Another little update.

I will not be getting the mare. (Or the foal) She had foundered, and that's why the lady had given her up. The people call it a pregnancy founder, but we won't know for sure until after the baby's weaned. I'm extremely wary of getting into that.

There is another reg. QH mare there, that they're not sure on selling yet. She does barrels and all that, and supposedly has an "on" and an "off" switch. The owner of the barn I board at has seen her ridden and said she did really well. Supposedly she's never offered any quirky behavior. I'm not totally sure though.

I'm going back and forth between options. The barn owner is holding a clinic with a well-known trainer on Sunday, I am going to try and get off work so I can go. I will see what he says, and go from there. Hopefully she will exhibit the same behavior so maybe he could give some advice. As I compare different opinions and options, I'm at a loss of what the best way is. When my mare is going good, she's great, and when she's bad, she's bad. To give her up for another horse would be just about the same as rolling the dice again, I could end up with a worse behavior.

And I have raised and broke foals in the past, just to let you know. Both did great and are very rideable right now. I just fall apart when it comes to rearing. If I were to get the foal, I would probably sell it as a weanling.