What is Sorrows End Farm?
Located in Northeast Tennessee, Sorrows End
Farm is a horse training and boarding facility,
also specializing in Thoroughbred training and
sales. Many of our horses for sale are
Thoroughbreds that are retraining off the
racetrack, although many never raced. Our goal
is to offer ex-racehorses a chance at a second
career after the track and to start young
thoroughbreds correctly in a career that can
show off their amazing ability and talent.
We also offer horse boarding, training and
riding lessons. Please contact us for rates.
We specialize in starting young horses under
saddle and schooling green horses. Let us
start your next champion for you!
About off-the-track Thoroughbreds
Thoroughbreds are by nature very athletic, versatile and
intelligent horses. They excel in numerous careers
including hunters, jumpers, foxhunting, dressage,
eventing, as pleasure horses, and more.
Thoroughbreds by nature have a wonderful work ethic
and strive to please. They are responsive and willing,
and when trained correctly, are excellent equine partners
with lots of heart that will do anything for their people.
Many Thoroughbreds that do not have successful
careers as racehorses or are unable to continue racing
due to injury can go on to become excellent show
prospects or pleasure horses.
Our goals and our style
At Sorrows End, we train our horses to be responsive, obedient, and
respectful while giving them time to 'be a horse.' We excel in starting
young horses right and instilling the basics in them to enable them to
move forward in their career, whatever discipline that may be.
Our horses are schooled to move forward quietly in a relaxed,
balanced frame. Once they develop a good forward and balanced
gait, we teach them to move willingly 'on the bit' and to jump.
In our riding, we strive to teach and achieve harmony with our horses,
whatever we are trying to do. We have successfully helped numerous
clients with horses that owners had become frustrated with or had
"lost hope on." Sorrows End offers a quiet, happy, consistent
environment for horses and their riders, enabling them to develop a
positive attitude about riding. We believe riding should be fun for the
horse and rider, and strive to meet each individual horse and rider's
needs.
Boarding, training and Thoroughbred sales
Sorrows End Farm
Stella, an off-the-track TB, having fun during her retraining.
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Jay-J
(See horses for sale)
Nikko, an OTTB who didn't make it at the
track, has now learned to jump and
LOVES his new career.
In memory of Bruce Haynes, July 26, 1961 - January 24, 2008
We miss you Bruce. See you at the finish line.
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"...And I was riding along,
my heart resounded in the
lawn-dampened steps,
resounded in the snorting and champing
on the bit by my gray,
and a blissful happiness lit up my heart
and I knew:
If I now dropped out of the world,
I would fall into heaven. "
-- Baron von Munchhausen
River Gent
SOLD!! June 2010
Alphie, (registered name Whatsitallabout), starting his retraining after
rehabilitating a blown suspensory ligament. Alphie was a
steeplechaser who was rehabbed and retrained at Sorrows End. He is
now sound, jumping and doing dressage, and is a barn favorite.
Faith
SOLD! 9-1-11
Congratulations Jessany Bledsoe!