Katie Vaden's Equines

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SHOW NAME: Toadhill Flax

BARN NAME: Toad

AGE: 7 years

GENDER: Gelding

COLOR: Palomino

BREED: Welsh Section D

HEIGHT: 13.2hh

PERSONALITY: Toad is a sweetheart really, but he can be a bit full of himself in the stable and when he's being ridden. On the ground, he doesn't have any real faults. Toad's bad habit is dancing around, he hates standing still with a true passion. Bred wild, it's in his nature to never be still, always wanting to be on the go.

To ride, he really is a handful, but if you can get past that he has a real talent. Toad is difficult to hold in, the more you tighten on his mouth the more upset he gets. Not one for beginners, it takes a rider who can sit quietly in the saddle yet still control him to be able to work with him properly. Toad doesn't like listening to direction, he's always convinced he's making the right choice. It takes a while to gain his respect, but after that, he will consider what you have to say rather than just blanking it out to go his own way.

HISTORY: Toad's early history is a little uncertain, although it is strongly believed he was bred in a semi-feral herd out on the mountains of Wales. Research done by Katie's grandfather found him to most likely be from the herd on the Carneddau mountains. He picked him up from an auction still half wild, having presumably been captured straight for sale. It's still murky whether or not he was sold at the auction from a true owner.

Toad was just six then, and Katie was quickly expected to train him completely, the only one small enough to ride him regularly. It wasn't the first time she'd had horses put upon her like this, nor the fiftieth. Something between her and Toad just clicked though, and they almost instantly shared an amazing bond. She competed with him, but soon after her and Jack starting planning to leave, her grandfather revealed he had a potential buyer lined up for Toad. Competing him one last time before they left, Katie was aware the buyers were watching. They won the hunter trials, but Katie refused to leave without him. Jack wasn't impressed, but knew it was the only way he would get her out of the situation they were in. Katie is happy now with Toad here, but she constantly fears her grandfather will turn up and take Toad away from her.

DISCIPLINE: English - Cross Country

OWNER: Katie Vaden

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SHOW NAME: Moon and Stars

BARN NAME: Moon

AGE: 12 years

GENDER: Mare

COLOR: Blanket Appaloosa

BREED: Pony of the Americas

HEIGHT: 14hh

PERSONALITY: Moon is your typical moody mare. She has a high proportion of off days, where she will be a little so and so who nips, buck, kicks out, you name it she does it. On her good days though, she is a little sweetheart who you can't help but adore. She will give you cuddles and rub her nose against you and make you forget all the nasty things she does usually. The only time you can count on her to be reliable is for racing. She's trained in Western and English and excels at O-Mok-See and Gymkahna events. Barrel racing is her other love, she is often the smallest of the competitors but she can keep pace with the big horses and turn round the corners that bit tighter.


HISTORY: Not much history is really known about Moon. She was bred to be a child's pony, and sold throughout her life as that, but her moodiness meant she was soon sold on again, time after time. Her last home ended after she nipped her young owner one too many times. So now she's been dragged to this sale hoping to get rid of her on the cheap.


DISCIPLINE: Western and English All-Round

OWNER: Katie Vaden