Sid is an approximately seventeen-year-old quarter horse; I have owned him for three years; he is my dream horse, but unfortunately, horses aren't working out for our family. I have had kids screaming and crying on him, he is a therapy horse for a local psychologist one or two nights a week (not sure if that is still going on), trail rode him alone, and walked under him, in my three years of owning him I have only identified one fault, he won't keep a fly mask on in the pasture unless it has a lot of velcro. Every horse responds to the rider differently, but Sid is SAFE, which in my 33 years on this planet I am learning is hard to say about horses, even when they get mad at you. if he does test you he just walks toward the gate unless you turn him and kick him forward; never dangerous, but he does do this to my husband and I tell him give him a good heel to the side and inside rein and he listens. I keep front shoes on him in the summer for the gravel but he is barefoot outside of this. Nice hooves, has never foundered. Grass, dry lot, round bale, doesn't matter. Keeps weight on really good, he is on round bale with one scoop of senior grain am. He comes up to you in the pasture, loves people, craves attention from his humans. I ride him bareback and we have gone to state parks all over western Wisconsin. He neck reins but I ride him in a halter, I do have his bit to go with, he has had some serious training in his day but too fancy for me, I just trail ride and ask him to walk, trot and canter like a normal horse. NOT spooky, no bs horse. One of the barn favorites. You can go at a full canter next to another horse on the trail and he is actually controllable. I am looking for a senior rider or someone that plans on keeping him until he goes to heaven in 15 years. I will be picky as he is SUCH a gentleman. My mom wants a short horse or he would be going to the family farm.
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