Medical Issues
- Most end up with foot and legs issues due to their narrow feet (club feet)
- Racers may encounter strained legs and soreness
- If they are, they will show signs of unwillingness,and mood changes when you ask them to work.
- They have a very high rate of getting bowed tendons and splints due to the amount of pressure and strain put on their legs from the intense training.
- Race horses have very high accident rates due to the competition of the racing
- They are prone to constipation, bleeding lungs,low fertility and due to their small heart they are at a higher risk of having heart attacks
Required Care
- Daily care of hooves
- Maintainging healthy teeth,joints, regular worming,and regular vaccines
- Must have tack that fits there long narrow bodies
- Need to be housed properly (shelters or stalls)
- They have a fast metabolism ,therefore require more feed