- Skills / Disciplines
- Athletic, Endurance, Field Trial, Flashy, Gaited, Horsemanship, Husband Safe, Trail, Trail Riding, Western Pleasure, Youth
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Sid - Sidney if the picture looks odd I am blurred out and he is a little dirty at the end of a trail ride. Sid is a very light cream palomino looks more white in the picture than he is. Big kind dark eyes, and a kind heart. Loves and enjoys the trail, smooth slower gait. Fine speed to ride with your quarter horse friends. Nimble in all terrain, loves water, mud puddles, bridges, big swinging bridges, off trail, steps over logs (no jump) , through bushes, or whatever you point him at.... (read more) He is not buddy sour on the trail will leave the group, will ride first, middle, end. Good with feet, washes, fly spray, trailer. Thick winter coat, easy keeper. Middle of the heard, loves people, comes to be caught easy. Comes to the mounting block and will stand forever even if you want to get on an off three or four times. Ground ties about 15 min before he forgets.
Plenty safe but not a first horse as he is an opportunist. He does not eat on the trail but it would not take much to mess this up. He is not a guest horse as he is always trying to anticipate what you want before you get to the split in the trail. Rarely do I need to pick up the reins to change direction on a trail split as he is already turning where I am thinking. He is always reading the rider and is very light in the mouth and responsive. He is in a regular Imus style bit. I put my friend on him with Parkinson's he was confused, plenty safe but all over the trail trying to figure her out, they looked like they both been drinking.
I love fast horses and have several that rack at 24 to 28mph. Sid is NOT a speed horse. He has a gentle smooth go all day gait, not in a rush, covers good ground, walk in the park, enjoy the day, see the flowers. You never have to ask him to move he is happy to go all day and we have done 18 miles with a one hour lunch break.
I would rate him as 90% finished. I have not finished teaching him to side pass so he is not great yet on opening gaits, usually takes three asks to open a gate. He is great over any trail stuff, in parking lots he would rather not step on the yellow lines, just basically avoids them. Traffic, dogs, OK. Weird baby strollers being pushed by jogging mom he wide eyes and stops, 2 steps over to let them pass, one snort two farts and back to going down the trail. Chick filet drive though across a bridge, rt 38 Naperville traffic - good. Huge crane with a red head on the trail, two snorts, one fart and off forward again, no spin, no leave just a really hard look. I myself was like what is that on the trail???
I list this stuff because he is not a sleepy kids horse, this is a 12 year old enjoy the trail get out go camping with a great foundation ready for you to enjoy and put the icing on the cake. He would do best with his own one person. This is the king of horse that wants to please and will learn what you want and fit you like a glove with a little work, he is very smart, learns fast, want's to please. He doe snot do stupid stuff but you can easy teach him to do that - like eating on the trail.
Has nice smooth canter. Camps, Highline, good drinker. Also likes to lick and drink out of mud puddles so you need to watch that.
He is not generally for sale - think of it as re-home. I need to agree he is a good match for you and a good partnership for him.
This is a clients horse who is 29x2 (LOL) and he has a fresh 90 days on him.
He has been ridden and owned by horse people, you would be his #3 owner from birth.
Up to date on shots, teeth, Coggins. PPE welcome. Owner thinks he might have papers but not sure so we will say he is grade for now.
I will continue to take him camping and all over till he sells. She is firm on his price and we will probably bump it up once he has side passing, gates, and sitting on a block perfected.
I can text you more pictures or Face Book. I have a couple short Video and now that the trails are open I will get some more.
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.
