I purchased Mako as my jumping/dressage prospect 2.5 years ago. He has had a lot of training and has been consistently ridden 4-5 days a week. Our main focus has been our flat work/dressage moves, body control and jumping.

Mako is quite a nice mover in dressage. He has great lead changes, knows haunches in and working on shoulder in. His trot is lovely, and easy to sit. He has lovely transitions. He is very adjustable. He can easily pick up the pace if you ask and then bring him back quite quickly.
Mako is a push ride. He is safe. He will not bolt, rear, or be naughty. He is the same horse no matter the day. You do not need to lunge him to get on, or ride him a certain amount of days per week. He has had a few weeks off here and there during the summer when AZ is super hot and I can hop right back on like we rode yesterday. Suitable for any level of rider.

For jumping, he does cross rails to 3' currently. He has done lots of grid work, walked jumps, and you can easily adjust his stride to be smaller or larger. In course work, he does best at a gallop to jump out of stride. Mako is forgiving if you make mistakes. Got left behind? its ok. Missed your distance? Sure, lets try that again. He will never punish you for not being perfect.

You can take him to a show, tie him to a trailer with a bag of hay and walk away. He doesn't need a friend, and is happy to stand there and eat. He takes in new environments well, is fine with busy show days, warm up rings and all the craziness that goes along with horse shows. He will stand perfectly still until you are ready to go. I have hauled him to shows all over Arizona. Flagstaff, Queen Creek, Cave Creek, and we have gone to California for schooling.
He trailers great, straight ties, cross ties, ground ties. Great for the farrier, fine in the stall, fine in turnout.

He does not have any vices, and no injuries. He has no history of lameness, and has been sound the entire time I have owned him. He is an easy keeper-he does not need food constantly in front of him. He is not on any supplements. He is currently turned out with 5 other geldings daily and does well in a herd.

I have taken him on trails around my neighborhood many times. Around here, its not quiet, and rather scary lol. So, he is accustomed to: barking dogs lunging at the fence, motorcycles, bikes, tractors, longhorn steer, kids on trampolines, just name it. His spook is probably two steps to the left or right. He has never bolted, reared or bucked or done anything to get me off. he is quite level headed. He lives on property with me, at my home. His stall is right next to my husbands woodshop. He lives daily with table saws, air compressors, banging clanging, etc.

Mako is for sale because I aim to do 1.10 and that would be out of Mako's scope.