Except many dressage riders know you buy the canter and improve the trot. So that Azteca with the 6 trot is likely to have a better canter than a carriage horse with a flashy trot.
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I visited this guy this weekend. He was locked in a stall and fed only stale breadš„ŗ
He was lovely, but same age as my youngest at 12. Heās in great hands and a great example of the potential in the Saddlebreds!
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If you pass on this one let me know. Heās gorgeous.
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My morgan mare. She came from Windfield Morgan Farm in CT as a 3 year old. They breed really nice old Government lines and have really reasonable prices. She was just barely started when I got her. She is definitely a one in a million horse!
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Beautiful mare! i especially love her shoulder and neck set. Her back is perfect too. (so many morgans are long backed)ā¦
They look like they could be sisters. What is her breeding?
huh. i see little similarity myself.
this mare is by
https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/fcf+esprit+de+lark
out of
https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/ravens+glad+ellen
The mare has significant Orcland breeding; Louise Orcutt married Woody Henry Jr, of the Bobbin Hollow set. The Orcland breeding was prominently crossed with Bay State breeding in the Bobbin Hollow horses. I grew up riding at Bobbin Hollow and the farm it became when they sold in 1993.
The Bay State breeding program was ended relatively recently. I know someone who has several of them retired from that program. There were a lot of small farms with a few Morgans and small breeders around the local area where I grew up. A lot of us learned to ride on them.
I bought a Morgan prospect after my GRP decided he did not want to be a CDE driving pony. I was looking more for a pony that would be successful in the dressage portion. She is turning 4 and I couldnāt be more pleased with her work ethic
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Spent yesterday with Saddlebreds in KY:). First went to a nice training barn that the rescue works with. They had the SWEETEST gelding who just isnāt quite carrying his head the way a winning saddleseat horse does. I didnāt video - the rescue lady did - but OMG. The canter!!! Heās staying on my list - only negative is heās 16hh currently at age 4. I know I passed on the first Saddlebred cutie that was 4 and a little too small. But 4 is such a crapshoot - they can sprout up and end up giant or they can top outā¦. Hmm. But heās my best Saddlebred option so far.
I then went to the rescue farm and met the one horse that ticks all my boxes for age, height, gender. The only issue with him is that he is GREEN. Iāve broken horses before, retrained lots of OTTBs and projects. The OTTBs have been easy restarts and ready to show in months. The others - some are really tough and can be year(s) to do it right. This guy had been ridden, but really leery of people. He loves the rescue lady, but unsure of strangers. So she rightly recommended he should be started over. I truly believe heās lovely, but man, my last two were labors of love. I want a slightly easier/more predictable path at this point. But Iām posting the confo pics I took in case anyone here wants a true diamond in the rough - heās going to be fabulous!
Oh, and the 12 year old I saw and shared lunging pics of - he won a blue ribbon at a saddleseat show and heāll be at Equine Affaire in Columbus for adoption - The Right Horse is having an adoption event and the Saddlebred rescue is participating:)
So, next step is seeing how the OTTBs compare to the Saddlebred thatās on the list:).
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So adorable!! Any photos of the 16 hand one?
I was waiting on video and only got some kind of crappy ones in his stallā¦ Iāll ask the rescue owner about the video soon - she was pretty busy with more inbounds and Equine Affaire.
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My Heinz 57 is an interesting mix. TB/Conn/Hanoverian/Anglo. Heās not very big, but his movement is.
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Here are still shots from the videos of the 16hh ASB. Lighting wasnāt ideal, but look at the JUMP in the canter! And when the trainer rode him, he asked if I wanted to see anything else (heād walked and trotted), and I asked if he cantered, and it was the horseās first time cantering undersaddle. And he was lovely!!!
This trainer is quite good - very quiet seat, easy attitude, etc., but I was still impressed with the horseās brain. This horse is SWEET - like, wants kisses and just a DOLLBABY. I have zero doubt Iād enjoy owning him.
I want the very best horse I can get within my budget. Is this guy it? Or, a TB? I think both breeds have pros/cons. Iām a fan of both!
So, yeah, weāll see what happens this Friday with the OTTBs!!!
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For trainability alone Iād take the saddlebred.
But I am biased generally against OTTBs. I find they rarely make their amateur owners happy between high maintenance health issues and temperament.
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Heās just a lovely young horse. *assuming heās young because heās still narrow.
Iād get him.
I have worked with over 200 OTTBs and loved most of them - only a few were legit too hot for my taste, and I found they overwhelmingly wanted to please. My darling OTTB mare turns 21 today - if I could get her again and start doing dressage instead of hunters from day one, Iād be a happy horse owner. But I also think ASBs are fabulous, but thatās because they remind me of my beloved TBs!
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He looks like a keeper to me
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