her shes gaining my trust, at first she was scared of me. When do you think i should first put a saddle on her and maybe ride her in the pen?

Wow Marilyn! How great to see you! Thank you for all the kind words. So much history with us.. again, Thank you!
Frankie :)

Gosh Sophia.. this is a tough question to answer.. hope your mom is feeling better.. Training a little colt for the races is a big job and will take lots of time. Is he saddle broke yet and to what level is he training now?
Best! Frankie

he is just a little baby colt who is 4 months. But i wont be training by myself, i have another really experienced horse man, but we may be moving the colt closer to us... Cause its and hour and a half right now. But i just want to know the basics of starting, like how to exercise him and make his legs stronger! and like what kind of feed and all that stuff, then let an experienced horseman take over!!!

Hi Sophia, All horses are individuals so you feed, care and train as an individual depending on how they develop. Since you have a great horseman working with you already, that's a great thing. My expertise is in riding race horses so I am sure he knows more then I do about training :) Once he is in training, let me know how he is doing :) I also have a ton of videos in this site under videos, then racing category. Thank you Sophia! Best!! Frankie

Thanks for the info!!! I'll keep telling you how he progresses. I have just been to busy lately to go out since i have a lot of homework...

Hi Taletha, Congrats! sounds like you are almost there! As far as used tack, do you have a valet yet or know anyone that works in the jock's room? Any of the jockeys there? Sometimes just to get started riding a race or two, you can borrow most of your equipment from other jockeys, also, they might have some used equipment for sale. If you are looking for new equipment as there are some things that may be hard to find, I recommend www.jockeytack.com . Jeff Cohen is out of Florida but ships everywhere and his prices are good. Keep us all posted Taletha!! Also, am setting up a 3 jockey boot camp and will be taking students. Still working on the details but wanted to give you a heads up just incase! :)
Cheers!
Frankie
www.equicizer.com
PS. Here's one of the videos I made for Equestrian Life about Equipment jockeys will need.

Hey,
We'll i am officially a jockey now. i have ridden three races so far, all 6 1/2 furlongs. the first i broke on top and lead for the first half a mile, before fading to 7th. my horse was holding her breath. do you have any advice on things to do to try and get them to take a breath. i tried picking her up a bit, but she held it too long and tired really quickly. my second race, my horse reared coming out of the gates, then sort of bolted, he stayed nice and straight but there was no rating him. he tired in the stretch and we finished 4th. in my third race my horse broke nicely and put me in a good spot on the rail sitting 3rd about 2 1/2 lengths off the pace. he lacked a late response and we finished 7th. I had a lot of fun and learned a lot. I have borrowed some tack from one of the other jockeys for now, but will have to get my own soon. thanks for the website.

taletha

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