Offered for sale by Brek-N-Ridge Farm of Harbor Springs. Esmeralda (Esme) is a 13yo registered Andalusian mare that stands 15.2 hand tall. Has been in training for dressage for the past year and shows a natural talent and willingness to work. She has solid confirmation with a compact and athletic build. She can carry easily a taller rider.

Esme is very responsive to riders seat aids and rides with an exceptionally soft mouth and connection. She has three correct and rhythmic gaits and a willingness to go forward off the simplest request.

Esme has an easy to sit trot that is soft for the rider to sit as well as a balanced and forward canter. Transitions come easily to her with little to no resistance and a willingness to learn the solid understanding of classical lateral movements.

Esme was raised and lived on a farm in Florida most of her life. When her 80 year old owner decided to sell her she was used as a lesson horse and proved to be a valuable horse for a variety of riders at her home stable.

Esme enjoys having a job and a consistent work load, she would be an ideal candidate as a lesson horse, a personal ride for an enthusiastic owner, an excellent choice for a young rider looking for a horse to excel up the levels, or an adult enrolled in a consistent riding/training program. Esme is special.

Esme is sweet and loves to be groomed, stands quietly in cross ties, stands for farrier and vet, loads and hauls well. Has been turned out alone and in a small herd setting. She has not yet been to shows in her time with us. A new full set of X-rays are available and she can be tried over multiple days - a package of lessons at Brek-N-Ridge to get to know her can be arranged.