Jake

 Breed: Shire/QH

Sex: gelding

Age: 2020

Height: 15.3h
Pedigree: 

Price: $tBD subject to change
​​​​​Link to lots of photos:       Jake- shire/qh gelding | Flickr 

Link to videos:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt-dzmhstvn3bEVtL8cALBiPecttuAhmh  

 Jake is another horse that came to us quite green but with all the exposure and off the farm trips he is getting you can just see his confidence and education growing. I feel like Jake can be a hard horse to describe because he is a very QUIET horse but he is still super athletic, uphill and fancy. He is still green in the sense that he sometimes needs a minute to have a concept explained. You will see in his video sometimes he isn't even quite looking at the jumps he is like oh the sky...birds...trees....oh wait a jump. That is just normal green horse stuff and has nothing to do with them not being brave. He just isn't 100% focused yet and well I really don't expect him to be. He was absolutely fantastic hacking all around and we thought he was doing some of the best flatwork he has done. He is just a horse that seems to somehow get better every single ride so that is really cool to see. He is just growing in his ability to hold the work now as he has gotten stronger. He did so well jumping! He is still green but boy did he just try so very hard and you can see his confidence grow as he went. He really finished thinking he was just the best which is exactly what you want. I bet next time he will be much straighter and understanding of it all. I think he is an absolutely special type of horse. His brain can't be beat and in another month I expect he will really be ready to do all the things.

Jake is a 15.3 h 6yr shire/qh gelding also bred/raised/started by his previous owner. The quick transformation these horses make after arrival really just absolutely amazes me every single time. It never gets boring for me. Jake was lightly started and well winter has been rough for all of us so he came in not having done much in a while. He has gotten the works since arriving and just looks like a totally different horse already in terms of his weight, muscle and coat.

His first few rides we just really worked on reestablishing going forward and straight. He is a horse that is built naturally very well and just makes a gorgeous shape on his own as long as you can ride his shoulders straight. He is a horse that is way more laidback so you have to sort of say he come on push forward and move up to the contact but boy has he figured it out now! It's always funny to see first ride to about ride 5 where they can look like a totally different horse. This boy is fancy and is now finally starting to show exactly what I knew was in there. I always say just when it starts to get fun for us they will sell because then everyone else sees what I saw in the beginning. The looks, movement, size, brain on this one makes him so special.

He is interesting to me because if you told me shire/qh this is not exactly what I would picture. He is much lighter and more athletic than what the breeding sounds like at least in my opinion. He is just a really fancy mover and super light. He has the bone and lovely feet. The great brain that everyone will covet. However, he is also fancy and looks like he will be very competitive across disciplines to me.

He was just introduced to popping over a few jumps on his last ride and as we expected he has a heck of a good jump on him! I think what I like about this horse so much is that he is a thinker. When he doesn't know his response is to just slow down which I think makes training them very easy. He is exceptionally smart and willing.

Did I mention his hair??? This boy is blessed with the most gorgeous forelock and tail! He is just a stunning horse and give me another month and just watch out WB's here we come!!!

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