Moonbeam sold for $800! I couldn’t believe it. Now I was busy trying to pay for my new horse, but I’m pretty sure that was the top bid on the pony. Don’t know if they took it or did a no-sale. #22 was the other great horse that didn’t sell. That mare was trained the best! The boy who showed her to me rode her without a bridle --just touched her neck and move his seat to make her do all kinds of amazing things. I rode her (with a bridle) and she was a nice big moving horse. BUT she was really small (14 hh) --I’m 5’10. And she was a mare . . .all things being equal, I would take a mare --but not one so small --still, what a great horse. # 12 was my second choice. That was one pretty horse who rode really well. But he had two issues: he was hard to catch (not an issue for me since I run everyone into stalls from the pasture) and he pawed in the trailer (not a good thing, but don’t care that much. On the other hand, he was 3 years older than the horse I bought --so as I said, he was my second choice . He was not sold. Owner said to make him an offer. If I had the room . . .
Oooh, hope this horse works out for you!
Yeah! FrostyM and CarrieK and everyone else rooting for me to find a hunt horse! Z passed all tests! Vet xrayed and examined and said, “He’ll do.” Then took Z to the hunt club where he was the most awesome horse on the hunt field (for one that’s never jumped). He actually did jump one small log --following another horse. The rest of the time we tried to make him misbehave by having staff fly by cracking whips, riders peal off in different directions, making him go alone across a long wooden bridge --but he was cool about everything. Nothing bothered him. I guess if part of your life you’d been a bonco pick up horse at a rodeo, it would take more than horses running by you to make you nervous. He also was a roping horse (and has $ to prove it). If you are interested, he’s a Freckles on top and a Poco Libra on the bottom. And he has curly hair --so must have some kind of Handcock in there too --they are a QH line that occasionally has curly manes. Doing the happy dance right now!
absolutely awesome!!! the way the light shines on his rump in your pic makes it look like he has a dusting of white.
Hooray!!! I’m so happy for you and for WD who won’t have to worry about you on the hunt field. I’m curious as to how old he it? Also, I remember when you sold your jumps. Now you have a new horse to teach. What will you do?
Again, am doing a happy happy happy dance for you. Good job!
I thought about that too when I brought him home --that I’d sold my jumps! Z is 12. Honestly, Frosty, even if the jumps were here, all newly painted, and set in a perfect course --I would not be out there with Z. I’m just not that into making him a jumping horse. On the hunt field, yes, I’d like to take a few logs, maybe a small coop. But I really feel like my days of riding up with first flight are past --I kind of been there-done that. I’d rather just ride Z with the hunt in second flight or even hilltoppers, enjoying myself and not worrying about the next big fence I’m going to take. Having said that, there are a couple of young women who have offered to take Z out and put him to jumping the logs --I know he’s bold and does jump (to get to the barn today he jumped a 3’ bank (down) rather than go around it). And he was jumping a ditch in the pasture when “meeting” the other horses. So I might have the young women do that --at least until he is solid on the logs --really don’t care if we ever do anything more. And W, remember, CAN still go --just have to give him his medication -FYI I rode W yesterday to check fence --he didn’t cough once. Hummmm, maybe he was just faking?
