Post by samanthadolban on Jul 29, 2012 16:24:16 GMT -6
.Blaze Glory.
Show Name: Blaze Glory
Barn Name: Champ
Age: 6 years old
Gender: Gelding
Color: Chestnut
Breed: Thoroughbred
Breed Registry: None
Height: 16.3HH
Personality: Champ has mellowed over the years. When Samantha first picked him up he was wide-eyed and spooky, jumping at shadows and bucking whenever she tried to mount.
With patience and time however, he has become confident and laidback, willing to handle whatever challenge his owner throws at him.
He is a sweet-natured horse, and very loving towards people. While his favourite person is Samantha, he is respectful and quiet with whoever it is that handles him.
History: Not much is known about Champ’s past. He was sold at the Norfolk Nebraska Livestock Auction where the only other person bidding was the meat man.
He was skinny and frightened, but very obviously a Thoroughbred. That day he went home with Samantha for the princely sum of $275. The two other horses he was hauled in with were unfortunately not so lucky.
The tattoo on his lip was obscured, and it took Samantha a lot of time and effort to finally track down who he was and where he had come from. He had had a very short and very unspectacular career on the track before being trucked to the Norfolk auction.
Nowadays, Champ spends his days out on the trails rather than in the starting gates. Samantha has plans to enter him in a couple of smaller endurance trials next year and has been working hard to get him fit.
Discipline: Trail Riding
Owner/Rider: Samantha Dolban