Post by Cora Addison on Nov 18, 2012 20:22:18 GMT -6
FINEGAL
[/center]The Basics
Show Name: Finegal
Barn Name: Fin (pronounced Fãn)
Age: 15 years
Gender: gelding
Breed: Selle Français
Breed Registry: Association Nationale du Selle Français
The Appearance
Coat Color: Dark Bay
Stable Color: Medium Sea Green
Height: 16.1 hh
The Personality
Personality: Finegal is a very experienced and talented gelding. He is rather sweet and wouldn’t hurt a fly, and is overall very trustworthy. Cora would trust him with anything and rides him most often. He’d very talented, and would put his whole heart into anything his rider wants him to do. He is trained as both and hunter and a jumper, but is most talented as a jumper, and he and Cora went further together in the jumper discipline. Fin will through himself fully into everything with complete trust in his rider, and is a bold and scopey jumper, which makes him perfect for his disciplines. He adores alfalfa cubes, and always knows when Cora has them on her. He’d very affectionate, and has a habit of getting very close to Cora when she is in his stall. Though Fin is very trustworthy, he performs much better with a rider who he knows and has already built a bond with. Since he had been working with Cora for so long, he is at his best with her, and isn’t very comfortable with other riders, though he isn’t necessarily bad.
Caution Around: Brushing his back legs and picking out his back hooves
The History
Basic History: Fin was bought at a yearling by a hunter/jumper show stable and trained in the disciplines well. He showed a lot of potential at an early age and quite a lot of work was put into him. Eventually, Cora Addison, a promising rider, was assigned to him and they trained together and began competing for the barn. They were very successful, and his bond with Cora grew immensely. Eventually, he was purchased by Cora and put into her name so that she could make decisions regarding him, but she kept him boarding at the same barn, where they continued to train and show under. They made it to the top of the show circuit for showjumping, and some hunter shows, though Fin showed more promise in showjumping. After Cora’s accident, Cora stopped showing with him, though continued to train him just as intensely, wanting to keep the both of them strong and talented. She gelded him after this, later than normal, so Fin still possesses some stallion like qualities, but he was very polite and calm to begin with, and usually only shows this when he is around a mare in heat. Fin will come to Blue Ridge with Cora, and she hopes that her new career will not interrupt their training.
The Technicalities
Discipline: Hunter/Jumper
Owner: Cora Addison
Rider: Cora Addison
REMINGTON
[/center]The Basics
Show Name: Remington
Barn Name: Remi
Age: 6 years old
Gender: gelding
Breed: Belgian Warmblood
Breed Registry: Belgian Warmblood Breeding Association
The Appearance
Coat Color: Chestnut
Stable Color: Plum
Height: 16 hh
The Personality
Personality: Remi is young warmblood gelding who still has a lot to learn. He shows a lot of talent and potential, but his skills need to be refined in order for him to be a successful hunter. He shows potential to be a hunter, but also could be a jumper, though Cora plans to keep him entirely in the hunter discipline and hopes that he will excel in it. Remi has a scopey but careful jump, and his form is usually very nice. He has a long stride at the canter, and a good even trot as well. Remi often jumps quite a bit higher than he should and at those times, he looks sort of messy, but Cora is trying to work it out of him. He also needs to have a confident rider send him towards fences or he will refuse. Cora doesn’t have much of an issue with this, but occasionally with bigger fences he will refuse. Remi is sweet, but very sensitive, and he will spook at certain things. He’s scared to step in water and hates the rain, which is a reason why he is a better hunter, as he wouldn’t have to deal with water jumps. He also hates waving things, especially flags, and Cora plans in desensitizing him. Remi has these little faults, but he has already proven to be a fast learner, and Cora has great hope in him.
Caution Around: Water, Rain, Flags
The History
Basic History: Remi was born in the Netherlands on a warmblood breeding farm and was sold as a young colt to a training farm there. He learned some loose basics in jumping, but was never trained very competitively. He spent his time there as the mount of an older woman who didn’t have any plans for the young horse, and had bought him for his fancy bloodlines and good looks. She rode him recreationally and had the trainer ride him quite often too, and so he learned all the basics that he would need to know. He was gelded there, and soon after bought by Cora’s stable in Virginia. Remi was sent to the United States and was immediately bought by Cora, who had been looking for a good prospective hunter. She began to train him there and plans to continue to tain him at Blue Ridge even though he has already shown significant progress and is going very well.
The Technicalities
Discipline: Hunter/Jumper
Owner: Cora Addison
Rider: Cora Addison
