Located at Finger Lakes Race Track, Farmington, NY (near Rochester)
Ryochi is an adorable cuddlebug who wants to be anything but a racehorse. Somebody’s best friend and partner for horse shows and trail rides, and lots of treats, would be his choice. He is unraced, but he does have two published workouts this year, so he is RRP eligible. Ryochi was orphaned at birth, and his breeder literally brought him into his kitchen to bottle feed him until a nurse mare could be obtained. No wonder Ryochi loves people! The breeder gave him to a young man who is a groom at the track and likes to own a racehorse or two to dote on, to give him a chance to try to see if he could turn Ryochi into a racehorse. But he has been too busy to get Ryochi into consistent training, and the workouts he has had are slow. So he realizes that Ryochi will be better off with someone who has the time to put into him to find what he can most excel at. We were told that Ryochi is quiet enough that he can get ridden and worked one week, then he can sit doing nothing but going on the walking machine for a couple weeks, and then he comes out to be ridden again and goes right along sensibly and politely. Despite his laid back attitude, because Ryochi is a young horse with minimal training, he will be best suited for someone who is experienced at retraining young racehorses or someone who is working with a professional trainer. But we think that he has great potential to become a great horse for a kid or young adult. Ryochi is solid bodied, still has some growing to do since he is only 3, and he is sound with clean legs. For his jog video, he trotted along politely on a loose lead and showed off a very cute fluid toe pointing trot. On another day when we visited the track, we saw Ryochi by himself on the walking machine, happily and quietly walking along without a fuss. Ryochi is sired by Race Day, who is by Tapit out of a More Than Ready mare. His dam is from Danzig, Go For Gin, Damascus lines. There are lots of great sport horse sire lines in this pedigree; in addition to those already mentioned, there is Halo, In Reality, Pulpit, AP Indy, Unbridled’s Song, Fappiano.
Price: $4500
Contact: Katlynn Gutterson 585-683-9854 (text preferred)
Race/workout record: https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse…
