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I have had Sophia from a yearling and cannot speak highly enough about this girl. She is kind, brave, smart, calm with endurance, beautiful, and so talented.
Sophia was broke at age three with 120 days of training. She can do all the things: side pass, lead changes, halts, ect. It’s been a while since I’ve made her do arena work but she has done it and can do it.
She has been used as my “friend horse” because even at three she was so calm and toted adult beginners around on rides with ease. She has mainly been used as a trail horse and has done some amazing technical rides. She has 100s of trail miles with many beginners on her at walk, trot, canter and even the occasional gallop.
She has camped, high tied, highlined, hobbled, trailer tied. She has done hard 20 plus mile rides over big mountains. She has been in parades and twice did the run down for the natives at the Ellensburg rodeo (one year in the arena after the walk down jets and planes boomed over head and she did nothing—with a new to her rider).
She is not touchy or spooky. She’s the horse you could throw anything on her and she’d be fine with it. She isn’t hard sided or light sided. She crosses water, bathes, ponies off of and ponies others, she clips, shoes, and trims well. She loads like a champ. Her feet are hard and Strong.
She was bred at 5 and had one correct baby. She took the first breeding and had her foal with no assistance. And her foal was GORGEOUS!
She has been to clinics too. She’s done several endurance intros and loved them. Riding alone with ease.
She crosses bridges—even the ones high in the air.
She IS gaited. She has a gait from both parents—foxtrot, running walk, and a pace. Her gates are not finished but she naturally picks them up. I’ve always let her pick whatever gate she was comfortable with which sometimes is a trot, sometimes as a foxtrot sometimes is a pace. She canters beautifully and has a nice gallop.
Her only vices: I’ve started riding her solo and she has spooked. (No bolt or run but just starts). However she has made progress in our rides together since. She can be pushy in the pasture for pets. She wants scratches and will move her body to get them if you’re touching her. She has never stepped on me but at times she can get close. She can paw when tied. No medical reason but I have found she does best off high sugar grains aka sweet feed. She is ok on everything else (spring grass, other ration balancers, ect.) she can be marish with new horses if they get close to her bum (no kicking but pinning ears).
She is mid in my herd. Loves to play with other horses so I think she should be in a pasture with others. Not a stall or alone. I have thousands of videos and pictures of her. She is just incredible but I need endurance horses (my sport) and while she’s capable of doing it, it’s going to take a lot more conditioning than I have time and energy for. She really is going to be someone’s perfect horse. Text please
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