Taylor Made Farm Prep Plans
Summer Sale Prep Plan | Saratoga Sale Prep Plan | September Sale Prep Plan | Preparing Broodmares and Weanlings
Our goal is to help you best prepare your yearling to reach its maximum potential in the sales ring.
The enclosed preparation plan contains general concepts that we practice at Taylor Made.
There are many ways to achieve good results, and I realize that some of you are working in different climates, grazing conditions, and other factors that differ from ours. The prep plan will give you an idea of what we are trying to achieve. If you are doing things in your prep program that are working well and differ from ours, please call – I would enjoy exchanging ideas with you.
Let’s work together to have a uniform consignment and to have our yearling(s) looking their best. If you have any questions on the enclosed plan, you may reach me at the office at (859) 885-3345 (voice mail ext. 302) See you at the sales.
Mark Taylor
Public Sales
SUMMER SALE PREP PLAN
January 15th
Separate fillies from colts. Bring the yearlings up at 7:00 a.m. and keep them up until 11:00 a.m. Let them rest on the straw, and if they need to be brushed, brush them but give them at least three days out of four that they just lay and rest.
Watch for chewed tails. Start spraying “Raplast” in tails twice weekly. Be careful not to get Raplast in your eyes…it will burn! You can order Raplast at 1-800-627-2807. Raplast mixed with mineral oil will stay in the tails longer and won’t blow in your eyes. Just take a regular baby oil bottle and mix 3/4 oil and 1/4 Raplast. Squirt on bottom third of tail.
February 20th
Start watching colts. If you have one that is very rough and may hurt another colt, separate him into another paddock. Assess health and condition of each individual and set out a feeding and care program accordingly. Encourage your yearlings to walk briskly and mannerly to and from paddocks. Watch for chewed tails.
March 1st
Start on M.A.S.S. This is a rice bran oil product that helps horses utilize their feed nutrients better. It also naturally builds muscle, improves hair coat and has a calming effect for the horse. You can order M.A.S.S. from Kinetic at 1-877-786-9882. For July sale horses, begin February 1st. If your yearling leans towards the fat side or has a thick, cresty neck, I would not use M.A.S.S.
April 1st
Begin training yearlings to show with short 5-10 minute periods once a week. Longer than this will bore the young horse and he will become sour. Always make them walk briskly with a free lead and the handler at the shoulder. Do not let horses drag behind you. If they learn this it will cost you at the sales. Train mane with braids to lie on the right side of the neck. Please use yarn for braiding (doesn’t cut hair). Do not leave in more than four days.
May 1st
Separate the colts into their own paddocks and begin keeping all yearlings up in the hottest part of the day to prevent sunburn. By May 15th they should be up from 9:00 a.m. to 6-7:00 p.m. to protect their coats.
Start an exercise program starting with 10-15 minutes of daily walking. Start an intense method of grooming. Do not use mane comb on tails, use stiff brush only. Take knots out of tail with hands. This ensures a long full tail. Paint soles of feet at least every other day with a good hoof dressing. If your horse’s feet are slow growing, apply Reducine to coronet bands only. (Please call if you have any questions or need additional information on hoof dressing.) Please look to see if your yearling needs shoes. If so, do the setting of front shoes to keep feet from chipping up. Just trim hind feet. Please do last shoeing on your farm 35-40 days prior to sale. This gives us a good foot to work with in final shoeing. Horses are curried well before they are exercised and before showing in afternoon. Paint feet daily.
Begin feeding wheat germ oil (3cc on the feed once a day is plenty). Discontinue if bowels become loose. Increase walking to 30 minutes daily unless other means of exercise are available. The yearlings boarded at Taylor Made are started in a round pen using Monty Roberts’ Method. We exercise five days a week and hand walk two days. If you would like more information on any of our exercise programs, please contact us. We rinse horses with room temperature water after exercising. We give a shampoo bath once a week. Shampooing more often will strip the oil from the coat.
June 1st
Continue your exercise program while increasing your grooming time to get their coat right. Begin getting them used to a chifney bit while showing and grooming.
July 1st
Start backing off lightly on exercise program. (unless hand walking)
When shipping to the sales grounds, Health certificates should accompany each yearling, tranquilize the horse if necessary and pad halter with sheep skin at nose band and poll. Do not snap the horse up on van until he settles down, make sure to have a handler holding each horse until it settles down. Make certain horse is properly identified with halter tag or with shipping tag. Do not reset yearling shoes unless you have discussed it with us first. We will be glad to have our farrier reset them at the sale for you. We will trim ears, bridle paths, pull mane etc. If you pull the mane please leave it longer than eight inches and we will even it up. If you trim bridle path, only trim two fingers back from the poll of the horse. If you feel comfortable clipping the ears, go ahead and do them.
PLEASE NOTE
— This schedule is for our normal yearlings, if you have a yearling that is underweight or small, you may have to have a more concentrated schedule.
Call if you have questions
— We would prefer to do the final resetting on yearlings. If you agree, do not reset after July 1st.
— Please call us when the horse leaves your farm going to the sales.
— Be sure to have identification on horse’s halter at time of shipment.
— If you have any questions or if you would like to talk about your preparation program, please call one of us at anytime:
Taylor Made Office 859-885-3345
Fax 859-887-1754
WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK
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SARATOGA SALE PREPARATION PLAN
DO NOT BODY CLIP, OR TRIM BRIDLE PATH OR PULL MANES
January 15th
Separate fillies from colts – Bring the yearlings up at 7:00 a.m. and keep them up until 1:00 p.m. Let them rest on straw and if they need to be brushed, brush them but give them at least three days out of the four that they just lay and rest. Watch out for chewed tails. Start spraying “Raplast” in tails twice weekly. Be careful not to get Raplast in your eyes…it will burn! You can order Raplast at 1-800-627-2807.
February 20th
Start watching colts. If you have one that is very rough and may hurt another colt, separate him into another paddock. Assess health and condition of each individual and set out a feeding & care program accordingly. Encourage your yearlings to walk briskly and mannerly to and from paddocks. Watch out for chewed tails.
May lst
Put colts in individual paddocks, if not already separated.
May 15th
Start bringing up no later than 8:30 a.m. and do not turn out before 7:00 p.m., according to the sun’s rays. DO NOT ALLOW TO SUNBURN!
At Taylor Made, we use a product called M.A.S.S that helps horses utilize the feed nutrients better. It is a rice bran product that naturally builds muscle, a good hair coat, and has a calming effect on horses. It can be ordered at 1-877-786-9882. Start them on it 150 days before sale. If your yearling leans towards the fat side or has a thick, cresty neck I would not use M.A.S.S.
June 1st
Begin an exercise program starting with l0-l5 minutes of daily walking. Start an intense method of grooming. Do not use mane comb on tails, use a stiff brush only. Take knots out of tail with hands. This ensures a long full tail. Paint soles of feet at least every other day with a good hoof dressing. If your horse’s feet are slow growing, apply Reducine to coronet bands only. (Please call if you have any questions or need additional information on hoof dressing.)
June 20th
Please look to see if your yearling needs shoes. If so, do the setting of front shoes to keep feet from chipping up. Just trim hind feet. Please do last shoeing on your farm 35 – 40 days prior to sale. This gives TMSA a good foot to work with in final shoeing. Horses are curried good before they are exercised and before showing in afternoon. Paint feet daily.
Wheat germ oil – 3cc to 5cc on feed daily. Discontinue if bowels become too soft. Increase walking to 30 minutes daily unless other means of exercise are available. The yearlings boarded at Taylor Made are started in a round pen using Monty Roberts’s Method. We exercise five days a week and handwalk for two days. If you would like more information on any of our exercise programs, please contact us. We rinse horses with room temperature water after exercising. We give a shampoo bath once a week. Shampooing more often will strip the oil from the coat.
Begin training yearlings to show with short 5-l0 minute periods daily. Longer than this will bore the horse and he will start to work against you. Always make him walk briskly with a free head with handler at the shoulder.
DO NOT LET HORSES DRAG BEHIND YOU
If they learn this bad habit, it will cost you at the sales. Train mane with braids to lie on RIGHT side of neck. Please use yarn when braiding (doesn’t cut hair). Do not leave in more than 4 days.
July 10th
DO NOT PULL MANES.
DO NOT TRIM BRIDLE PATHS AND EARS.
We will do this at the sale. Do not reset yearling’s shoes for sale. We will have our Farrier do before horse sells. We realize there is a possibility the occasional yearling may become sore footed after trimming, but we have found that shoeing at the sale is worth the risk. We will trim ears, bridle paths, pull mane, straighten tails, etc. If you need to pull mane, please leave longer than eight inches. If you trim bridle path, only trim one inch.
July 25th
Start backing off lightly on exercise program. (UNLESS HANDWALKING) The ship to Satatoga usually draws the yearlings up some. Compensate for this if possible.
You will be notified later of the move in date to the sales grounds. OUT OF STATE HORSES AND HORSES MOVING STRAIGHT INTO SALE FROM A FARM OTHER THAN TAYLOR MADE FARM Health Certificate should accompany each Yearling, tranquilize and pad halter with sheepskin at noseband and poll. Do Not snap the horse up on van until he settles down, make sure to have a handler holding each horse until it settles down.
PLEASE NOTE
— This schedule is for our normal yearlings, if you have a yearling that is underweight or small, you may have to have a more concentrated schedule.
— We would prefer to do the final resetting on yearlings. If you agree, do not reset after July 1st.
— Please call us when the horse leaves your farm going to the sales.
— Be sure to have identification on horse’s halter at time of shipment.
— If you have any questions or if you would like to talk about your preparation program, please call one of us at anytime:
Taylor Made Office 859-885-3345
Fax 859-887-1754
WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK
SEPTEMBER PREP PLAN
January 15th
Separate fillies from colts – Bring the yearlings up at 7:00 a.m. and keep them up until 1:00 p.m. Let them rest on straw and if they need to be brushed, brush them but give them at least three days out of the four that they just lay and rest. Watch out for chewed tails. Start spraying “Raplast” in tails twice weekly. Be careful not to get Raplast in your eyes…it will burn! . Raplast mixed with mineral oil will stay in the tails longer and won’t blow in your eyes. Just take a regular baby oil bottle and mix 3/4 mineral oil and 1/4 Raplast. Squirt on bottom third of tail. You can order Raplast at 1-800-627-2807.
February 20th
Start watching colts. If you have one that is very rough and may hurt another colt, separate him into another paddock. Assess health and condition of each individual and set out a feeding and care program accordingly. Encourage your yearlings to walk briskly and mannerly to and from paddocks. Watch for chewed tails.
At Taylor Made, we use a product called M.A.S.S. that helps horses utilize the feed nutrients better. It is a rice bran product that naturally builds muscle, a good hair coat, and has a calming effect on horses. You can order M.A.S.S from Kinetic at 1-877-786-9882. Start using the product 150 days before sale.
June 1st
Put colts in individual paddocks, if not already separated. Start bringing up no later than 9:30 a.m. and do not turn out before 7:00 p.m., according to sun rays. DO NOT ALLOW TO SUNBURN!
July 15th
Start an exercise program starting with 10-15 minutes of daily walking. Start an intense method of grooming. Do not use mane comb on tails – use a stiff brush only. Take knots out of tail with hands. This ensures a long full tail. Paint soles of feet at least every other day with a good hoof dressing. If your horses feet are slow growing, apply Reducine to coronet bands only. (Please call if you have any questions or need additional information on hoof dressing.)
Please look to see if the yearling needs shoes. If so, do the setting of front shoes to keep feet from chipping up. Just trim hind feet. Please do last shoeing on your farm 35-40 days prior to sale. This gives us a good foot to work with in final shoeing. Horses are curried before they are exercised and before showing in afternoon. Paint feet daily.
Begin feeding wheat germ oil (3 cc on the feed once a day is plenty). Discontinue if bowels become loose. Increase walking to 30 minutes daily unless other means of exercise are available. The yearlings boarded at TMF are started in a round pen using Monty Robert’s Method. We exercise 5 days a week and handwalk for 2 days. If you would like more information on any of our exercise programs, please contact us. We rinse horses with room temperature water after exercising. We give a shampoo bath once a week. Shampooing more often will strip the oil from the coat.
August 1st
Begin training yearlings to show with short 5-10 minute periods daily. Longer than this will bore the horse and he will start to work against you. Always make him walk briskly with a free head with handler at the shoulder.
DO NOT LET HORSES DRAG BEHIND YOU
If they learn this bad habit, it will cost you at the sales. Train mane with braids to lie on RIGHT side of neck. Please use yarn when braiding (doesn’t cut hair). Do not leave in more than 4 days.
DO NOT BODY CLIP, TRIM BRIDLE PATH OR PULL MANES PRIOR TO SHIPPING TO THE SALE
We will do this at the sale. Do not reset yearling’s shoes for sale. We will have our Farrier do before horse sells. We realize there is a possibility the occasional yearling may become sore footed after trimming, but we have found that shoeing at the sale is worth the risk. We will trim ears, bridle paths, pull mane, straighten tails, etc. If you need to pull mane, please leave longer than eight inches. If you trim bridle path, only trim two fingers back from the pole of the horse.
September 1st
Start backing off lightly on exercise program.(UNLESS HANDWALKING)
September
(Decision to be made later for date of arrival)OUT OF STATE HORSES a Health Certificate should accompany each yearling, tranquilize and pad halter with sheep skin at nose band and poll before shipping. Do not snap the horse up on van until he settles down, make sure to have a handler holding each horse until it settles down.
PLEASE NOTE
— This schedule is for our normal yearlings, if you have a yearling that is
underweight or small, you may have to have a more concentrated schedule.
— We would prefer to do the final resetting on yearlings.
If you agree, do not reset after August 1st-7th.
— Be sure to have identification on horse’s halter at time of shipment.
— If you have any questions or if you would like to talk about your preparation
program, please call one of us at any time:
— Please call us when the horse leaves your farm going to the sales.
Taylor Made Sales Agency, Inc.
(859) 885-3345 office (859)887-1754 fax
WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK!
PREPARING BROODMARES AND WEANLINGS
FOR PUBLIC AUCTION
I. Please start bringing mares and weanlings up fifty to sixty days prior to the sale. Also, start putting blankets on them and leaving them up at night. We recommend using Jacks brand quilted winter blankets. They can be ordered through KBC International (859)253-9688. It is very beneficial to get hoods on the blankets; it takes a little bit more management, but the hoods make a big difference in the haircoat.
II. Please try and keep them on a normal routine as much as possible, consisting of turning out first thing in the morning and bringing up early in the afternoon, groom daily for thirty minutes, use rubber shedder or rubber mitt. Use a stiff brush on the mane and tails. Also, use some type of ointment to put on scratches and scrapes to promote hair growth. We strongly believe in the product M.A.S.S.. It is a natural muscle builder and it has a calming effect on the horse. The product can be ordered through Kinetic 877-786-9882. It is suitable for backward weanlings and mares which are light in condition.
III. Mares should be fed according to the individual, this will ensure good weight at sale time. Foals need to have good weight, but should not be fed so much that joints start to swell and cause pain and unsightliness resulting in a poor sale for your weanling. All horses should be on corn oil. (Half a cup per day)
IV. Mares and weanlings should be trimmed monthly from August 1st until sale. Weanlings should not have shoes. Mares should be shod if they have cracks or problem feet. Please have the feet in good shape, it helps the sale price.
V. One week before shipment, bridle paths should be clipped no more than two fingers from the pole, weanling no more than two fingers. Manes should be pulled six and a half inches from the crest. Ears on the mare should be clipped and hulled out. If you feel you cannot do a good job of clipping or pulling manes, please allow us to do it for you after your horse ships to the sale.
Our goal is to help you best prepare the horse to reach its maximum potential in the sales ring.
If you should have any questions, please call
Tel: (859) 885-3345 or Fax: (859) 887-1754