WHY AM I SELLING MY HORSES?
Simple. I am feeling guilty that I have these great horses that I am not riding and that someone could really appreciate. I am not doing them justice! What I would really like to do is to either sell all of them to a single person, and I would give a discount in that case. They are the best of friends and would miss each other when they went to new homes.
UPDATE: But the bad news about them being "best friends" is that Shiloh and Mystic have become way too buddy sour! They need some serious buddy sourness training!
All of them have gone to field trials and been ridden for handling and scouting. Midnight is an old pro (see description below) and would be a terrific field trial horse for someone. The others have had limited exposure to field trials. Shiloh and Mystic have not been ridden in a couple of years (shame on me).
It is very important to me that they go to good homes, that will take care of them properly.
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LIST OF HORSES
Midnight Shiloh Mystic
(video of them from last winter eating from a Hay Chix net)
Midnight
$3,500
Midnight is my "Number One Horse". He was purchased from John Kline, yes, the professional bird dog trainer, about 8 years ago. John had a matched pair of black horses marked the same, except one had a snip to the right and Midnight had a snip to the left. Midnight has seen and done it all with John and me. He is about 15 hands high. My best guess is that he is about 15-17 years old (confirmed by a vet check). No horse is perfect, but Midnight is perfectly fine with me. He jolts every time a gun is fired - which is hard to believe since he was ridden by a pro and handled bird dogs for so many years - but it is just a little jolt. He has kind of a pacey walk, but is smooth and real stylish looking as he moves, and very easy on the bit. Ben Lorenson thinks that he broke Midnight for John and admits he is one great field trial horse.
Shiloh
$2,000
Every time my horse trimmer visits he says Shiloh is one beautiful horse - then he asks if he has any "draft horse" in him. Nope, all Tennessee Walker. Shiloh came from Burl Hicks in Mississippi and was trained by Brian Hodges. Burl and Brian found Shiloh as a young stud being kept in deplorable conditions and rescued him. He was trained for Joy to ride since her horse (Trap) was getting up in age. He is very gentle, great gait, and about 15.2 hands. He will play games with you about being caught but in the long run he likes to be with you. In the field trial gallery he almost goes to sleep as he walks along with the rest. When you scout or handle he wakes up does the job. Shiloh spent some time with Ben Lorenson and Kyle Merrill getting field trial training / experience. (see video of Shiloh in training)
UPDATE: I took Shiloh to the Georgia Brittany Club Trial last year and he went crazy buddy sour. I was told that he needs to be trained out of that. He pitched a fit every time he was away from his field buddies. The wrangler tried to ride him down some but didn't have a good bit and Shiloh was too much to handle. He needs serious training.
Mystic
$2,000
I sometimes call him "brown horse" - only because all of the others are black ;-)
Mystic is my "short boy" at maybe 14.3 hands. I bought him as a second horse for Joy and thought that she could use a shorter horse for her diminutive size. Mystic is one of the smoothest gaited horses that I have ever ridden - Trained by Burl Hicks and Brian Hodges. One exception to that is that he has not worked out his run and the transition into and out of his run (that's why the lower price). But his running walk is very fast and smooth. Mystic is very "pet like" in that he loves a pat on the head and seeks attention. He is an easy keeper. Mystic needs riding - period. I was taking him to field trials and working with him and he was coming along. He gets a little antsy when you mount him but if you warm him up a little and make him do a few turns when you get on he goes along nicely. Kyle Merrill, the dog trainer, rode him for a few braces and really liked him.
UPDATE: I took Mystic to the Georgia Brittany Club Trial and Kyle Merrill rode him some to see how he was acting. He too was too buddy sour to ride during the braces but Kyle managed to ride him around some between braces. He need training.