by landofmakebelieve » Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:57 pm
Username: Sharples
What Will You Name This Horse?: Silver and Silent, known as Sil
What Is The Horse's gender?: Gelding
What Is This Horse's Personality?: He is very calm and laid back, which is why he is a lesson horse. Sil is a gentle giant, standing at a towering 17.3hh. He is a lesson horse for intermediate English riders, generally giving lessons in show jumping but sometimes dressage. He is quiet, calm and very mature, usually being used for the students with either low confidence or fears to do with riding.
What Is This Horse's History Like?: Sil was born right here at BCF, to a mare named Royal Regards and sired by Seattle Slew. He was raced as a turf horse until a horrific accident when he was about two years old. The horse in front of him was bumped into by the horse beside it. The horse stumbled, falling into the rail. Sil was riding right on the other horses tail, so when he went down, Sil tried to jump over the fallen racer, but because of the speed he was galloping at, landed wrong and collapsed himself. Both jockeys were killed as well as the other horse, leaving Sil as the only survivor. He got away with only a hairline fracture to his canon bone. He recovered quickly and was gelded and put to pasture for many years of rest. When he turned 11, it was decided that Sil would become a lesson horse, and he's taken pride in his job ever since.
Anything Else?: Sil stands at 17.3hh, was a turf racer and is 14 years old.

hello, bonjour
please call me believe
herro der mes amis, i am believe. proud canadian, ottb loving, colt breaking, nfr dreaming. pictured on the left is my racetrack reject, landofmakebelieve, aka molly, moo, shmoo, whatever name comes to mind x] molly is a 10 year old canadian bred thoroughbred mare, and standing at about 16.2hh, we look a little wonky when we chase cans, but la dee da that's alright. molly and i tried several disciplines. i tried desperately to get her to catch on to dressage, but unfortunately, she still has the race bred mind and is all go. however, together we found a discipline which we could both enjoy; western gaming. this summer we started travelling to barrel races locally. our current record on a standard size pattern is 17.314 and we are improving with every run. and to all the low budget barrel racers out there such as myself, a word of advise; chin up darling. you may not have a million dollar mount under your butt, but you and your crossbred, rejected, hard headed, rescue baby can do it. you know why? cause those girls sitting in their custom circle y's, upon shiny, top of the line mounts are full of themselves. they think there's no way they can lose. they get cocky. stay humble, believe in yourself, in your horse, and most importantly ride your little heart out.