Post by Lottii on Mar 12, 2011 17:47:54 GMT
SHOW NAME: Wild Swallow
BARN NAME: Swallow
AGE: Five
GENDER: Gelding
COLOR: Bay
BREED: Thoroughbred
HEIGHT: 16.1hh
PERSONALITY: Swallow has always been a bit of a troublemaker, since the day he was weaned from his dam and went through every fence on the property to get back to her. Since then he's become more and more of a handful. He was gelded young, in a hope to make his behavior improve, but it didn't make a difference. On the ground he is pushy, constantly wanting to get his nose into everything. He can open stall doors, paddock gates and - his favorite - getting into feed bins. To ride he is similar, wanting to always be on the go and dancing about. He needs retraining, but there isn't much chance he will just settle immediately.
HISTORY: Swallow was born on a large thoroughbred racing farm, and trained in that area. He was on the track until just a few months ago, when he was retired. He sustained a small injury which made him off lame for a couple of weeks, not really cause to be retired. But his erratic behavior meant his owners chose that time to pull him out of training and send him to the auction with another horse from the same farm. He hasn't had any training at all in other disciplines, but he would probably do well in jumping.
DISCIPLINE: Off the track. To be cross-country.
OWNER: Evann Morgan