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Equine Retirement Farm Clients
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Why do people send their retirees to us from out of state? |
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Horse owners choose to retire their horses here with us, which may be quite a distance from where they live, for many reasons. |
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The Tennessee climate is appealing to many, as their horse will not have the long, hard winters of the northern states and Canada or the extreme heat and humidity of the more southern states. |
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Another reason why owners ship their horses here is because we have large pastures that allow for grazing almost year round. |
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We are very diligent about pasture management, and allow approximately two acres per horse. |
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We also lime, fertilize and re-seed the pastures regularly to allow for excellent grazing. |
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Due to land values and development pressures, in many areas it would be impossible for the owners to provide their horse a retirement in large pastures with nice grazing. |
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Our owners want their horses to have an ideal retirement! |
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What are the backgrounds of the horses retired on your farm?About Our Equine Retirement Farm Clients... |
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| The horses enjoying
retirement at Paradigm Farms hail from a wide variety of breeds and
disciplines.
Some of the breeds represented on our
farm include various warmblood breeds, thoroughbreds, Arabians,
quarter horses and even a miniature horse.
They were ridden in a variety of disciplines, and our residents have competed through Grand Prix dressage, Grand Prix jumping, "A" circuit hunters, upper level eventing, polo, barrel racing and gymkhana events. We are certain that they have a lot to talk about with each other as they discuss what they used to do when they went to the "office"! |
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Why are they retired? Are the retirees all older horses?About Our Equine Retirement Farm Clients... |
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| The horses on the
farm are retired for a variety of reasons.
Our youngest retiree is 10, and we'll
protect the age of our oldest retire (we will say that he is much
older than 10!)
Some of the horses are retired due to soundness issues, some due to injury, some due to illness and some are retired because their owners felt they had worked hard for a long time and deserved to just be a horse. ____________________ |
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