Recent content by SuZQuzie

It will definitely help get him off your leg! Chances are that you need to be a bit more disciplined when asking him for forward. Ask once with your leg, then give him a smack with your whip. He is not allowed to change his tempo unless you ask, which is why you ask sooner than when he would...

There is always perfecting transitions between gaits. For your horse, I might try teaching him to really open up on the long sides, standing up off the saddle, and then purposely shortening him up again. The goal is to focus on teaching the horse to go forward first, then you can teach him...

I started my young horse with in hand classes in his 2 yo year and some into his 3 yo year. I then started trailering out for lessons with a trainer I trusted that was patient with baby behavior. This year, as a 4 yo, I'm starting with trailering to smaller events and just riding him there and...

In my (limited) experience, the structure of the two year old is pretty much in place. The hip might get a little longer, the withers a bit higher, but, for the most part, what you see is what you get for bone structure. As TarrSteps said, they may be slightly toed out or narrow in the chest...

Sooty bay and will end up looking like dad. 100% positive. The dorsal stripe is just countershading, not dun.

Wait, did H&H just get sexual? Haha!

The stripe is countershading. He is bay with sooty.

cloball: They can have coutershading (just like a bay can), but the presence of the cream gene does not inherently mean that a dorsal stripe is present. However, the presence of the dun gene does cause a dorsal stripe. Dun and cream have completely different causative genes. It is possible...

Wow Law! I don't think I have ever seen a buckskin darker than mine! Genetically tested EEAaCrn. What are his lines?

I'm using a french link with copper losenge in the center for my 2yo.

I run 5 times a week for 2.5 miles (about 20 to 30 minutes) and then for 4 to 6 miles once on the weekend (about an hour) on top of riding 2-3 a day. My running definitely improves my riding, especially my cross country.

Boyd Martin. Those are the Davidson's colors because the mare, Rock On Rose, was owned by Bruce at the time. Boyd thought it was appropriate to represent the farm that owned her and donned their colors instead of his usual blue and white.

Mmmkay, so just let it grow out some and then pull in bald like normal? Anyone have any idea how long it takes for a pulled tail to grow out in time for a show without the rat tail look? Luckily, this gelding actually LOVES his tail being pulled and will actually lean into me as I do it...

I HATE the look of a clipped tail, but it seems like everyone and their mother over here in America only clips tails and doesn't even know what a real pulled tail looks like. Given this, they are pretty useless when it comes to my question. :p I am taking care of my friend's 1* horse while he...