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  • #41
    Woo Hoo! Count me in!

    I have nothing to say but agree with all of the above. Love my ASB!

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    • #42
      Originally posted by sddlbrdgrl View Post
      Sounds like Grey is moving up to "big boy" status faster than you think Good for him, not leaving mom in the dust! LOL How old is Grey? Knight will be 4 in February..he is such a baby

      Grey is five, and he has always had a good attitude and been mostly honest, but he has just now started to to lose his coltish playfulness. You know... the Pegasus jump test just to see if you have your heels down. His breeder, suggested that he was going to take some time. Since we have been going out in the fields I have felt he was much more settled and trustworthy in the arena, outside, even from the ground. It was like his graymatter suddenly started to gel from the sunshine and fresh air.

      Many Saddlebreds mature mentally between 5-7 years of age. Up 'til then, they can have very vivid imaginations.

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        #43
        Grey is five, and he has always had a good attitude and been mostly honest, but he has just now started to to lose his coltish playfulness. You know... the Pegasus jump test just to see if you have your heels down. His breeder, suggested that he was going to take some time. Since we have been going out in the fields I have felt he was much more settled and trustworthy in the arena, outside, even from the ground. It was like his graymatter suddenly started to gel from the sunshine and fresh air.

        Many Saddlebreds mature mentally between 5-7 years of age. Up 'til then, they can have very vivid imaginations.
        I hear ya!! Somedays I feel like I'm working with a toddler who is just going "La, la, la.... head in the clouds! Weeeeee!!" You just have to laugh on those days
        I got the lateral jump test a few weeks ago. We had a great session in the outdoor arena (where he is usually way A.D.D.), and stopped at the end in the center to work on lateral flexion, which we've done a zillion times. He bonked his nose on my boot and must've thought a cobra had bit him I was in the dirt before I knew what happened.. the leap forward, left, right is a tough one
        His still very immature... I can't wait to see how he is when that graymatter comes in, as you put it. He's already come SUCH a long way!

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        • #44
          Awwwwwwwh now I want a fancy jumping saddlebred!

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          • #45
            ROFL, loved this description! ("Many Saddlebreds mature mentally between 5-7 years of age. Up 'til then, they can have very vivid imaginations.")
            Jeanie
            RIP Sasha, best dog ever, pictured shortly before she died, Death either by euthanasia or natural causes is only the end of the animal inhabiting its body; I believe the spirit lives on.

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            • #46
              Love the ASB's. Fantastic breed. I have an approaching old age boy. He is sweet, sensitive and sensible. Congrats ...

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              • #47
                Bamboo Harvester

                Do any of you ASB owners have a horse(s) that trace to Bamboo Harvester's (Mr Ed) lineage?

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                  #48
                  Originally posted by TB or not TB? View Post
                  Awwwwwwwh now I want a fancy jumping saddlebred!
                  Get one!!! If you're near TX there are some bargains!

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                  • #49
                    I also own an ASH. Can I be a member??
                    Confused owner of ASB Johann(AKA Smith), Morgan Sebastian, and TWH Bach. Oh, and now Dora, buckskin mare

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                    • #50
                      Love my ASB's!

                      I have two! I want to join the group also
                      Absolutely love them, my 3yr old is soooooo smart, it makes me look like an awesome trainer...hehehehe. The other boarders are in awe that in 5 months(when I got her she knew nothing) she's long-lining, riding all three gaits undersaddle, going on trailrides, and wears a full bridle likes she's born to it. They were when I first got her and now they all are in loveeeeee.
                      Member of the "My Saddlebred can do anything your horse can do" clique

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                      • #51
                        My Smith is 5-gaited. Anyone have a 5-gaited ASH?
                        Confused owner of ASB Johann(AKA Smith), Morgan Sebastian, and TWH Bach. Oh, and now Dora, buckskin mare

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                        • #52
                          Originally posted by Grande Isle Farm View Post
                          I've got 7 purebred Saddlebreds and 4 Georgian Grande foals (SaddlebredXFriesian).

                          I have a Geaorgian Grand Too! She is 3 1/2 and is just the most wonderful horse!!!

                          MOst people have no idea what I'm talking about when I say I have a GG, So I'm really excited to see you on the forum

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                          • #53
                            Originally posted by Gestalt View Post
                            Do any of you ASB owners have a horse(s) that trace to Bamboo Harvester's (Mr Ed) lineage?
                            Bamboo Harvester was a gelding and he was an Saddlebred/Arabian/Grade Horse mix, not a purebred. His sire and dam were not registered. His sire's sire was Revel's Cream of Wheat, a palomino stallion foaled in 1932 that you are probably unlikely to find in any modern Saddlebred pedigree, he only sired 6 registered foals.

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                            • #54
                              Was he the sire of Mr. Ed? Wasn't Mr. Ed born in the fifties? The horse that Elizabeth Taylot rides in National Velvet is a SB.

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                              • #55
                                Snorting

                                I didn't know my guy was a saddlebred when I got him and was pretty freaked out by the snorting and blowing! Now I think of it as a display behavior. I tell people "he's letting you know he sees you! (and making sure you see him)". And smart, smart, smart.

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                                • #56
                                  Originally posted by lolalola View Post
                                  Was he the sire of Mr. Ed? Wasn't Mr. Ed born in the fifties? The horse that Elizabeth Taylot rides in National Velvet is a SB.
                                  "Mr. Ed's" sire was a grade horse sired by the Saddlebred I named, as I said, his sire's sire.

                                  The Horse Liz Taylor rode in National Velvet was a Thoroughbred named King Charles. One of the other horses in the movie was a Saddlebred.

                                  Saddlebreds that have been in show buisness include most of the horses in Gone With The Wind, most notably Anacacho Revel (Edna May's King x a mare by Highland Squirrel King), a successful Three-Gaited Show Horse of the era, the horse that Ashley rides off to war (watch that seen and you will see a three-gaited saddle horse with a roached tail as was the style in the '30s); the primary Flicka in the original My Friend Flicka movie was a Saddlebred; Fury was a Saddlebred (Highland Dale).

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                                  • #57
                                    Trying out my new signature. Glad everyone is enjoying the VERSATILITY of Saddlebreds!

                                    Edit: it works!

                                    Caitlin
                                    Last edited by RedMare01; Oct. 31, 2008, 11:50 PM. Reason: just checking
                                    Caitlin
                                    *OMGiH I Loff my Mare* and *My Saddlebred Can Do Anything Your Horse Can Do*
                                    http://community.webshots.com/user/redmare01

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                                    • #58
                                      Drummer is my pinto Saddlebred. He's pretty much a Saddlebred cliche--"looky" to the max, way too intelligent for his own good, bores easily and if left to it can pull the barn down nail by nail, and never damaging the wood (showed us how last year), smooth-as-silk trot and a rocking chair canter, way too intelligent for his own good--if he had thumbs he could easily rule the world.

                                      sebegeld I envy you your 5 gaited. I'm holding out hope that my second horse will be 5 gaited.
                                      Proud Member of the League of Weenie Eventers
                                      Proud Member of the Courageous Weenie Eventers Clique

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                                      • #59
                                        I figured I'd better check in on this thread, since I'm also the owner of (too many!) ASBs. I mostly just do the traditional saddle seat stuff with mine, because I loff a high-powered show horse, but if I had other interests I'm sure they'd do it!

                                        Hey Caitlin- in case you're wondering, Summer is still doing great- even though she now looks like a cob-tail 'cuz of her very rotten colt.

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                                        • #60
                                          Originally posted by Gestalt View Post
                                          Grand Ilse Farm, whoa.... I am in serious love with J-Bell and Bella. Wow!!!!!
                                          Thanks....J-Bell is the first saddlebred I owned, and because of him.....I'm hooked. I'm also a total sucker with a chestnut with chrome and a big white face Bella is my 2nd best riding horse next to J-Bell.....but she's got time off now as I bred her this year to a Friesian for a 2009 Georgian Grande foal....

                                          Originally posted by sddlbrdgrl View Post
                                          Betsy your horses are gorgeous!! We also have a 3 year old Friesian mare, and I LOVE the Georgian Grandes!!!
                                          Thank-you! Unfortunately here on "this rock" (Vancouver Island), the saddlebreds are still not recognized for their versatility, so I decided to start breeding the Georgian Grande's (especially the saddlebred X friesian) because I LOVE both breeds, but I also thought that it would bring more recognition to the Saddlebred. I'm currently the only breeder of the Georgian Grande in Western Canada, and am the Canadian Representative for the Int'l Georgian Grande Horse Registry. This year is my first foal crop for the Georgian Grande's, and not to be bias, but I REALLY like what I see.

                                          Originally posted by sddlbrdgrl View Post
                                          Betsy I'm in love with Tux 'N Tails... he looks like he and my boy could get into a lot of trouble together
                                          He's definately a BAD A$$!!! If there is trouble to get into......It's him! He's just to darn smart for his own good. When he was about 4 months old, he opened up his stall door, (which did have a double latch on it), and had a party in the barn. He didn't let anyone else out of their stalls, although he did try.....he distributed a box of apples up and down the alley way, and there were traces of apples in everyones stalls....He SHARED!!!!! After eating and sharing his fill of apples, he then pulled all the horse blankets down from the blanket racks, made himself a nice bed....and that's where I found him in the morning. His dam was still in her stall!
                                          He's definately Special!!!! We call him the kissing bandit, as he will spend hours just licking and licking you.!

                                          Originally posted by boston's mom View Post
                                          I have a Geaorgian Grand Too! She is 3 1/2 and is just the most wonderful horse!!!

                                          MOst people have no idea what I'm talking about when I say I have a GG, So I'm really excited to see you on the forum
                                          I'd love to see pictures of your GG Girl!!!

                                          Sounds like their are many saddlebreds enthusiasts on this forum board!!! So glad I joined! I wanna be a member too......

                                          I also wanted to mention that I looked at all the pictures everyone posted of their treasured saddlebreds...and WOW......they are all phenominal!!!!!
                                          Breeders of American Saddlebreds and Georgian Grande's
                                          www.grandeislefarm.com

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