Posted 2009-06-01 8:53 AM (#105776) Subject: Gaited Trail Gelding
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Posts: 326 Location: Gallatin, TN
Does any one have or know of a super smooth trail gelding for sale? I'm looking for a new trail horse and I don't care about color or registration. I am wanting a gelding that is smoooooooooooooooooth in both a slow and a faster gait. Please PM me with any information you may have.
Posted 2009-06-01 4:38 PM (#105808 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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Posts: 1205 Location: Danielsville Georgia
Your in Tennessee.They are EVERY WHERE in Tennessee.Try http://www.golsn.com/ Tons of them show up in ads on that site from FREE to $$$$$ or http://www.twhsalecentral.com/ This time of year you'll pay more and they are kinda picked over.Winter is the time to buy.
Posted 2009-06-02 8:10 AM (#105823 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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Thanks for the links. The places I usually check just don't have what I'm looking for. You would think being in TN I would have them falling at my feet, but that's not the case. Probably because like you said, winter is the time to buy.
Posted 2009-06-02 10:47 AM (#105834 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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I have hit 'sales' in mid Tenn.for 4 nights in a row with untold amount of gaited horses going threw in the fall and after Christmas.All shapes,sizes,color and breeding's.That Go LSN site was packed with gaited horses this past winter.I almost(should have)bought a Pusher bred Tobiano 16.1(advertised at 16.3) hand 8 y.o. mare with papers in order that road nice for $1500 at a Saturday night sale in Cleveland Tenn.Wish I hadn't past on her.Sweet faced etc.Another I liked was was a 15.3 hand black mare,6 y.o. that was a racking machine.Not real mannered(green)but sold for $500.No papers.Needed miles but was safe.Think maybe had some Standardbred in her.Some of these type horses in OTHER parts of the country would bring a lot more money.
Posted 2009-06-05 1:47 PM (#106008 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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I have been looking for a gaited horse for MONTHS...started back in the fall. Yes, I have found some, but they are either too expensive, too far away or 'prospects'. Or, the gait was not smooth. The gait has been a problem with a lot of them.
So, you may think there are a lot of horses out there, but not a lot of GOOD ones. I have sound one that looks and founds like my perfect horse, but she is 9 hours away! And people are going to look at her tomorrow. Oh, well.
Posted 2009-06-06 6:18 PM (#106057 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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There are a number of nice TWHs on the GO LSN site.There is a NICE black gelding for $2k that looks quality. There are a number of gaited horses in the OTHER PETS catorgoy also.Some real low priced.
Posted 2009-06-06 10:41 PM (#106067 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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I know where you're coming from Jac8. Just because it's a gaited horse doesn't mean it's a smooth ride. I had a grandson of Midnight Sun and he would get rough at times. I now have a sale horse with no papers that is so smooth, quiet, barefoot and a great temperment at 5 years old. I ride with other gaited horse owners and they complain about their horses getting rough at faster speeds. All I can say is ride every horse you are considering with other horses and at all speeds before you buy.
Posted 2009-06-07 4:36 AM (#106073 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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Some are not fast at speed.Sometimes its the rider.I have known people to complain about roughness in one and watch another ride him and smooooth.I have a very very good horseman withen a mile of me.Been out it for years.He' can' ride most gaited horses without bringing out the pace or whayever in one.I used him ONCE to start a colt for me.NEVER again.Took 2 months to get him to stop pacing once I got him back home.He won't take holt or drive one UP.Lets them go to strung out.Same with ones sometimes that overstride and hit themselves.Lots of times its the rider.Speed also has to be cultivated in one.Not all have speed.There are a couple on that LSN site wanting to sell cause they want a fast Signalfooter.www.shobaonline.com I have a Hispanic friend that his OWN Qtr horses draw attention a lot.He collects them and they look like a Andalusian going in to fight a bull.He likes a horse 'in fame' I saw a him ride a Morgan mare he had been training and it would take your breath away.The owners of that mare were astounded.They rode all loose reined and kinda thrown away.They had never seen a horse UP in the bridal before or only on video.
Posted 2009-06-10 1:12 AM (#106224 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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Posts: 610 Location: Northern CA
There are many nice gaited Standardbreds off the track. I got a mare that gaits sooo smooth. They are easy to work with after their track life. Easy to start under saddle and all. You can find 'em for almost nothing too.
Posted 2009-06-10 9:32 AM (#106238 - in reply to #106235) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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Originally written by crowleysridgegirl on 2009-06-10 9:00 AM
THey are primarily pacers.
Not necessarily. There's a lot of trotters also. Then there's the difference of opinion as to which makes the better gaited ride. I prefer the trotty ones, but a lot of folks prefer the pacey ones.
Posted 2009-06-10 11:52 AM (#106248 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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Most of the time trotty types are racking type.Don't see many Standardbreds down here.Seems they are behind lots of Single Footers. Been told the best Single Footers can't compare speed wise to full bred racking/single footing Standerdbreds.
Posted 2009-06-10 2:36 PM (#106257 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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The mare I purchased was a Pacer on the track and she gaits like a dream. So smooth and no-one can keep up with us on the trail. She is 16.1 H and can really cover some ground. Great temperament and smart. Not "hot" like most of the Thoroughbreds off the track. She loads and ties, cross-ties and stands well for the farrier and everything else. This is the second Standardbred that I have purchased off the track. I still have the first one as well. He is not gaited though. I will look again at a gaited Standardbred but this time am looking for something shorter. ( I am only 5'2" ! )
Posted 2009-06-10 3:08 PM (#106259 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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I'd love to have one! I was told 20 years back by a horse trader from Ohio to watch out for the Standardbreds passed off as TWH's. I'd sure like to have a nice one 'passed off' to me.LOL
Posted 2009-06-10 11:08 PM (#106279 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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I live in Delaware and this is standardbred racing country. There are 3 tracks within 40 minutes of me. Every one of these tracks have trainers/owners always looking for homes for horses that just can't make money on the track. Most of these horses are free to approved homes and most of the horses are singlefooters. We have far more trotters than pacers around here.
There is a rescue that saddles these horses and adopts them out. There is also a sale about 5 times a year that Chick's Discount Saddlery sponsors and this year I saw Standardbreds sell for less than $100. No one wants a horse that can't run a mile in under 1:50 especially a gelding. The cheap horses either went to the Amish or to New Holland sale where they probably went for dog food.
There are some big standardbreds then there are the ones that look like arabian crosses, nice head and around 14.3H.
Posted 2009-06-11 7:02 AM (#106287 - in reply to #106238) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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Standardbreds aren't usually the best trail horses IMO.Most of them that I've seen have been driven to buggies and are too fast.I don't want to be knocked off my horse going through the woods at a single foot or a rack.Try going up to the Buffalo River country here and going down a trail to the river 1 1/2 miles on boulders at a speed like this.It does not work.
I'm not saying they aren't good horses.When I think "gaited" horse,I think of many breeds,but,not a Standardbred.
Posted 2009-06-11 7:44 AM (#106290 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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Bet no differant then off track T/breds.Seen some that had no issues with rating or brakes with some minor schooling.I've seen a few Standardbreds on YOUTUBE for sale that Singalfooted and walked/trailed what looked like just fine.
Posted 2009-06-11 12:30 PM (#106308 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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Most of these standardbreds slow down really fast when not behind the cart. Alot of the lesson stables around have a standardbred or two. These are for kids and beginner adults to learn on so they can't be fired up and after being on the track nothing much scares them. It just depends on what type of horse you like. I have never owned one but rode with people who had them and they were good all around horses. They do good as hunter/jumpers too. Remember, there are always nut horses in every breed.
Posted 2009-06-12 12:45 AM (#106340 - in reply to #105776) Subject: RE: Gaited Trail Gelding
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Hounddog,
The Horse.com has set up a site for FREE Thoroughbreds and now offers Standardbreds too. You should check it out. They are from various states.
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