Please read this update:
Tenax recently sustained an injury in turnout that is requiring him to be on at least 6 weeks of rest to heal. He had some trauma to the P1 in his left hind, but thankfully there is no accompanying soft tissue injury. We cannot show him outside of his stall until he is further cleared by the vet. His adoption fee has been lowered during this time should there be someone willing to take a chance on him as-is. Rads and vet report are available.

Tenax is a big, 16.2 hand, 8 year old, bay gelding who came to After the Races in partnership with Beyond the Wire in Maryland. Not having hit the board for some time, his connections decided it was time to let him pursue a new career. He made just over $100,000 in 34 starts, and is by Great Notion, with his dam being a granddaughter of Awesome Again.

Tenax had a great intake evaluation here with our vet finding him sound and without any known limitations. She gave him a great prognosis to go in any direction. While he only sticks just over 16.2 hands, this horse is built BIG. He is a very solid horse who will take up a lot of leg. Tall riders definitely should keep him in consideration.

This big guy has really relaxed and settled into farm life and has been a joy to handle and interact with. All of our volunteers can catch, lead, groom, and handle him without any concerns. He's also shown himself to be a very kind horse on the ground. He's currently turned out with another gelding without issue and is enjoying some time to be a horse before we put him back under saddle to begin his retraining.

Tenax has no vices, is front shod (and in need of a good, consistent farrier program to adjust the angles he arrived with from the track), and is available now to someone willing and able to restart an OTTB themselves. We'll start him back in work sometime in early June if he's not adopted sooner.