I'd like to formally introduce you to..
Jack and Leo! Jack is a 7 yr old paint, and Leo is an 11 yr old Appaloosa.
I've been riding Jack for about 6 months, and Leo for about 5 weeks (moreso Leo than Jack these days)
We don't have a camera that will actually take pictures right now (:rolleyes:) so I only have a few videos of Leo. I've got pictures of Jack, but they're scanned in so they're not the greatest quality.
Here's Leo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCgoKUxSng0
and here's Jack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb12tSA0FP0
(there are more videos of Jack on my youtube account)
pics:
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...dgdfgdfs-1.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t.../gfdsgsd-1.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t...xx/jack1-1.jpg
Leo has certainly been a test of my patience. If I don't ride him exactly right, he will refuse. And he's a NASTY refuser. He'll suddenly pigroot and stop then spin away, bolt, and start bucking. But lately we've been doing better, and on friday we hit an all time low refusals, only three! (and they were all completely my fault)
Jack is easier to ride, since he goes over anything you point him at, but he is very easily excited, and gets extremely quick. Not to mention he absolutely refuses to land on his left lead. He has not yet figured out how to coordinate his feet in a flying change, either.
I love 'em both. They're both fairly big (Jack is 16.3 and Leo is a solid 16 hh) but they are such teddy bears in the cross ties. Leo has a problem with removing the bridle, because at his last barn they would rip it out of his mouth. It usually takes me 5-10 minutes to get it off. But once I do, he lets out this big sigh and drops his head on my shoulder.
And now you have officially met the two horses in my life right now :]
