- Skills / Disciplines
- Endurance, Gaited, Husband Safe, Trail, Trail Riding, Youth
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SOLD “Bob / Ace” Bobbie Sue’s Wildcard 4/22/13 (10yo) Registered Missouri Fox Trotter
Sorrel with a face blaze and two rear socks
Super Gaiting Blood Lines with Missouri Traveler, Merry Boy, Bobbie Sue, Grit and Legend.
Through no fault of his own this horse has come to us for sale. His 67 year old owner and wife retired from Illinois to Arkansas and suffered a stroke and Bob became a pasture ornament for three years.... (read more) The wife rode him a little but prefers her 14h horse. The owner purchased an older slower quarter horse to leisurely put down the trails of Arkansas. Bobbie Sue’s Wildcard (Bob) came to stay here in IL with some mutual quarter horse friends, and since he was gaited ended up with me. Bob has gone through our full trail program, obstacle retraining, and confidence; although he was not much of a project because he had a good foundation and exceptional breeding. I have enjoyed him for the better part of a year and put over 300 good trail miles on him. The brain bone was already there, we just added the cream on the top.
Ace naturally gaits, we have ridden him in different mild bits, in the halter to the creek and all over. On uneven and tough trails he is like a Billy Goat always with super confidence, balance and foot placement. Gait wise his breeding shines - he just can’t help but gait as smooth as butter. It's like point and click - all you need to do is ride with light contact to adjust his speed. Soft easy mouth very diligent to the riders request.
Ace does great in a gaited saddle he is easy to fit and has great shoulders but needs the gullet clearance that most gaited saddles have to offer.
He was brough up in the difficult trail terrain in Arkansas and you can feel that confidence with his mind, his foot placement, and confidence on the trails.
You can feel he is happy out on the trail, and I think this guy would go, go, go until he fell flat on his face from exhaustion. He will give you all he has, all the time out on the trail because he enjoys it. He is like the energizer bunny, just keep going.
Ace would be best matched with a gaited ridder on their second horse. Someone who will let him move out at his natural speed, even square gaits and is comfortable in the saddle as a ridder not just a passenger. By no means is he a race horse, but he can move at a high gait speed if you ask and is happy to do it. He is too good of a horse to sell to a super new ridder as it would be a waste.
He is very eager to please and moves easy off leg pressure and is always “listening” to the ridders body usually being ahead of where you want to turn and where you want to go.
Although he is safe enough for a beginner his natural “slow” speed is not quarter horse speed. He would be fine on a quarter horse ride from time to time but will be most happy moving out at his natural gait.
Ace is also happy to go out alone and has been ditch rode and neighborhood rode showing no problems with vehicles, motorcycles, and farm equipment. He likes dogs and kids plenty. He does not seam to care if he is in front of a group, alone, in the back , whatever. he will ride away from the group and split off on trail at any time, on trail or off through the bushes and the woods.
Ace rarely sees dragons. When he does take exception to things, he has a wide eye and may move off from the item, but we have seen zero bolt, zero spin and no run away.
In his re-training the few items he “wide eyed” he was easy to accept the item from both eyes in a matter of minutes. His go to is to stand, or park out if he is concerned and wait for the ridders next que.
He does not eat on the trail, he does not try to eat grass while saddled up, he is great in the trailer, stands perfect for the farrier, water, fly spray, 6 foot bouncing ball.
He is fine in the stall, no cribbing, and easy on fencing. Currently with 8 horses and three steer.
Ace is great camping, high lines, picket lines and will wait quietly tied to the trailer. Good camping drinker prefers to drink from a bucket on the ground or the creek.
Ace came to me barefoot, since we were going to put a lot of miles on him on rocky trails and gravel roads, I put front shoes on him last summer. He is currently barefoot.
His rear feet are white, but the farrier said all four feet have good thick walls and hard and suggested he did not need the rear shoes.
The shoes did nothing to change his gait. I have video of him being hot shod.
This is a horse you can pasture all winter pull out, do an hour of groundwork and ride. After standing three years we did an hour groundwork, saddled him and rode down the trail. That’s what you get with a 10 year old horse with a good foundation and fully trained to accept the rider as the leader.
In the paddock he is easy to catch, and knows the trailer means he get's to go play. Easy trailer load and unload, does not bang and paw in the trailer.
Bob has a gorgeous elegant but sturdy build with a deep chest and normal size head common and perfect as a representation of the breed. His Sorrel coat has a copper shine to it, and his mane is thicker than I normally see. He has soft kind eyes and a very square correct build.
Ace is easy was to integrate into our heard and is also fine alone in a pasture.
He is low middle of the heard. He will sour face other horses in the pasture, and will defend himself but I have not seen him give any of the horses a hard time not even my 36 year old.
The Bad – This guy would be a waste for to sell to someone who rides only very little. He loves the trail and should be enjoyed.
Ace also learns fast; he is smart. We have seen zero bad habits which is good to know cause you can teach a smart horse bad habits very fast too. So if you let him eat on the trail and stuff your going to get what you make or allow, forever.
Ace is “for sale” but think of this as more of an interview. He is for sale to the right home, ridder, and situation.
I only sell horses that I believe will be a good fit with the new ridder.
If you are interested in Ace we can chat. I will answer any questions you have, and you can tell me about what you are looking for.
No rush to sell him we are enjoying his gait, great mind, and have room to keep him till he is matched up with a great ridding partner.
Teeth done July 23, Current Coggins, Up to date on Shots.
No other known injuries or ailments in the past, treatments, etc.
Registered MFT
I have pictures and video from my cell phone that I can text to your phone - they are grainy.
On Facebook messenger the same videos are very clear and easy to see.
We are not sending this horse to auction as we wish him a good home and prefer to pick out his next home.
I re-train gaited horses, help owners, and re-home horses who are miss matched with their owners ridding abilities. We train gaited horses to think slow, confidently and ask the ridder for what they want. You want a horse to think to you, and about you, as their leader, the brain bone is the most important part of a horse. Most of the horses I work with just are not fully trained, they still think like they are alone, and that is what gets you in trouble out on the trail.... (read more) I like to ride and train horses that don't make me look like a good ridder, just good solid trail horses.
I grew up in Montana where we had 3000 acres ran cattle and always had a couple dozen of the cheapest Montana auction horses on hand. In my younger years I would ride any horse you could tie to a post long enough to get on as I though that made me a good ridder. Active in mounted search and rescue, cattle drives, and working ranch horses. I have also participated in mounted police horse training and providing therapy horses over the years. If you see a white hair woman out horse camping with three horses and still ridding in the rain that might be me.
I also enjoy my own small heard of my own 6-8 horses including Fred at 36 who still loves to go out for trail rides, and maybe a gaited mule in the oven for spring foal.
My real job supports my horse passion.
