| Hi everyone at Denkai!
I just wanted to let you know how Sasha is doing. (We call her Rosie
> now.) She is one of the most kind, loving horses I have ever had. She
quickly put on weight and grew all of her missing hair back. She went to
the vet to have her teeth floated, and found she was not in foal. She
seems sound. Once she was back in good health, I saddled her with a kids
saddle and shortly after got on with absolutely no reaction.
The next time I saddled her with a bigger saddle and rode her a couple
of times. She is completely, saddle broke, but she had absolutely no
"steering". She didn't appear to understand even following her
nose around, which leads me to believe that she may have been a pack
horse.
I am working with her on the ground as well as in the saddle on flexing
and "following her nose". She is just so calm about everything -
I would feel comfortable putting anyone on her.
The pictures below are of Rosie with my oldest son who has ridden maybe
twice in his life. He rode her in his sandals. He understood that he had
to plow rein her and they did great. We just walked around the
neighborhood. (The black horse is also a horse like Rosie - very kind,
good for beginners, in no hurry to get anywhere... The girl on her had
never ridden before.)
Rosie will be/almost is an excellent walk/trot horse for anyone as she
is in no hurry to get anywhere. I have even taken her to Frontier Park
(Frontier Days' Arena) and she was un-phased by all of the crowds, heavy
equipment, etc. I will keep you posted and send some more pictures of just
her that will be better for the website soon.
-Michele Whipple |
