Domino

Breed: crossbred

Sex: gelding

Age: 2022

Height: 15.3h
Pedigree: 

Price: $10000 subject to change
​​​​​Link to lots of photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/11833417@N05/albums/72177720329282578

Link to videos:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt-dzmhstvn0vK1HTp_EXMEr6_Cdz09jn

  Domino is a 3yr 15.3 h crossbred gelding that is just the absolute coolest sportiest type! I do not know his breeding but with his big feet maybe a draft x but very light and athletic. He rides and drives. I suspect he was quite he fancy driving horse just seeing him go under tack.

I wish I could tell you more of their story but I don't always know. I am a person who buy something because I see potential regardless of breeding/background. I love young horses because they very much are a blank slate often without all the baggage. This horse is absolutely brilliant and I think if you watch all his videos you will just be utterly impressed by his progression. That is what I look for in a young horse is just the brain, trainability, rideability, etc. He is a horse that is young but has incredibly good basics. He is just naturally soft in the bridle. A super balance and just the way the hind leg pushes is so nice. He is uphill and just sits right in your hand in the softest way. You can soften the rein and he just stays there. He has just a very steady way and a super rhythm. The canter is so darn pretty which of course has lends to his good jump.

We have jumped him once in the ring which he just acted like he had done forever. I am talking right over all the scary fillers and our fillers are quite scary. He just could care less and popped right around offering lead changes because his canter is just that naturally balanced and uphill. Then he went out to the xc field and absolutely rocked it in a major way. I mean that one jump is a honking rolltop and he was like cool let me at it!

This horse is brave beyond brave but also rides with fingertip control. He wants to do the job. He has an incredible work ethic. He is not spooky or silly but I would say he is more forward type of horse. Not hot but he has an engine and with his power he is not for someone that is a beginner type.

I think he will go all day and then go some more just because that is the type of horse that he is which I find to be so darn cool. He would absolutely rock the event world but hunting, jumpers, dressage, etc. I cannot see much this one won't do.

His greenest part was his ground manners on arrival but again just consistent daily work and he is now standing very quietly in the crossties, to be tacked, bathed, etc. You can't just go at him with a spray bottle just yet. We mist it next to him and then spray but he is getting used to it now! I don't think he was super used to baths but again he is now very good at them just don't go full blast with the hose on his body maybe quietly start on a leg first and go up. Just normal common sense stuff you would do with a youngster.

He is excellent for turnout and in his stall. He has been wormed, gotten teeth done and will catch the farrier soon. He is sound. No injuries. No vices. Does have a faint scar left hind superficial.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt-dzmhstvn0vK1HTp_EXMEr6_Cdz09jn

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