We've been hunting the perfect prospect for MONTHS to find something within our budget, and we finally found him. He's by DSB FMS Bocefus (an echos captive spirit son). The lady said he's bay - but even though he's only a week into being halter broken, and his first day here, I introduced him to clippers. I started slow, and I have 80% of him clipped with absolutely NO problems. He is such a good natured little boy. Anyway, he has a dorsal stripe - but I'm thinking his sire is a sooty buckskin and his mom may be a smokey black. There's no way this little guy is just a bay. I'll be taking pictures for his AMHA papers tomorrow, and he'll be all handsome. He almost looks Grullo shaved, but I don't think he is. Neither parent is a dun.
He rode home in the back seat of the truck. He put up a little bit of a fuss for the first 30 minutes and settled right down. He also promptly escaped from the roundpen. So my mom and I went out. She called him - he didn't come. As soon as I stepped out and called his name, he whinnied and came a running XD It's never been so easy to catch a loose horse. He whinnies anytime he hears me. I guess he likes me from letting him lean into my hands around turns and at stops so he wouldn't fall. He is one smart little horse. He really caught on to the small halter session I put on him today. I'm even considering taking him to a show this weekend. Might as well start 'im young!
I expect he'll be excited, wanting to rear and be spazzy mister weanling stud colt. I think we'll go in the halter class last XD
Nothing bothers Rizer though. Tarps. Chickens. Big horses. Clippers. Water getting sprayed on his feet. Fly spray. He's been so easy. Mind you, this is the first horse we've ever bought who has never been abused to neglected, and it's so refreshing. Rizer is so laid back, I'm hoping to train him for the in hand hunters when he gets older. We're only keeping him intact if he proves himself. If he ends up getting gelded, he'll make one heck of a youth horse!
He rode home in the back seat of the truck. He put up a little bit of a fuss for the first 30 minutes and settled right down. He also promptly escaped from the roundpen. So my mom and I went out. She called him - he didn't come. As soon as I stepped out and called his name, he whinnied and came a running XD It's never been so easy to catch a loose horse. He whinnies anytime he hears me. I guess he likes me from letting him lean into my hands around turns and at stops so he wouldn't fall. He is one smart little horse. He really caught on to the small halter session I put on him today. I'm even considering taking him to a show this weekend. Might as well start 'im young!
I expect he'll be excited, wanting to rear and be spazzy mister weanling stud colt. I think we'll go in the halter class last XD
Nothing bothers Rizer though. Tarps. Chickens. Big horses. Clippers. Water getting sprayed on his feet. Fly spray. He's been so easy. Mind you, this is the first horse we've ever bought who has never been abused to neglected, and it's so refreshing. Rizer is so laid back, I'm hoping to train him for the in hand hunters when he gets older. We're only keeping him intact if he proves himself. If he ends up getting gelded, he'll make one heck of a youth horse!
