I love horses! I agree, I would rather see a horse running with it's pals in a field than performing with a rider in an arena. I've been riding saddle-seat for nearly four years. I'm pretty sure saddle-seat saddles and the style are based off of the way southern gentlemen rode and the required clothes for shows are based off of their attire. I've got to two horses and here are their names.
My first horse is a Pleasure Walking Horse registered as Radashak but just called The Ratt. He's black with a white spot on his forehead that has a grey rim. He's a chow-hound
and used to show in pleasure classes but hasn't for a while but this summer I hope to trail-ride and maybe even show him if he's up to it.
My second horse is a Performance Walking Horse registered as Take Extra Cash to Rio, but everyone calls him Ole Rio. He's a solid sorrel and when you shave (clip) his top-hair for the summer, his color reminds me of cheese so he got his other nickname, The Big Cheese.
We've just started showing him again after he healed from cracked hooves and has been doing pretty decent in show pleasure classes. He's also one of the gentlest creatures in the world and you can let a four-year-old walk him around by his/herself or stick a two-year-old kid up on him while he's standing and barely be scared for both options, in fact my neices are those kids!
