I am lucky enough to own the horse of my dreams, which would be Sweet Cheeks. But I can’t help but dream about my perfect side saddle horse.
Of course it would be a gelding. It’s no secret that mares and I don’t normally get along, Luna is the only exception to that rule. He’d be a palomino, palomino paint, or a true black. Preferably a purebred Saddlebred, but a half would be just as fine, maybe even a Tennessee walker.
I love tall men, so it’s no surprise that I love tall horses too, anything around 16 hands would be perfect. I want a horse with a lot of “action”meaning he’s exaggerated in his movements; I want that breath taking Rack and the slow pace. But I want a calm personality, I want a horse that’s going to whinny to me every time he sees me, and calm under saddle. He has to have large kind eyes, and soft delicate ears.
I imagine the wonderful outfits I’d need to sew just to show him. I think about the fancy custom saddle I already have picked out in my mind. I hope that one day this dream becomes a reality, because I’m already so in love with side saddle and I haven’t even taken a lesson!
My first year of lessons were in a Saddlebred barn, I loved so very much when the trainer would let me rack them. I remember at one show, I tagged along to, the announcer hollered rack on and the crowd started whopping and making a fuss. It seemed to me that thoose horses fed off of that excitment. I'm hoping to rekindle that excitment with my very own saddlebred.
Below is a video of a saddlebred 5 gaited class, it shows the different gaits that five gaited saddlebreds are expected to do. Their action packed gaits and exaggerated movements are what make me want one so bad!
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