Post by whereswally on Feb 6, 2012 19:20:02 GMT -6
.War Time Blues.
Show Name: War Time Blues
Barn Name: Butch
Age: 11
Gender: gelding
Color: bay
Breed: Quarter Horse
Breed Registry: AQHA
Height: 15.1 HH
Personality:
- fast
- agile
- friendly
- "bomb proof"
- obedient
History: Butch was a gift to Natalie from her parents. Natalie was allowing her students to ride her mare, Lady, and needed a horse of her own to show methods to her students. Butch arrived as a perfect horse for Natalie, with just enough difficulty to keep her on her toes, but quiet enough for students to ride him on occasion. Now, Butch is mainly used to cart around lesson kids who don't have a horse of their own trained for the discipline they are taking a lesson in.
Discipline: western pleasure, cutting, reining, trail, roping, gymkhana
Owner/Rider: Natalie Walker
.Go Gold Beau Jack.
Show Name: Go Gold Beau Jack
Barn Name: Dusty
Age: 7 or 8
Gender: gelding
Color: palomino
Breed: Quarter Horse
Breed Registry: AQHA
Height: 15.3 HH
Personality:
- noisy
- startles easily
- listens to cues nicely
- great ground manners
- still a bit green
History: Dusty was a horse that Natalie found in a back field of the stables she gave lessons at. At the time, Dusty was five or six, with overgrown hooves, but someone had paid money for the muddy little palomino gelding. He had excellent conformation, a gorgeous color, and a mild temperament from the start. He took well to training, and it took a year before he was being ridden on a daily basis. He is strictly Natalie's horse, unlike Lady and Butch, due to him still being green and only ever being ridden by Natalie.
Discipline: western pleasure, english pleasure, trail
Owner/Rider: Natalie Walker
.Chantilly Grace.
Show Name: Chantilly Grace
Barn Name: Lady
Age: 18
Gender: mare
Color: bay
Breed: Quarter Horse
Breed Registry: AQHA
Height: 15 HH
Personality:
- quiet
- loves children
- "bomb proof"
- takes to cues well
- loves trail rides
History: Lady was one of Natalie's first horses of her own. At the time, Lady was eight years old, and bought from a Quarter Horse breeder just outside of Portland. Natalie loved Lady from the start, and took her to many local shows. It was on Lady that Natalie started riding English, but soon fell back into the groove of Western, deciding that English wasn't exactly for her. Lady, as she got older, was used mainly as a lesson horse, but still goes out on trails with Natalie.
Discipline: western pleasure, english pleasure, some jumping, trail
Owner/Rider: Natalie Walker