…and wondered exactly what those glowing descriptions of the horse and his behavior actually means?
According to Holly Covey, we must read between the lines…
- Easy to Catch = In a 10’x10′ stall
- Big Trot = Won’t canter even on a 2 mile straightaway
- Nicely Started = Lunges, but we don’t carry enough insurance to ride him
- Top Show Horse = Won a reserve championship 5 years ago at a show with unusually low entries due to a hurricane
- Home Bred = Top level of training was being raised on the front porch
- Recently Vetted = Someone else found something badly wrong with him and therefore didn’t buy him
- Big Boned = Good thing he has a mane and tail or he would be mistaken for a cow
- Doing Courses = If tranquilized to the eyeballs and lunged 6 hrs straight before hand
- Well Mannered = Hasn’t stepped on, bitten, or kicked anyone in the last week
- Professionally Trained = Hasn’t stepped, bitten, or kicked anyone in the last month
- Should Mature to 16 Hands = Currently 13hh, dam is 14.2hh, sire is 15hh; every horse in pedigree 18 generations back is under 15hh, however this horse will definitely defy DNA and grow!