BigMick
Feb. 15, 2009, 09:40 PM
16.3 hands. Bay with no white. Handsome and very often mistaken for a warmblood. His size would make him suitable for man, though most anyone fits him.
Solid First Level dressage horse (though currently out of shape, the education is there).
The last time I showed him was at Octoberfest in 2007. He scored two 9's with a final score of 71 - winning the Training Level Test 4 class.
I had a baby this past summer, and since then just haven’t had time to ride him. My job situation changed and I don’t have the money to board him at a fancy facility. So, he’s living high on the hog at my parents’ farm enjoying 10 acres to graze on and his very own girlfriend – a 30-something year old Shetland pony. While he can continue to live in this wonderful semi-retirement for a little while (they want to sell their farm this summer), it’s really a waste and he likes having a job. It breaks my heart every time I visit him, because he’s so excited to see me and I can’t give him the time he deserves.
He is best suited for an intermediate rider although he was leased by a 12-year-old girl this past summer who rode him regularly, successfully showed him (Intro-Tr2), and got along very well with him. She decided she wanted to jump instead of doing dressage so I brought him home.
He clips, bathes, loads, ties, cross-ties and is generally a good guy. However, he is a sensitive, thin-skinned TB so he doesn’t much appreciate it if you brush him for hours on end.
Had his hocks injected 1/26. He’s lubed up and ready to go!
His only management “issues”/requirements are that he wears a heart bar shoe on his right front foot. He needs to stay in this shoe!
He also should have his hocks injected 1-2x year if you want to show him and/or work him hard.
Some sort of maintenance supplement is also helpful. I always used Adequan or Recovery EQ with great success.
I also highly recommend that you keep him on his current diet of Strategy and/or Ultium. Sweet feed makes him high as a kite and doesn’t pack the nutrition that he needs.
Excellent references from a vet and blacksmith will be required. He will only go to an approved home.
There’s a youtube video of him from the summer of 2007 in my signature.
Please PM me if interested.
Solid First Level dressage horse (though currently out of shape, the education is there).
The last time I showed him was at Octoberfest in 2007. He scored two 9's with a final score of 71 - winning the Training Level Test 4 class.
I had a baby this past summer, and since then just haven’t had time to ride him. My job situation changed and I don’t have the money to board him at a fancy facility. So, he’s living high on the hog at my parents’ farm enjoying 10 acres to graze on and his very own girlfriend – a 30-something year old Shetland pony. While he can continue to live in this wonderful semi-retirement for a little while (they want to sell their farm this summer), it’s really a waste and he likes having a job. It breaks my heart every time I visit him, because he’s so excited to see me and I can’t give him the time he deserves.
He is best suited for an intermediate rider although he was leased by a 12-year-old girl this past summer who rode him regularly, successfully showed him (Intro-Tr2), and got along very well with him. She decided she wanted to jump instead of doing dressage so I brought him home.
He clips, bathes, loads, ties, cross-ties and is generally a good guy. However, he is a sensitive, thin-skinned TB so he doesn’t much appreciate it if you brush him for hours on end.
Had his hocks injected 1/26. He’s lubed up and ready to go!
His only management “issues”/requirements are that he wears a heart bar shoe on his right front foot. He needs to stay in this shoe!
He also should have his hocks injected 1-2x year if you want to show him and/or work him hard.
Some sort of maintenance supplement is also helpful. I always used Adequan or Recovery EQ with great success.
I also highly recommend that you keep him on his current diet of Strategy and/or Ultium. Sweet feed makes him high as a kite and doesn’t pack the nutrition that he needs.
Excellent references from a vet and blacksmith will be required. He will only go to an approved home.
There’s a youtube video of him from the summer of 2007 in my signature.
Please PM me if interested.