Spotty Botty Rocks!

[ycbm]

I love this horse. I'm hoping he will be my old age 'horse of a lifetime' horse. He's been a doddle to back (that'll jinx it!) and today I even gave him a firm kick to keep him walking and he didn't care. He's got an opinion without being stupid or dizzy, he loves being worked with, he's quick to learn and he thinks I'm the best thing since someone invented pony cubes

I think he moves better than any other horse I have owned, and I'm including four grand prix bred warmbloods in that, one of which cost me five times what I paid for him.

He's three, weak, immature and not ready to do anything more than a few minutes walk yet. But I'm very excited about the future when he grows into those legs!

I hope you can see why?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nDM2_GvIhDw


(I'm well aware that the knee action is greater than many people would want to see, but for me it is perfection, I've always loved a bit of natural knee lift )

 

[Slightlyconfused]

😁 welcome to the spotty team.

He is lovely and moved just like two of ours.

 

[ycbm]

😁 welcome to the spotty team.

He is lovely and moved just like two of ours.

And I'd always thought they were stuffy! I'd obviously met the wrong ones, they are lovely, aren't they?

 

[SEL]

Is he already getting roaning out & getting paler? He is rather lovely and I'm also liking the view from your arena. I have the m40 which isn't quite as scenic!

 

[ycbm]

Is he already getting roaning out & getting paler? He is rather lovely and I'm also liking the view from your arena. I have the m40 which isn't quite as scenic!

He's almost white already. I said I'd never have a white horse but he is what he is!

I have one of the most scenic arenas in the world, I think, there's a lake down the end. I love it. Of course that's easy to say on a day like this!!

 

[SpringArising]

He does have a nice trot!

Do they not jump out of the arena when you free school like that?!

 

[ycbm]

He does have a nice trot!

The walk and the canter match

Do they not jump out of the arena when you free school like that?!

Once in a while They only go back to their stable a few yards away.

 

[Iwantakitten]

He’s going to look so cracking when he’s grown up and filled out a bit

 

[splashgirl45]

i really like him and think he has a good action, was expecting a hackney action from your post, def doesnt have too much knee action for me....exciting for you!!!!!

 

[Shady]

God he's gorgeous, love the action, i would love to ride him too when he matures , i think he would be like a mix of my Arab and PRE.
Really good buy YCBM

 

[ycbm]

God he's gorgeous, love the action, i would love to ride him too when he matures , i think he would be like a mix of my Arab and PRE.
Really good buy YCBM

He is very Araby, maybe from his trotter mama, and of course Appys are related to PREs as well. I can see where you get the idea from.

I'm so pleased you all like him

 

[Mule]

He's very handsome and he does move beautifully

 

[McFluff]

Lovely boy

 

[LadySam]

He is lovely. And if these are his gawky adolescent years, you're really in for a treat when he grows up a bit more.

 

[JJS]

He's so handsome!

 

[ycbm]

I'm not sure sure how handsome I think he is, though it will be interesting to see how his head ends up when his jowls develop (Why do they get bigger as they age??). Obviously he isn't ugly but white ringed eyes and the mottled skin on his face don't do a lot for me, though the ginger ears are fun. But he is a lovely horse, though I say it myself.

He was a spur of the moment purchase at a time when I needed to cheer myself up. I only saw him loose in a field, but it seems to have turned out well, touch wood.

 

[southerncomfort]

Very nice! Glad it's all going so smoothly for you both, long may it continue.

 

[Cortez]

Oooh: me likey! You're going to have fun with him, methinks

 

[pixie27]

He's lovely, not surprised you're excited about his future! Love his ginger ears, and he has a very knowing/intelligent look, if that makes sense.

 

[Mule]

I'm not sure sure how handsome I think he is, though it will be interesting to see how his head ends up when his jowls develop (Why do they get bigger as they age??). Obviously he isn't ugly but white ringed eyes and the mottled skin on his face don't do a lot for me, though the ginger ears are fun. But he is a lovely horse, though I say it myself.

He was a spur of the moment purchase at a time when I needed to cheer myself up. I only saw him loose in a field, but it seems to have turned out well, touch wood.

Poor boy, he has a beautiful head

 

[peanut]

Lovely boy ... nearly as lovely as the view!

 

[Laika]

Ooooh heck, I like him!!! Maybe I'm biased though because he looks like a more colourful version of my boy

 

[ycbm]

Oooh: me likey! You're going to have fun with him, methinks

I was waiting for your opinion, you have so much experience. I'm glad you like him.

The horse in my avatar was my horse of a lifetime, but his heart was stronger than his body. I have a very similar feeling about this one as I did about him, he just 'does something' for me that I can't quite explain.

 

[ycbm]

Lovely boy ... nearly as lovely as the view!

Isn't it wonderful? I've been here 27 years and I still bless my luck every day.

 

[Cortez]

I was waiting for your opinion, you have so much experience. I'm glad you like him.

The horse in my avatar was my horse of a lifetime, but his heart was stronger than his body. I have a very similar feeling about this one as I did about him, he just 'does something' for me that I can't quite explain.

Yes, I know that feeling, and it's never been wrong for me yet. He's a smashing horse; where on earth did that movement come from?

 

[ycbm]

Yes, I know that feeling, and it's never been wrong for me yet. He's a smashing horse; where on earth did that movement come from?

I have no idea! Dad was an unregistered appaloosa put to a classy standardbred by a man who breeds and races trotters in Wales. He is registered partbred standardbred.

I saw what I thought was decent movement when his owners whooshed him round a lumpy field between his mares but the reality far exceeds that.

Here's the walk if you want to check the overtrack.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6GdzG5nxQFg

 

[ycbm]

The spotty botty had its first 'whoops' moments today as the sparrows flew into the barn. He shoots forwards a couple of paces and then stops again. If that's his reaction - forward, no spin, no hump - I'll be more than happy. The saddle rocked a bit too, he really did have quite an excuse to go off on one. What a good boy

We are up to five minutes ridden, getting straight on with no lunging or in hand work, doing some very approximate circuits and figures of eight in a small barn. It's a bit stop start, but he's getting the idea that walk on means walk on until I say don't. Stop is a bit hit and miss, but he's learning fast. Once he has start, stop and turn and we have a still, quiet day, I'll get him outside on the arena and we can try for a trot in the bigger space on better footing.

 

[Wheels]

He's very sweet.

Is he going grey or roaning out?

 

[tallyho!]

He looks so much like my old spotty botty boy... he's lovely and he's grown quite a bit since the last photo I saw of him! Lucky boy to looking at that glorious view!!

 

[ycbm]

He's very sweet.

Is he going grey or roaning out?

I think he's going to end up almost white with a minimum ginger varnish on his ears and face. His knees and hocks are more grey than red, as it his mane and tail. With the spots, of course, they're never going to go. He has some so dark they look black, on the top of his bum, and they get more red the further down his side they are. He was born bay!