Yes!
It would make me never want to use him again. I certainly would not trust him for my horse either.
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I didn’t use him ever again. But it was shocking because he was very highly regarded in the region. I don’t know if he is still active, this was a long time ago.
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What really annoys me is that some of those Shire crosses were using Shire mares, some of which may have been registered. I have no problem outcrossing using a Shire stud (they can be very nice draft crosses), but if you are going to breed a mare from an endangered breed…could you please breed true?
Also the guy is Whack.
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This is one of the most entertaining threads!!! I always laugh when I see a Friesian on the screen as a war horse or trusty steed for galloping across country or whatever, since one important characteristic of those types of horses is that they need to not run away from everything in abject terror. 
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I’m sure a brave Friesian exists but gosh I’ve met a disproportionate number of super spooky clench your booty spin or act goofy types. Never malicious about it just genuinely scared and typically curious after the initial panic. Not what I would choose to ride into battle.
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Exactly! The one we have at our barn is a total airhead. I can imagine riding him into battle only by confusing him into running toward it, but then we would both probably immediately be killed.
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I must have missed the Friesian Olympia winners.
Hairy beasts, the lot of them…
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You made me look and now the video has been removed. Makes me wonder who is following this thread…
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This is my complaint with Cleveland Bays. Please do not use a pure bred mare for your cross!
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And same for Morgans. We don’t have a half Morgan registry, and while not as critical in numbers as Cleveland Bay, nice Morgan mares should be producing more nice Morgans!
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Oh yeah, there was a driving trainer in WA that was crossing Morgan mares with a Fresian. It took at least 3 crops before he realized they weren’t money makers and he switched to full Fresians. The foals I saw at his place were all neck and shoulder and no hindquarters.
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But he can write purple prose!
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Well, if there’s any connection someone is getting a wagonload of free market research and focus group feedback.
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[ahem] Should I read anything in to it that he didn’t ask for canter? Didn’t steer the horse, either?
I nice brisk trip around a working equitation course would have impressed me, a teeny bit.
Most ammys I know are never owning a horse of that size. That horse is a times order of magnitude beyond their own horse fantasies.
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Well. That was… interesting.
Was that Mr. Pegasus riding? I admit I did not have the sound turned on because I feared a Shatner-esque poetry reading set to music.
I’ll skip past the wrong diagonals and wrong lead and just point out that I sold my fancy Paint gelding because I couldn’t tolerate sitting his canter. So I don’t think I’ll be purchasing Midas.
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Yes, that canter does not look comfortable.
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For the low price of $30k he can be yours!
To be fair, he looks like one hell of a husband horse. Imagine how cool he’d be gelded.
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Only one direction though.
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I can just see a line of one tempies from that canter. Like sitting on a pile driver, especially at speeds over a shuffle. Better not have back problems.
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