I’m a retired natural horsemanship trainer who is being forced by illness to find homes for my two remaining horses (see ad for my other horse Calico Treasure in the Morgan breed). Sweet Liberty, or Babita as we call her, is a fun horse who got a heavy dose of Andalusian genes from her sire Cicerone (some pictures of him still out there on the internet), a stallion imported from Spain to breed Azteca’s on the Double Diamond Ranch in Nebraska using the Poco Bueno line of quarter horses. His pedigree is why she is registered with the Andalusian and Lusitano Assoc. rather than as an Azteca. She is solidly built and well put together horse that is an elegant mover and very athletic. She was raised right – allowed to grow up as a horse in a herd, not started too early and handled correctly. She has perfect ground manners, is very respectful and has great hard feet. She’s been barefoot her whole life. She is a very comfortable riding horse with really nice gaits. She’s sure-footed and really knows where her feet are on the trails. Microchipped.
She’s a sensitive, sweet, low-energy horse that will always be the bottom horse in any herd, and as such does best when she has a confident rider with soft hands and clear communication with their aids. On the trails she does best with an experienced horse leading the way as she’s much more of a follower than a leader. We’ve taught her to be much softer and more responsive and as such she would not do well with a heavy-handed rider or with an inexperienced/beginner rider who might confuse her with bad timing, an unbalanced seat or confusing communication. I ride her English and Western, on the trails and in the arena, and mix in in a lot of ground work, work in hand, liberty work, play and driving. She does really well with the garrocha pole from the first time I brought it out. It’s as if it’s in her blood. She needs to be focused as her mind can wander. She’s reserved enough that she could probably live alone, although I don’t recommend that for any horse, or could be happy just being a companion horse.
Price somewhat negotiable based on the quality of a new owner and where/how she will live. Best possible scenario would be an owner who could also take her buddy Calico Treasure as they’re joined at the hip and it would make for a much smoother transition.