Callie

Callie is a solidly built 16.3h, currently being ridden by a timid para rider, who likes trails but has W,T,C and ring jumping as well as solid fences cross country training in her past with NO history of injuries, lameness, or colic. She is quiet and relaxed on trails, alone or with others. When ridden by a beginner, she will look to her designated person (mares, gotta love them) AKA trainer for clarification as to what is expected, rather than be stupid or naughty.

This makes her seem to be a natural candidate for trails, fox hunting, cross country or low level eventing. She enjoys variety and likes to jump, and, while she can have flashy gaits it coerced, she is a "daisy cropper" making her easy on her riders back/neck (and bareback ridable).

She loads and hauls well, ties and stands for the farrier, and is inherently very curious so she isn't scared by much.

She will make a wonderful amateur partner in wherever her new owner wants to go, English, bareback, or Western.

We don't have fox hunting in our area, but I suspect that her idea of an "ideal job" would be field fox hunting, where she was allowed to use her intelligence and "maternal take-care of my person" personality

...(as a young person I was lucky enough to be a participant with the Warrington VA Hunt, riding for a sales barn so got to ride several of these types of horses in the field before they were sold.)

She is a registered Appendix QH, born 2015, 1/2 TB, 1/2 quarter horse. Callie's sire is Sharp Writer JC, so her DNA is more than 1/2 Thoroughbred, but has more "whoa than go". She has always been barefoot, but if she went back to regular work on rocky ground, she would probably appreciate at least front shoes. She was saddle-broken at 4, continued her training with us on the ranch, then spent 9 months at a show eventing barn (Graceland in Castro Valley,CA) and there got cross-country training by a professional and as she got proficient, ridden over cross country fences by an amateur. While there, she did extensive hills/trails, and was taken cross-country schooling, all of which she did exceptionally well with (especially with the introduction of water and rugged jumps).She was very straightforward to work with with a personality of " just stay in the middle and let me do my job please" She appreciates a treat or a stroke on the shoulder or a scratch on the withers as rewards.

She has smooth, with easy-to-sit gaits and is straightforward to work with. Since she is now teaching a timid, one -armed beginner, we have eased up on her jumping training but are still emphasizing solid, respectful ground manners, trust, partnership and slow/light riding (by aforementioned beginner). Additionally,, since she is unfazed by any commotion around her and has the confidence to go away from her herd to explore things, we have used her as a 'Nanny/quiet spirit" when training our young'ns
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Callie's Pedigree:
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/uc+paint+the+town

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