After much debate, and a phone call to the ILPH, we finally agreed a feeding programme of unmolassed sugar beet, Top Spec Conditioning Flakes, a broad spectrum vitamin and mineral supplement, and Alfalfa.
Snowy has a parrot mouth, with obvious uneven teeth wear, so sloppy feeds are the order of the day, and a dentists apointment is the next step.
Having given him a couple of days to settle in, he was bathed and deloused yesterday - his coat was heaving with the critters. He also has some sore areas around his heels, so they have been cleaned and creamed up.
Hooves are okay at the moment, but there are a couple of minor hairline cracks on his fronts, so we will get our farrier to take a look and see if he requires some work on them.
After his initial quietness on arrival, on seeing him this morning, he trotted up to us with a lovely greeting. Hopefully a sign that he is feeling a little brighter...
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
A Brief History
Broughtons Mill is a grey Thoroughbred gelding, born on 10th March 1995.
He ran his first race at Newmarket on 19th July 1997 where he came 6th out of 12 runners.
His 'career' was less than illustrious, and having been raced on the flat, and over jumps, he ran his last race at Market Rasen on 9th June 2004.
His history in recent years is decidedly sketchy, but he was, up until the present time, used for hacking and funrides, and came to us on Saturday 24th March 2007 in a rather sad and sorry state.
This diary will hopefully record his progress.
He ran his first race at Newmarket on 19th July 1997 where he came 6th out of 12 runners.
His 'career' was less than illustrious, and having been raced on the flat, and over jumps, he ran his last race at Market Rasen on 9th June 2004.
His history in recent years is decidedly sketchy, but he was, up until the present time, used for hacking and funrides, and came to us on Saturday 24th March 2007 in a rather sad and sorry state.
This diary will hopefully record his progress.
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