I'm liking this footage -- he isn't built for the sport, but doesn't he have a ton of try? Makes a pretty picture, and he looks fun to ride. Congrats and good luck to the new owners, whoever they turn out to be...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Prix St. Georges Quarter Horse, whattagoodboy!
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"Whattagoodboy" is RIGHT! It is obvious that this doesn't come easily for this horse. He's not even one of the newfangled, lighter QHs, although he is on the taller side for a QH. He's big-butted, short-legged and somewhat long-backed from what I can tell. But, with a HEART like that, he's worth a ton of gold.
ReplyDeleteIt would be like if my 5'2", short-legged self joined the NBA. It would take a LOT of dedication and heart. What a CUTE horse!
Fabulous footage. If you don't have good attitude, it doesn't matter how good your conformation is and this guy proves that 100%. Plus, we're fond of QH dressage horses here!
ReplyDeletePrix St George is impressive! I think Quarter Horses make lovely junior/amateur mounts, but its so nice to see one that has broken out of the mold and competed past that!
ReplyDeleteOf course I'm also still steaming over a potential buyer who spent 5 minutes watching my quarter cross lunged before ruling her out for "not being even close to the type of mover they want"! Mind you this was not under saddle, or even with side reins, just poking along. I thought they just wanted an initial check for soundness, I had no idea that they would rule her out without seeing her ridden! Not only a waste of my time when they should have looked at the videos I had available of her, but super insulting to hear them say with utter certainty that she would "never be able to do even 2nd level".
Their loss. She's a lovely horse that through correct training has learned to move with more grace and elegance than she naturally would have. Now THAT is a trainable mind!
Shows what a heart of gold is really worth! Besides, some people are still staunch believers that dressage is meant to improve the horse. My first PSG horse was a Tennessee Walker - Saddlebred cross, but it was the 70s.
ReplyDeleteDon't underestimate the powerful hindquarters of the quarter horse!
ReplyDeleteIf judges would rate him relative to his conformation and length of leg, I believe that he would score just as high as horses bred for dressage (Maybe he does?). Unfortunately, I think that a judge would look at him and say "I want more _____(fill in the blank)___" and it would be an unfair request, because he probably IS doing more than many other horses trained to his level. In this sense, he reminds me of the cute Little Tiger that you posted about a while back.
After 7 years of OTTB's,this year I bought my first registered QH,man those horses have so much heart,and a ton of fun to ride!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely horse! It's always great to see QH's at upper levels - makes me think that there's hope for my guy and myself to get there if we work really hard and have many, many years together.
ReplyDeleteI also have a Smart Chic Oleana grandson. Arab on the dam's side. Here's all 14.2 hands of him in his first dressage test. Doubt if he'll ever make the FEI level, but you never know, and he's a great trail mount.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttS1iW0xzIE
Let's remember that the word dressage means training. Any horse can benefit from dressage training. It's the "sport" or competitions that sometimes discriminate against all who are not expensive warmbloods.
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