My 17 year old RH

[Hidalgo]

I'M SORRY I HAVE TO BRAG BUT MY HORSE JUST BROKE A RECORD AT 17 YEARS OLD.
You know how occasionally you somehow pass over a horse you should have trained? Yeah, that's what I did. I had him in my stud barn for 15 years and all of a sudden I noticed that his stats could be RH level. I'm kicking myself for not training him, when I thought,"Why not? I can have him trained before 18 yrs so I don't have to worry about him dying on me before he's done" So I trained him, all the while wondering if I was completely wasting my time. But a 17 yr old horse that broke a record would be kind of hilarious, right? Anyway, here we are

Ⓗ Bonzo

[Sawd10]

Haha.

I have been in the same situation a few times before; the horses never broke any records (at least not that I think) but were above-average competitors regardless.

Congratulations on the new Record Holder, his Breeder's Report and confo catch my eye. He has a nice stat pool. He is good-looking for a 17 year old- I like the greying around his eyes and muzzle as it makes him look his age...!

[Hidalgo]

Haha.

I have been in the same situation a few times before; the horses never broke any records (at least not that I think) but were above-average competitors regardless.

Congratulations on the new Record Holder, his Breeder's Report and confo catch my eye. He has a nice stat pool. He is good-looking for a 17 year old- I like the greying around his eyes and muzzle as it makes him look his age...!

Thanks After he broke the record I thought, hmm I wonder what sort of foals he's had. And... he has none for some reason. His BR and Confo suggest he could have had some decent foals, so I wonder if I did breed him but rehomed the foals or if he was just knocking about the barn being completely overlooked by me

[FantasyRanch3]

I'M SORRY I HAVE TO BRAG BUT MY HORSE JUST BROKE A RECORD AT 17 YEARS OLD.
You know how occasionally you somehow pass over a horse you should have trained? Yeah, that's what I did. I had him in my stud barn for 15 years and all of a sudden I noticed that his stats could be RH level. I'm kicking myself for not training him, when I thought,"Why not? I can have him trained before 18 yrs so I don't have to worry about him dying on me before he's done" So I trained him, all the while wondering if I was completely wasting my time. But a 17 yr old horse that broke a record would be kind of hilarious, right? Anyway, here we are

Ⓗ Bonzo

Annn it's fun to brag once in a while anyway that's a funny story and congrats on a new RH, I have yet to have one of my horses to break one yet!

[Hidalgo]

Annn it's fun to brag once in a while anyway that's a funny story and congrats on a new RH, I have yet to have one of my horses to break one yet!

Thanks You'll get there before too long I'm sure!

[Tenacious Equine]

So I guess the moral of the story is it's never too late to compete congrats!

[Hidalgo]

So I guess the moral of the story is it's never too late to compete congrats!

Exactly! I know it’s good to try and get them trained at a young age because they DO compete a bit better, but it seems some people have taken it to the extreme of thinking once a horse hits 3 yrs it’s no use competing them, and I kind of wanted to dispel that idea a bit