I bought Cosmo when he was 18 mos as a barrel prospect for my then 13 year old daughter. She was barrel racing and her gelding was aging. Since then, she has entered high school and now puts in little to no effort into riding and so here we are. I am sorely disappointed as I have always known he is a great horse and will really be something one day.

He was sent off to be started when he was about 2.5 years. I left him there for 11 months to make sure his brain was on straight and safe for my daughter. During that time, he was hauled from Arizona to California multiple times with the trainer who was competing at various roping events and spent a good amount of time at a barrel racing facility. He has been to barrel races, done time onlys, been in the warm up arena, tied to the trailer and left alone. He has been ridden and loaded into a trailer in the dark and been a good boy.

He does not have any “vices”. He straight ties, cross ties, can be clipped, wormed, shots, bathes, loads etc. all the things you want a horse to do.

When he came home, he got an extra dose of ground work with me and my hunter jumper trainer to get body control, haunches, shoulders, ribs, then work on the "scary" objects, tarps, bouncy balls, etc etc. He has had a lot of fun in his short life LOL

Since she has not shown interest he has been ridden by lots of people including myself as I have a nice circle of horse people around me that help out since I lack the time. I am a jumper, not a barrel racer and I only have the time for my horse. So currently, he is being ridden 4 days a week. Twice a week he is ridden western, works on rating-speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down. Plays on the barrels, works on haunches, shoulder, transitions up and down. Has given us a few auto lead changes between barrels, so its in the works. Twice a week he is ridden by a dressage rider. Similar things are practiced, also maintaining a nice connection, moving out the stride, being soft in the mouth.

I would love for him to go to a dedicated performance home. He is well built, talented, and is bred right. He is a good boy, affectionate, easy on the ground, and good looking. He is currently turned out with four other geldings. He gets along with ALL horses. Everyone is his friend, he has that typical dopey gelding personality we all know and love. He loves my pony mare too, I think she is his favorite :)

Not to be cliché, but he needs to go to a good home that is going to bring him along, not rush him, and give him a good career.

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