This is a mare that I am trying to make a deal on. Here's her pedigree. From what they said about her , she is the type of horse I like and need. 14.1hh, been ridden out on trails and had kids riding her, can ride her bareback in a halter, no drama to her. The kind you can get on after not being ridden in a long time and she is just the same. Perfect, huh?
Only problem is, she is in southern Montana and they got over 2 ft. of snow dumped on them. So the deal is on hold, I told them if they still have her in April we can try to work something out. Bad timing.
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Anyway, I have been giving Rosalee a lot of thought.
There are a couple of things about her that I don't like and don't have the patience to work through. #1, she doesn't really like being ridden out alone or away from her herd.
Doing her half spin evasion
#2 is that when another horse dominates her she won't hesitate to go right through me to get out of the way of the other horse. About month ago she flattened me as I was going through a gate. Coyote Belle had just glared at her and maybe flipped her head at her and she bolted right through me. I don't need that. And it's sad really because in every other aspect she is a sweetheart. So I have to decide if she stays or leaves. Do I put effort into a horse that I don't enjoy riding and who might make a dirt dart out of me, let alone walk all over me?
Do I keep her until she is foaled out, keep the foal and sell the mare?
Keep her as a broodmare and wait until Mesa is old enough to ride?
Sell her in foal and try to buy a good riding horse? (the one in Montana maybe?)
Decisions, decisions.

2 comments:
You will figure it out:)
Not easy decisions either, but I know you're a smart horsewoman.
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