Standardbreds Can

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Too everyone out there that has a standardbred that does something other than race, and to all the standardbreds that have been tossed away due to lack of speed or heart to race.

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[egernhat]

It's really annoying how people think standardbreds are good for absolutely nothing but racing. I have two, one of them is 9 years now and I never had much of a problem with getting him to canter, and he certainly does not have bad balance. The other one is 4, I just started riding him and he is so easy and gentle.

[randomgirl179]

@egernhat the best part about them is their disposition. They're so willing to please an the only reason people have trouble with the canter is because they aren't patient enough with them. They just take time to switch gears from "race horse" to "please do what i ask" horse. haha

[shadowmaresurewing]

Lovely video! I just adopted a standie from the Standardbred Assc of Qld. He is awesome, 5 yrs never been under saddle and I gave him his first walk under saddle the other day, didnt bat an eyelid, the should be renamed superbreds!!

[randomgirl179]

check out STBblog, it's my new blog I created on youtube specifically for STB owners

[taylorswiftguitarfan]

My answer to the first question in the video, " what do you think of when you hear the word standardbred?" my answer is an amazing horse. I'm looking into getting my first horse soon, he's a standardbred. When I went to go see him for the first time, I was the first person ever to get on him bareback, no one ever tried as he's green and hasn't been ridden a ton. I'll have a lot of work to do with him, but we're perfect for each other. I can't wait to get him!

[randomgirl179]

good luck with him, if you need any advice, let me know :]

[mustangparidise]

I rode a standardbred named Road-Kar and he fell on the racetrack and broke his leg. He had to get minor surgery to fix the issue, except he couldn't race anymore, so my riding I structor rescued him and he is an amazing trotter!

[kennybomber]

When I was young, I used to be think the Standardbred was very ugly because they have big head and I'm very stupid to think about this.

Now I rode the STB named Lady, she was ex-race pacer and now became schoolmaster horse.

I know other one STB named Bob and he can jump around 1.30 m!

Also STB is very good for the kids and they can do everything just like warmblood, TBs and other breeds. :)

I love them.

[Justan3xcuse]

I work with Standardbreds at a racing and breeding stable. They are the most amazing horses =D I am trying to sell my TB currently with the plan of gettin one of my STBs after he has finished racing to jump =D

[TaraForLife21]

im in the stage of training my very fist STB. she paces quite a lot and it doesnt bother me at all, because i KNOW that one day she is going to have a kick-ass canter! she is amazing at jumping and showing heaps of potential in dressage.

this video was truly inspiring! xx

[oldenburgpferde]

when we think of X racers, we always think of thoroughbreds, never a thought spared for the strange little trotting horses! but next time, i wont be so stuck up about standardbreds, Albert Trotter, youve changed my opinion entirely!

[oldenburgpferde]

he lives in the field all the time and is calm and placid, we have been retraining him, and i have to say, he has a better attitude than any of my posh dressage warmbloods!!! hes so willing and sweet! hes being gelded next month and being turned into a hunting pony, being only 14.1 and im 5 foot 9, he cant stay with me forever, but i have no doubt that he will make someone an amazing loyal pony! we have named him albert trotter lol. this video is very inspirational for me! TBC!!!

[oldenburgpferde]

honestly, i thought standardbreds were absolutely vile. i hate the trotter way of going and i thought they were just racehorses for pikeys! last month for no reason i bought a 7 year old standardbred from the meatman. he was covered in his own faeces from head to toe, and just looked like a mess. id never felt more regret in my life!!! the next day, we bathed him and trimmed him and he suddenly looked really quite good looking! he has a very bad weaving problem, TBC! run out of room

[kelceygirll]

my baby boy is standardbred , and hes the love of my life ! hes absolutely perfect , we always win our command classes because he has such strong walk/trot and even has a great canter ! and hes amazing in small gymkhanas because hes sooo fast and has tight turns for barrels and all ! he also loooves to jump . i love him . i could never imagine him as a race horse :( that would be sooo sad !

[AnthraxInjections]

I have one. I didn't know that I had bought a Standarbred at the time since he was hitched up to a rather heavy wagon (not that he couldn't pull it) and he was rather underweight. When he came to our home he had a mange problem and quite a bit of scarring. It took some time and energy to get him back. His past wasn't racing but "teasing". But despite all that, he's the sweetest, calmest horse we have. Bud's the only horse I trust. Doesn't kick or buck.

[277deb]

Hi I have 2, a stud that is 4 and I've had since he was a yearling, the other a claimer that I race, but am breaking to ride, and will show eventuallly, the stud was bought to race in order to pay for himself, but first and foremost for an eventer, they are amazing horses, my husband first sold them to me and now after years of other breeds, and 20 years of stb, I choose stbs first and foremost, they are the best and most versatile of all breeds. go stbs!!!