Yep, the one at the very bottom is the one that I am speaking of - my poor 18.2-3h (we haven’t sticked him, just used a tape, so we could be off) guy that came home with me quite…er…unexpectedly 
He’s actually been an absolute angel to date and personality wise he’s uber-mellow, he’s dealt with a lot in his life and so far not much of anything has made him do anything besides lift his head in the air briefly. And that was while a giant great dane was appearing and disappearing, ponies were running around, a goat was nibbling on his fetlock hair, kids were screaming on bicycles, we were in an unfamiliar place and the farrier was attempting his first trim. His attitude is ho-hum, yes, but it’s also - whatever you want me to do I will attempt (even if it is cramming him into an itty bitty trailer that he previously had hit his head on going in). If he does resist something (like with the farrier and his LH) it seems to be physically related (for right now, he had very bad abcesses in the front and back due to extremely flared feet and huge cracks) and he does almost seem apologetic for it (how’s that for a huge dose of anthropromorphism :lol:)
The other one is 1/2 Belgian 1/2 Paint (the full-body picture). He’s only 5 1/2 now and only been really worked with the last few months so I should give him the benefit of the doubt, he may end up being a very good all-rounder as well. He’s a more nervous type, that really looks to his rider/handler for assurance, but that could also be a phase that he is going through due to his prior lack of handling.
Well, I suppose once we see whether the full Belg can actually be ridden (which doesn’t seem like much of a stretch from what I understand of him so far) and get him going we’ll see how his conditioning goes - he certainly wouldn’t be a candidate for this year, but potentially by next year we’ll have something. He was an actual plow beast, pulling farm machinery, but he’s not the super-squat type, he’s actually quite leggy.
Fancy That, how come yours has a TAIL? Mine has the typical Belgian docked tail…wonder if that will ever grow real hair - I feel so badly for him given that it has no purpose being docked as short as it is (I won’t be driving him). Jake is gorgeous!
Jumpingperch, yours is gorgeous too - I love the heavy horses. I have a whole photo album full of collected pictures of British Heavy hunters, and I just love them. I’ve been fascinated by Perchies and Perch crosses ever since I had the opportunity to meet the Perchies of Windermere farms.
So…does anyone know where one can get a nice hunt bridle without paying an arm and a leg? So far the only bridle I’ve found that is reasonable is dressagey - a bit too blingy for the field, I’m afraid
