Monday, April 23, 2007

The new horse

It’s settled. The horse is bought, paid for and standing in our barn as I type this. We settled on Scott the 4 yr old gelding. It really was a very tough decision for me because there were 2 things that I was worried about more than anything else. One was his age and lack of experience and the other was how narrow he is. We actually got Scott in on Sunday afternoon and Lauren has rode him at home 2 times now. He was exposed to cars, kids, dogs, dirt bikes, sheep and ducks and nothing fazed him. He just checked out what was going on as we rode on by. He is exactly 15 hands tall, very elegant looking overall and is a deep grey color. I do wish that he would fill out more. Being 4 and being a crossbred there is no telling what will happen there but he should put a bit more weight on through the body. Lauren is tickled pink with him and to be honest so am I. He has all the makings of one heck of a nice child’s hunter. I just love the way he goes engaging his haunch and he moves so free and relaxed through his neck and back. He is so quiet on the bit and has a super headset and it seems like his ears are always up with the most pleasing expression on his face. It was a joy to be out riding with my daughter the last 2 days. Both of us enjoying the time spent with our horses and each other. I am looking forward to many more rides in the future. Cheers to Scott!

posted by Chris @ Real Horses @ 9:42 AM

1 Comments:

At 6:02 PM,  Pony Tail Club said...

Congratulations on your new horse. I'd love to see pictures.

 

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