Wyndym Farm
Living with horses is a total committment- 7 days a week. Starting early morning, continuing throughout the day and the last thing at night. We have two Standardbreds, in other words Harness Racers , both were classy trotters- gutsy competitors with the pedigree and racelines that made them top earners and Ontario Sires Stakes winners. Thoroughbred or Standardbred racers work and train and give their best at a very young age. The reality of the sport is that minor injuries and aging end their racing careers which makes them another animal to feed and care for that isn’t earning the stable money. Our experience with harness racing horse owners and trainers is that they care for their horses and do what they can to provide them with a retirement. The sad reality is that many, due to sheer numbers of animals in the sport, end up as buggy horses or are slaughtered for pet food or “gourmet” cuts of meat sold in Japan and France.
The personality and willingness to please that this breed has deserves more and they have many years of usefullness in a variety of disciplines. ( In our case they are being retrained as riding horses). They are a pleasure to be around and the amount of handling and training in the previous career actually teaches the owner and even has taught our original horse "Jet" (a miniature black gelding) . Retraining and working with our "boys" is an ongoing adventurous pleasure.
Please jump over to the links listed below-
The Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society
Woodbine Racetrack Mohawk Racetrack
Last Updated 2008-03-01