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STABLE TALK - ROYAL SPINNER

7/12/2020

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The A&A blogging team have been on a hiatus but we are back!  COVID-19 has certainly thrown a spanner in the works and no one could have predicted how 2020 has turned out. Luckily we have awesome customers who continue to support our small business and we are grateful for your ongoing support.  THANK YOU!
A few good things have come from working from home. We get to spend quality time with our fur-kids and many of us have been able to spend more time riding our horses instead of commuting to work.
As you know, we love off-the-track horses at A&A and we couldn't pass up on the opportunity to work with Beyond Racing, an Australian registered charity focused on retraining retired racehorses to give them a second chance in life.  For our first Stable Talk back, we have decided to interview Royal Spinner - he is a retired racehorse looking for his new forever home after completing 5 months of re-training. 
VITAL STATISTICS
Stable name: Royal Spinner
Nickname: Spinner
Humans: Lou Abey
Age: 9 years
Height: 15.2hh
Colour: Chestnut
Breeding: Thoroughbred
Discipline: All-Rounder
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Tell us about your racing career as Royal Spinner.  Did you have much success as a racehorse?   
I might not be very tall but I was very fast. I also love winning. I had a successful racing career winning over $150,000 for my owners.
How long have you been with your re-trainer Lou and what new skills have you learnt as part of your re-training? 
Lou took me in end of February 2020. When I first arrived I was put out into the paddock for a well deserved rest. I spent 10 weeks having a holiday before Lou starting working with me. I love having a job and keeping busy, so I was pretty happy to be doing something again!  Lou taught me how to do work on the flat and I can canter on each canter lead.  I am a quick learner and love jumping. I think I may have been a kangaroo in my past life. I am brave and don't mind jumping over anything.  I have jumped over all sorts of show jump fill as well as different XC jumps. I have no qualms jumping in and out of water jumps.  
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I am super quick and agile

What excursions have you and Lou done together so far?  
Since my re-training began we have done a lot!  Although there has been no competition this year, we manage to squeeze in two cross-country clinics and also an eventing squad training at Werribee. I have been ridden around the cattle at home, and out for a ride on the roads with my paddock neighbour, Eddie.
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I love to jump but don't mind a leisurely ride either.

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What are your future aspirations?
I am looking forward to a life after racing. Lou tells me I am now ready to find my new forever home.  I would love to go to a home where I have a job! I love jumping but don't mind having fun doing a mix of things. I am quite brave and like new challenges. I would be happy chasing cows, going to pony club, riding on the beach and pretty much doing anything and everything.
 
What are you looking for in your new home?  
As I am not a big horse I would like to find a new home with a smaller adult or a teenager.  Lou tells me I am very responsive so I am best suited to a rider with an independent seat who has reasonable balance and doesn’t mind a horse with a bit of zing. I am definitely not a plodder.  I have very good manners and don't have any nasty behaviour.
 
Do you have any strange quirks? 
My eyes don't look symmetrical when you look at me.  My eyesight is perfect but I was born with a missing cartilage over one of my eyes.  I may not win a beauty contest but I am still pretty cute.  
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Do you get along well with the other horses at Abey Performance Horses? How do you think the other horses would describe you? 
Oh yes! I am currently in the paddock with Lou’s 2* horse Sailor. He is very bossy, and always chases me away from my feed.  The other horses would say I am easy-going and know my place in the horse pecking order. ​
What are your favourite things in the world? 
Feed time, rubbing my face when my bridle is taken off, and going out for a hack with my paddock neighbour, Eddie.
 
How would you describe your personality? 
I like to be busy. I walk fast, I eat fast (so Sailor doesn’t get my food) I think fast, I am very quick and nimble. I like other horses, and I like people. My life as a racehorse has been pretty good to me and I have been taught to have good manners.
Name three things that make you happy. 
Being fed, having my friends in the paddock, going cross country schooling!
 
Would you rather be sleeping or eating? 
Eating of course! Who doesn't want to eat?
 
If you are interested in meeting Royal Spinner, or would like to find out more information about adopting this lovely boy, please check out www.beyondracing.org.au under "Available Horses".
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