Congratulations! She is just lovely.
So glad you found the one! She’s perfect. Love your bay horse too. :yes: Congrats and enjoy!!! 
congrats, lovely, enjoy!
Thanks all! She was only 10 minutes away from me, and in my original target price range, too, so that was also nice.
My bay mare is everything I could possibly want in a horse except for sound, unfortunately. She’s a big goofy cuddler, though, so I do enjoy her company. But it’ll be nice having a horse to ride again.
Glad you found something, I know it’s a struggle after the loss of an equine half. Enjoy her!
Ah yes! A good ASB is a great horse. Congratulations!
I am horse shopping with a friend for her, she tried out a palomino ASB g who was so adorable. While I was riding him an ambulance with lights and sirens went by on the road which was close and he never batted an eye. Unfortunately he did not vet out. Have now found a OTTB who is even nicer with incredible talent and brain that she is vetting out, jingles that all goes well! I love a good TB as much as a good ASB.
Congratulations! She sounds perfect!
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Well, it turns out that the Saddlebred fans won this round, much to my surprise. I just brought home a 9 year old chestnut Saddlebred mare. [/QUOTE]
Congratulations! No surprise here. :winkgrin:
Wishing you many ‘boring’ years with your lovely Saddlebred mare.
She’s lovely! Congrats!
Congrats! And I’m jealous, I’m still looking for my trail horse!
She’s lovely.
Thank you! I am really excited to have her.
I honestly figured I’d end up with a Quarter Horse, not because I have a burning desire to do so, but because there are so very many of them around here. Out of curiosity I did a breed/zipcode search on dreamhorse, and within 50 miles of here there were 47 horses for AQHA, and 5 for ASB, all from the same seller. Though to be fair, facebook and craigslist seem to be the hot spots for inexpensive horses. Probably because of the free advertising. I found this mare listed in a local facebook group.
Good luck to your friend khall! I had an OTTB show hunter many years ago, and he was awesome.
And good luck to you in your search, too, Malda. I hate horse shopping, so I hope that I don’t have to do it again for a very long time.
Good job, OP! She sounds like a keeper and she looks sooo cute!
Sheilah
From a distance she looks like my old mare. Hopefully they don’t have the same personality.(Mine was a wench,:))
Thanks Sheilah!
So far she hasn’t exhibited any wenchiness, redmares. There are no guarantees, but I’m sure hoping that she keeps going the way she has been so far!
Very cute!! Congrats!
We adopted 18 years ago from the Standarbred retirement foundation…a 4yo gelding who hit the rail and paralyzed part of his nose. He wasn’t good to race anymore but could be ridden in all disciplines. The owner turned him out into a field in NJ for the winter with 4 other more aggressive geldings and about 2 flakes of hay per day for the group. He was so thin and sad looking. I had no business adopting a trotter. But for $300 and a comprehensive game plan he was mine. Two months later I found I was pregnant with DD, lol.
In any case, he was big, had a jug head, trotted across the pastures faster than the other horses in his new home could gallop them. He put on all the weight, got sleek and shiny and fat, and would have curled up on your couch to watch TV at night. I have never met a more perfect horsie personality. When he got sick and had to be put down, I cried for weeks. They are such good animals, every one I have met has had a quiet eye and good brain. Love thrm!!!
If you get a chance, share your story and pics on the “Saddlebreds can do Anything” FB group!
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If you get a chance, share your story and pics on the “Saddlebreds can do Anything” FB group!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/243690695802462/?fref=nf[/QUOTE]
Thanks! I don’t know if hacking around the farm with my fat dumpling butt aboard counts as much of a story, but it is still going very well.
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Well, it turns out that the Saddlebred fans won this round, much to my surprise. I just brought home a 9 year old chestnut Saddlebred mare.
Took her out on a hack as part of my test ride, and she didn’t bat an eye at the group of turkeys that flew out of the underbrush, or the neighbor barreling down the driveway with his truck. I wiggled around in the saddle a bit, patted her on the rump, and a few things like that, and the only reaction she had was to slow down once or twice. Easy enough to stop her in a snaffle.
Took a little prodding to get her into the canter, but it was more of a “Are you asking me to canter or just flopping uncontrollably?” question than a stubborn refusal.
She was comfortable barefoot even when I rode her down the gravel driveway.
Oh, and this was all while she was in heat, too.
So I had her vetted, and the PPE went really well. Vet loved her and kept saying things like “good ambassador for the breed”.
Obviously, I went ahead and bought her. She loaded onto the trailer like a champ, no hesitation at all, and no butt-shoving to get her into a position where I could close the divider.
And now she’s in my pasture, getting along with my other mare, and being mildly curious about (but unphased by) the sheep.
I took a bunch of pictures. Mostly of her eating, because introductions were so uneventful. But here’s one with her head up, if anyone is curious: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1177073179016139&set=pcb.1177076009015856&type=3&theater[/QUOTE]
Congratulations on your new horse! How nice that you found just what you wanted.
The bolded paragraph in your post made me laugh out loud. “…if anyone is curious”… OF COURSE WE ARE! Photos? Did you say photos? How fun is it to see someone’s new horse and share in their happiness??? (Um, really super fun!)
Lovely mare! Congrats!
