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Horse that loves her job!! (slight brag)

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    Horse that loves her job!! (slight brag)

    Hi all,
    As some of you may know, I volunteer time/labour/love and have become good friends with a racing TB farm.

    They have always had this one mare out in the field, never worked her, unable to breed her, she has never raced either (trained, but not raced) and I have always had a sweet spot for her. I have no idea why, she isn't the prettiest one, a very basic dark bay TB, no crome, and her mane/tail is forever knotted with burs, but her demeanor and her soft eyes have always made me want to cuddle with her and lavish her in attention.

    Sadly, they have decided to sell her as a pleasure horse. They have a girl lined up to come take a look and test ride.

    They asked me to help do some basic work with her to get her back into the swing of things (as she has been in field for 4 years) and I jumped at the chance

    Last week we brought her into the round pen, and went over the basic's on the ground, no saddle or rider.
    She was very attentive, no spook, no refusal..for anything. Followed me around like a puppy dog even without a lead on. And free lunged while I stood outside the pen giving the voice commands.
    So we decided to see how she would do with poles...didn't bat an eye!
    Okay lets see how you do a xjump...she loved it!
    2ft vertical....BAM! perfect scope, was looking for the jump when we came around, never refused!
    2 days later we decided to try with a rider....
    We had an instant working connection. She trusted me the whole time completely...and I have never had that feeling with a horse in my life.
    And, this horse LOVES to work. I have heard of some horses who you can tell just love having a job, but I have never seen it until that day.
    We never went higher then xrails, as I didn't want to do too much on the first time, but it is obvious she has the potential to go much.much.higher

    The owners looked at what we were doing, and what her potential could be....and stated in a loud voice "Call that potential buyer, she ain't going no where"
    So they have given me full go ahead to work with her, as much as I want, whenever I want!!!

    Now I know I am looking at this through rosie glasses, and there are going to be times where she won't be all that amazing....but until then my world is pink!!!
    And I know one day they will have to sell her...I am already saving my pennies
    if you havent fallen off a horse….then you havent been ridin long enough
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    Yikes, buy her now or at least make a deal with the current owners. I have seen so many of these type of scenarios over the years of young ladies working with green horses that aren't worth much and whose value goes way up out of their reach once the horse is finished.

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      OP, your post really made me smile. You've given the mare some interest in life...she's probably been waiting for someone to take an interest in her and give her something to look forward to every day. Hope you have a lot of fun with her.

      I do agree with the poster above, though. I worked with several greenies for others and increased their value tremendously (though I do say it). I did it for my own pleasure and don't regret anything, but my work did price one completely out of my own ability to pay (if I had wanted to buy him). I do now own one of the horses I worked with, but her owner wanted me to have her and so cut me a bit of a price break. So if you think you want this mare, speak to the owners now and come to some kind of agreement. Probably best to get it in writing.
      I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was! My very heart leaped with delight at the sound. --Nathaniel Hawthorne

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      • #4
        You may have found your horse of a lifetime. They are out there, and if we are very, very lucky, they find us.

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