Deck, our 2 year old gelding, is in the final stages of ground work training and we anticipate putting 10 easy walk rides on him by Fall. Then we will let him be a horse until the Spring of 2010 when we will begin to finish him as a good riding horse. Deck is a solid color paint out of one of our ranch mares. He is big (15.5 hands at 2 years) with more height and of course quite a bit of filling out to come. Deck will be for sale in the summer of 2010 once he is more than just green broke under saddle.
Deck has a very mellow temperment and learns quick--and he retains what he learns. As an example he was trailer loaded in the Fall of 2008 and then not trailered again until April of 2009. He stepped right in like he's done it every day of his life. He is easy to groom, bathe, and trim. Our farrier is very happy with his calm demeanor when it's time to do his hooves. Deck has been exposed to all sorts of "scary" stuff and generally yawns his way through it. As you can see from the photos he's a good looking guy. While we have not put any rides on him yet Ruthie and I have both sat in the saddle on him and he is willing to just stand. He does not move away from the mounting block like some colts do and when working him on the ground at all gaits with a saddle on and bit in his mouth he does not offer to buck. I have a feeling he will be like a Mustang we once owned that rode off easily the first time we put a ride on her.
Deck has a very mellow temperment and learns quick--and he retains what he learns. As an example he was trailer loaded in the Fall of 2008 and then not trailered again until April of 2009. He stepped right in like he's done it every day of his life. He is easy to groom, bathe, and trim. Our farrier is very happy with his calm demeanor when it's time to do his hooves. Deck has been exposed to all sorts of "scary" stuff and generally yawns his way through it. As you can see from the photos he's a good looking guy. While we have not put any rides on him yet Ruthie and I have both sat in the saddle on him and he is willing to just stand. He does not move away from the mounting block like some colts do and when working him on the ground at all gaits with a saddle on and bit in his mouth he does not offer to buck. I have a feeling he will be like a Mustang we once owned that rode off easily the first time we put a ride on her.
To see a brief video of Deck being worked on long reins see:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_kgx8TVBCo
