I have two,
The mare is liver chestnut, was the last ET offspring of my foundation mare Alpenglow, I did not even bother to break her, she is in the breeding shed, is an excellent mother, won several DSHB broodmare classes this year and qualified for the East Coast DSHB Championships. She has won a bunch of Hunter and Sport Horse Breeding Championships in hand. She is dam of a filly by Beste Gold and is bred back. Very correct in the legs, and great shoulder, light lovely mover, maybe a bit low in the croup and plain in the face. I think she would have been very easy to break and get going. She is quiet, never questions anything new, if anything she is a bit hard to show in hand because she takes everything in stride, and while all three gaiits are wonderful , she seldom shows all because she could use “being sparked”.
The bay gelding is becoming my current riding horse since Bill got injured. He was born beautiful, got tall, narrow, gangly and fugly,stayed that way for a long time and is now gorgeous. HE is very correct in every way except also possibly a bit low in the croup. He was an ignorant &*^&%#%$@ as a yearling and had not fully descended the second testicle. He subsequently was gelded the expensive way. That fixed things but he was VERY slow maturing. We broke him at age 4, still immature. I was a bit busy at the time, so it was convenient to let him mature more, and was well worth the extra time. He is a big horse 17.1+, an incredibly BIG mover with a gigantic round uphill canter. He will be 6 in May and is at least a year behind. He is forward willing,and learning quickly, showing great potential for the upper levels. He also jumps quite well, and enjoys it. He would not make an "amateur horse’ for just anyone, on the sheer power of his gaits alone… I say my prayers to hopefully sit his trot …someday:) The photos were taken when we started him under saddle.
