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.

Tenax has been a joy to handle and interact with since arrival. 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 been turned out with other geldings without issue and after recovering from a wound he acquired in turnout, he's been fully cleared again to go back to work without limitation.

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.