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Hi all,

I am working with a 4 yr old Arab gelding that has a lot of potential for Endurance. He is flashy looking, short coupled, tall, a grey, athletic and sound. He is too short coupled to do the type of show stuff his owner intended him to do and she asked me to work with him for a month to see if I thought he would suitable to do endurance.

 

He has to be trained about trail as he's still a rookie under saddle. He shows all kinds of signs of being a great horse. I like his mind. He likes to help out and put his own nose in the halter and bridle. When turned out in a my new arena he wasn't the type to weave at the top of the arena and want to be with all the horses. He ran all around and investigated everything he could find. He watched all the construction going on without getting wigged out. His turns on his hind end were effortless and he was switching leads smooth as can be as he ran around at liberty.  He likes to play and when I would run backwards and encourage him to come in, he'd trot right up to me with enthusiasm. He is smart and learns things very fast.

 

I'm doing a complete restart with him under saddle to close the gaps in any places I find to build confidence and independence and a good relationship with his rider. He is now totally aware that it is me on his back and he turns right around and tries to communicate things. He's going to make someone a very nice horse.

 

The owner paid some pretty significant bucks for him and he has shown and won in halter classes, but once under saddle, he wasn't happy doing what they wanted him to do, thus he came to me and I can see that this boy could probably go the distance and do good things and be someone's really great partner. He comes from a big Arabian, Gypsy Cob and Miniature Horse Show Barn in the Santa Ynez Valley.

 

Email me if anyone is interested in a really cool horse that could be the next up and coming Endurance and Tevis horse. I could take some pics and send them along and I'd have to get his breeding info from the owner.

Marcia Nelson

California