Justice is a registered solid APHA gelding. He is an honest, thick 17 hands and is 13 years old. I bought Justice last summer as a lesson horse. He spent about 5 weeks in quarantine with a bad respiratory infection. Once he got over that he had about 3 great rides and got in a tangle with our high tensile wire fence. His legs are completely healed and has minimal scarring. Gets along with mares or geldings but doesn't do great in mixed group unless you have a boss that could put him in his place.
I honestly don't want to be listing him because his easy going personality, trail experience and height make him an ideal horse for my lesson program. However due to my health I need to cut back on horses and unfortunately Justice has to be listed because we need a jump lesson horse in his spot. I would be comfortable putting a beginner on Justice for a lesson but I wouldn't toss a beginner on him and just let them lose. I trust Justice not to be naughty but he may misinterpret some cues and get confused.
Justice is a big, sweet guy. He is easy to catch, groom and tack up. Even at 17 hands he is probably the easiest horse we have to bridle. He stands nicely at the mounting block (getting on a 17 hand horse, bareback and in coveralls is tricky) and even knows how to side pass over to pick you up. He is great in the arena. He can be a little lazy off your legs but does know how to side pass, pivot on the forehand and hind quarters. He can leg yield nicely. He knows his leads and can neck rein (he is better when you are using your legs).
Justice is also a gentleman on the trails. He has long legs and covers some ground so probably wouldn't be an ideal trail mate for a super slow plodder. He is not spooky and honestly we trail ride him bareback most of the time when we take him out. We haven't taken him off property as once his legs were healed enough to ride we weren't riding anywhere but here. When we bought him he loaded/unloaded nicely. He will ride out alone but is a little more watchy/alert than when he has a trail buddy. I have him sold for approx $8500 last fall before he degloved his legs. Prices change with horses silly things.
He will stand tied or in the cross ties all day. He is great for the vet and farrier. He is up to date on all cares including vaccines, dewormer and farrier and current coggins. He has not needed a dental since he arrived.
**The Negatives (every horse has them some sellers are going to make you guess).
#1 Justice was diagnosed this year with Navicular Syndrome, We believe the stress put on his front legs when the hind legs were injured contributed to the deterioration in his fronts. He has been kept sound in bar shoes and pads all summer.
#2 Justice is a great trail horse but does not like crossing water. He will do it eventually but it’s a bit of an argument.
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