So I won't deny that I am slightly off color as far as my sanity goes, however I found a site that makes me feel a little less of a lunatic. Americansaddlebredsporthorse.com
Its a very sane corner of the web that talks all about how saddlebreds can in fact do dressage and even *gasp* jump! It has classifieds for other slight crazies, forums, articles and helpful links.
When I got my saddlebred baby most people just laughed at me, a close friend of mine refuses to admit that he is not ugly and at best I am praised for "thinking outside the box." Now granted, he is hard to get used to, is rather narrow and gumby-like, but he is a total sweet heart (now that he has ground manners) and learns super fast.
On a good day he properly walks, trots, canters, leg-yields and stretches over his back in a long loose frame. On a bad day... he goes around like a giraffe, refuses to bend and prefers to go sideways. However there are many more good days than bad and the bad days are slowly becoming bad warm-ups.
He has been "started" over crossrails, if started can be scaled down to include 2 days a month or more ago when a friend decided he would be cute as a jumper. He was! He was forward and willing and brought his little black knees up to his eyes. I can't wait for the snow to finish melting so I can continue his slightly stunted jumping education!
All-in-all, he's weird but not half as weird as me and therefore I am destined to like him, and hopefully sell him this summer for some kind of prophet...(haha)
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
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