The Search Jessie Burnett didn’t exactly pick her new horse. She and daughter, Austin, walked into the pasture that day looking for a gelding, but J. Jay (Jay for short) had different ideas. Jay was an eight-year-old, 16-hand ex-racehorse — black-brown, beautiful, and a little broken. But that day she was the only one among ...
Brown arrived with Red from the same rescue situation, and is also four. She is only slightly behind her friend in training. She’s just about comfortable with the whole cantering idea, and will do it happily on a trail. She’s just bigger and lankier and it’s taking her more time to get all her feet going. She trail rides on Montpelier, and has been on and off the trailer many times. She too is working on cross rails. She’s 16 hands.
Swing is five and had two starts. After a year off for a hairline fracture of the cannon, we’ve put her back under saddle. She is wonderful and bold outside the ring, and is learning to carry herself properly in the ring. This is really one of the sweetest mares I’ve had the pleasure to ...
She is four this year, and was a rescue from the Ernie Paragallo fiasco. She is my most promising youngster in years! She showed up halter broken last August (so no wear, no tear, never even ridden). She now will walk, trot, canter, stop on a dime, back up and do turns on the forehand. ...
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