Awww... i had a thoroubred for about a year.... What a sweetie... Used to stick his tongue out and play with it. Kentuky bred Not flighty at all I could canter him on the trail with jsut light contact. He had some scar tissue though across his sacroiliac and you had to be careful backing up because his hindquarters would collapse. The chiro worked on him a bit that helped immensely.
I love working horses. I do alot of competion ploughing with a 1960 fordson dexta. I have a friend who has a pair of shires that he ploughs with, called Prince and beauty. They are the safest most solid horses ever. My wife had two friesians many years ago. Wiebke and otto. She competed on wiebka and won alot of dressage and cross country on her. Otto was more of a plod. Safe as houses though. I keep thinking about getting another horse, we already have one. I'd love a Suffolk punch. They are a rare breed horse here and a very expensive.
Full Drafts make excellent Fox hunters... Usually Percherons because some blood lines are lighter than others some where I have a picture of a Draft going over a stone fence with a woman riding side saddle... Circa 1950 s.
One of my dreams when I was younger was to have a sport horse breeding farm. My original plan was to have a Percheron stallion covering Thoroughbred, Arab and light framed Warmbloods. I've always found Percheron crosses appealing in that they tended to have a heavier bone structure and level headedness but also some of the refinement of the lighter breed that made up the rest of their genetics. Usually a more refined head. Every year my local fair has a drawing to giveaway a draft or mule. Usually it's a registered Percheron weanling and you can bet I spend more than I should on tickets each year.
A tad bit rare here too .... They were one of my choices when I was narrowing down the chriteria for my next horse... They range in size from fifteen hands to sixteen... Love the Red coat... Copper coats are my other love besides black and Bay....
This is awesome! I got to handle a young Shire at the barn were I was working. Such kind temperaments .
Wouldn't you love to see the jockey weigh in? "Sorry, you need to gain some weight to qualify! "
It must be like riding a steam train going down that track! I wouldn't want to have a fall for sure!
