Monday, May 26, 2008

Hawk goes home

So I decided yesterday that Hawk just isn't the right horse for me. *Sigh*

He is pretty, affectionate and easy to catch, but he just doesn't have enough experience for me. I've realized that I need an older 'been there, done that' sort of horse. I really need to rebuild confidence and get more miles in the saddle before I can work with a younger horse.

I'm going to see a 16 yr old appy gelding tonight - an 8yr old is currently riding him, so I should be able to handle that. LOL. Maybe he will work out for me - if not, back to square one. There aren't many older, well-trained healthy horses around. I guess people are holding on to those ones the most. :-)

Anyone want to send me a pretty, very well-trained horse???

3 comments:

cdncowgirl said...

I have a gorgeous, well-trained horse that I am going to be selling. But I don't think he'd be the match for you, because it sounds like you and I have some similar "issues". lol
I'm very sad that I'll be selling Quinn but I've come to realize that he's not "the one".
He is very well trained, but as I saw on another blog recently that doesn't always mean "broke" and he's a bit to high strung for me, or rather I'M too high strung for him! He needs a much more confident rider. :(
Hope things work out with the Appy. The "good" horses seem to be the only ones in short supply lately.

Denise- LessIsMore17 said...

Sorry it didn't work out, but sounds like you are being smart about everything!

Laughing Orca Ranch said...

Wish I could but I need to hold onto my 'been there-done-that' mare, for the same reasons you mentioned. Sorry. But I do hope you are able to find the 'perfect' horse soon.