Willow's Horses

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SHOW NAME: Phantasialand

BARN NAME:Fantasy

AGE: 9 years

GENDER: Mare

COLOR: Bay

BREED: Welsh cross Arab (Welara)

HEIGHT: 14hh

PERSONALITY: Fantasy's cute looks only sometimes match her personality. Around the stable, it certainly does. She has wonderful manners as a result of good handling throughout her life. Fantasy is sweet and loving, she enjoys a nice cuddle and will be groomed forever. To ride, she can be a typical cheeky pony, although she tends to be okay. A few bucks here and there, and occasionally she just charges around without listening. It's riding out on the trails that she gets really over-excited, and just doesn't pay attention to her rider. Dancing around and bolting off at the slightest thing doesn't make for the most pleasant of trail riding experiences.


HISTORY: Fantasy was bred by a small breeder specializing in Welshes and part-breds. The breeder trained her and taught her to be ridden, and then she found a nice home with a young girl when Fantasy was six. The girl was just a little too small to cope with the occasional bucks, and lost her nerve completely after a bad trail experience. Willow came across her at this point and brought her, training her up a little and competing her.


DISCIPLINE: English - All Round/Show-Jumping

OWNER: Willow Maya Carre

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SHOW NAME: Dappled Horizon

BARN NAME: Rize

AGE: 8 years

GENDER: Gelding

COLOR:Dapple Gray

BREED: British Riding Pony

HEIGHT: 14hh

PERSONALITY:Rize is the perfect gelding. He was gelded late, so spent his early years behaving in a typical stallion fashion. Since then, hard work has improved his manners no end, and he is polite in the stable, never barging or show aggression. To ride he is a dream, that hasn't changed. Naturally floaty paces have been carefully produced and he is a 'push-button pony'. Push the wrong buttons, or be harsh with him, and he does massive bucks though - you have been warned.


HISTORY:
Although he was produced and trained on a top yard (hence why he wasn't gelded), he was sold on to a not so good home. This is where his issues if you are too harsh with him come from. His owners were strict in making sure he was perfect, but being strong with him isn't the answer. Rize was gelded and sold on for much less than his true value, when his original owners picked him up again. They found a young rider to take him on - Willow. Since she got him last year she has been constantly working with him to reach the standard he used to be at, and now - with the exception of his occasional bucking fits - Rize is once again a wonderfully trained and behaved horse.

DISCIPLINE: Dressage

OWNER: Willow Maya Carre[/font]