Maggie : Adopted!
2020 Update: Maggie has been working with an intensive Dressage Jumping Team and is incredibly talented as an Event Jumper!! GO Maggie!!
2017 Summer Update: Maggie has found a very sweet gal, Julie, to be loved by. She keeps us updated with Maggie's progress and health. We are very happy for you, Maggie!
2008 Quarter Horse Arab Sorrel Mare 15.1HH
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/grd/5952434734.html
Maggie is a beautiful, solid, healthy 15.1 HH at the withers and 15HH at the sacral vertebrae (highest rear point), 9 year old Quarab, 1/2 quarter horse and 1/2 Arab mare. She's not registered, but could be. Her teeth are perfectly straight. We have her floated every May. Just wormed and vaccinated on 1/4/17. Her feet are barefoot trimmed every 6weeks. Loads, hauls, bathes, fine with farrier. Hates clippers. We use scissors. Never an issue on the road/trail or otherwise with cars, trucks, dogs, cats, kids, motorcycles, bicycles, tractors, bulldozer, chainsaws, quads . .
She's quick in mind, skill and trust. Very sensitive to leg pressure/queues, body placement and voice commands. Extremely careful with her feet (true to Arab side). Super soft coat that sheds out to copper skin and blonde mane in the summer. Tries very hard to please.
LOVES the trails.
She's brave, ears forward with eagerness and she's solid. We have ridden her alone in Bridle Trails (Kirkland, WA) and she does fabulously! She's surprisingly bold and confident on the trail. When on her own, she's "Arab" nervous and then settles into the ride. When first challenged with bridges over water, I met her hesitation with walking her over the first time, and she was good to go thereafter. Even with weeks in between, she remembered the bridge and didn't hesitate again. When she did occasionally startle on the trail, it was a flatten-out-from under-you and stand still for a moment, kind of response. She doesn't jolt or bolt. Her stride is consistently long and fast, and as the rider, if you're looking for a horse where you can just sit and peruse the great outdoors, it will be an easier ride for you to have her out in front -- so you don't have to consistently manage her speed to respect others you follow. Maggie does fine following, and she steps right in line. But her pace is a lot faster than most our ponies on the ranch. Maggie has even been taken on vineyard rides in Eastern Washington -- riding through vineyards, tied up for an hour or so at each winery, ridden back to the vacation ranch and overnighted. She did great.
She would be wicked-fast around barrels!
When I've exercised her in the arena, I've used cones to canter around and she's ON it! She spins around the cones and back into her canter like she was born a barrel racer! I've done very little barrel patterning, but she already knows what you're asking.
When free lunging, Maggie will choose on her own to jump 2-3ft obstacles in the arena. She has incredible natural enjoyment and talent there and would make an excellent jumper/eventer!!!
When Maggie was on a regular riding schedule with a buddy horse, she became our first lesson horse for a husband beginner. When she's alone, she's nervous and requires an intermediate rider to keep her focused. We also leased her to a teenage gal that did fabulously with her - again she rode with a buddy.
Maggie has an excellent confirmation and because I haven't ridden her much this winter, she could certainly use more exercise to increase her genetic muscle tone that's predispositioned from her Quarter Horse side. She has strong barefoot feet and does well even on tough terrain on the trails.
It's our belief that Maggie will be happiest in a pasture or paddock/shelter environment with a buddy. We have had her stalled overnight and while she's okay with it, she doesn't seem as happy when she's outside.
Maggie's vice:
Tests getting the bit in the mouth.
Price is negotiable to the right home. Cash only please and all money received is donated to the horse rescue www.bluehorseranch.farm. Can deliver for a fee if needed.
All rehoming fees are donated back into www.BlueHorseRanch.farm to help find and rehome equines in need.
