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<blockquote data-quote="HOSS" data-source="post: 801726" data-attributes="member: 1863"><p>Wow! I had forgot about this post and just checked back and am surprised by the amount of responses. Well I guess I had better update the situation.</p><p></p><p>Shortly after my original post I pulled her from the trainer. She just didn't have the experience / knowledge to deal with ahorse like this one. The trainer turned her out into the outdoor arena and she cleared the 4ft fence around it like it wasn't even there. It took no effort at all. Reminded me of a huge deer. I have never seen a horse of her size that is that athletic. Anyway I contacted a trainer about an hour an a half away. He specializes in problem / hard to train horses. He is a national clinician and has a TV show. He come out and spent 3 hours with her as an evaluation. He said exactly what cypress expressed. He gets into a horses head and sets his training regimine for that particular horse. His thought were that a horse that can move like her does not need to be worked but approached from the reverse point of view. She already knows how to move so working her only enforces that moving is what she is expected to do. To make a long story short in 3 hours he had her to the point where he mounted her from either side without a brible. Just a halter. I never though I would see that. He said a horse like her (mentally) is only seen in 1 out of several hundred. Something about her neuroceptors(sp?) and right / left brain and that they cannot be trained like other horses. He was VERY, VERY impressed with her size, athleticism, explosiveness and strength. I would say more like blown away. He was impressed enough to want her as a tour horse starting in March. I am working on a deal with him now involving a trade on a very broke and well trained horse for my wife in exchange. My filly is TOO much horse for either of us to handle and will always be to hot for our taste. Our preference is slow and leisurely rides. Besides, she will mature at 17 hands which is taller than we want to deal with especially on trail rides.</p><p></p><p>In some defense of the original trainer I was not that clear in my post. She didn't drive the horse for 7 hours. Once she got started the horse took off on her own and she let her go. The filly loves to run. I have seen her run around a 40 acre pasture for 2 hours straight just enjoying the the thrill of running. It was probably a bad idea on the trainers part in not stopping her. The good thing is she was not injured nor showed any signs of stress. She was back to her normal running and bucking when turned out the next day in the arena.</p><p></p><p>It seems that all is ending well and I appreciate the feedback and advice everyone has tossed out. I know this filly will make the right person a great mount. She is smart and will probably be a one person horse when that person becomes her leader and gains her trust.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HOSS, post: 801726, member: 1863"] Wow! I had forgot about this post and just checked back and am surprised by the amount of responses. Well I guess I had better update the situation. Shortly after my original post I pulled her from the trainer. She just didn't have the experience / knowledge to deal with ahorse like this one. The trainer turned her out into the outdoor arena and she cleared the 4ft fence around it like it wasn't even there. It took no effort at all. Reminded me of a huge deer. I have never seen a horse of her size that is that athletic. Anyway I contacted a trainer about an hour an a half away. He specializes in problem / hard to train horses. He is a national clinician and has a TV show. He come out and spent 3 hours with her as an evaluation. He said exactly what cypress expressed. He gets into a horses head and sets his training regimine for that particular horse. His thought were that a horse that can move like her does not need to be worked but approached from the reverse point of view. She already knows how to move so working her only enforces that moving is what she is expected to do. To make a long story short in 3 hours he had her to the point where he mounted her from either side without a brible. Just a halter. I never though I would see that. He said a horse like her (mentally) is only seen in 1 out of several hundred. Something about her neuroceptors(sp?) and right / left brain and that they cannot be trained like other horses. He was VERY, VERY impressed with her size, athleticism, explosiveness and strength. I would say more like blown away. He was impressed enough to want her as a tour horse starting in March. I am working on a deal with him now involving a trade on a very broke and well trained horse for my wife in exchange. My filly is TOO much horse for either of us to handle and will always be to hot for our taste. Our preference is slow and leisurely rides. Besides, she will mature at 17 hands which is taller than we want to deal with especially on trail rides. In some defense of the original trainer I was not that clear in my post. She didn't drive the horse for 7 hours. Once she got started the horse took off on her own and she let her go. The filly loves to run. I have seen her run around a 40 acre pasture for 2 hours straight just enjoying the the thrill of running. It was probably a bad idea on the trainers part in not stopping her. The good thing is she was not injured nor showed any signs of stress. She was back to her normal running and bucking when turned out the next day in the arena. It seems that all is ending well and I appreciate the feedback and advice everyone has tossed out. I know this filly will make the right person a great mount. She is smart and will probably be a one person horse when that person becomes her leader and gains her trust. [/QUOTE]
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