This gorgeous gelding is looking for an adopter who has time to rehab him from an injury. Mudflats sustained a left front displaced sesamoid fracture at the track in July 2014 and was rehabbed for 8 months before coming to our layup facility on 3/27/15 for continued rehab. At the end of May he moved to the Marysville facility to begin working under saddle after a total of 10 months off. Mudflats was completely sound in the front, but unfortunately he was showing some lameness in the right hind under saddle, so he was ultrasounded. The ultrasound revealed a 10% tear to the right hind upper suspensory which could have happened at the time of the fracture or while in turn out during rehab. We don’t know when it happened exactly, so he will require monitoring during his recovery to determine when he is sound again to ride, but could require up to 9 months of down time. He can be turned out with another gelding(s), but no turn out with mares. He likes to play with his buddy or he will play by himself if his pasture mate isn’t interested in playing at that moment.

Mudflats is very sweet and craves attention from his one person. He watches everything you do and is very in tune to what you want from him. He is also quite the character at times and has a very busy mind. He figures things out very quickly and likes to be mentally stimulated, so maybe working with him on the ground and playing little games will be fun for him. No lunging though due to his injuries. Walking him down the barn aisle is an opportunity for him to stick his head in every trash can and pull out some of the contents, clear everything piece by piece off the shelf or wall and take a bite of hay from the stack of hay bales on the way to turn out. That just makes his day to be able to investigate every thing in his view. Once he is through his rehab period, he will be suitable for flat work only and absolutely no jumping. He is a cool horse and worth the time and effort for the companion you will have in the end.

Mudflats has a rather notable pedigree starting with his sire Tapit. Tapit is the nation’s 2014 Champion Sire and the 2015 leading sire of 11 millionaires, 6 champions and 5 Breeder’s Cup winners and commands a $300,000 stud fee. Most recently Tapit has produced the 2014 Female Horse of the Year Untapable, 2014 Belmont winner Tonalist, 2015 2nd place Belmont finisher Frosted and is the sire of Zenyatta’s 2013 colt Ziconic. Tapit’s sire Pulpit finished 4th in the ’94 Kentucky Derby and won 4 of his 6 starts earning over $728,000. Tale of the Cat placed in 8 of his 9 starts and was the 2012 Leading Sire by winners. Unbridled was the 1990 Champion 3 Year Old Colt placing 1st in the Kentucky Derby and Breeder’s Cup classic, 2nd in the Preakness and earned 4.5 million. A.P. Indy is the 2000 Horse of the Year, sired 11 Champions and his progeny have earned 112.9 million dollars. Preach placed in 9 of 15 starts, earning $304,000 and Thirty Six Red was a MGSW and had 1 million in earnings in 20 starts.