Sire: A Rock
Dam: Shannon Le La
'Bold' is a four year old gelding that we purchased as a weanling, sight unseen because of him being a son of our stallion A Rock. He was quite a lovely boy even then. We sold him as a two year old, with our foundation training to a Haflinger family in Ohio. They have owned him since then, and he has been the wife's main trail riding horse until last summer. The children took over riding him and rode him through the spring of this year, when they got some other horses. They contacted us back and asked us to help sell Bold to a new home as he didn't really like working in the manure spreader, and they didn't just want a trail riding horse only, their horses had to be able to do farm work also. We readily agreed and received Bold back on Thursday, Aug 27. On Saturday, Aug 29, we took five Haflingers, including Bold to the local Bridle Trails. We saddled him up, and headed out! Bold was absolutely wonderful except for being a bit out of shape as he is a tad heavier than we have our horses, he walk/trotted/cantered on cue, went down into the stream, etc. We are continuing to evaluate him this weekend to see who he will be best suited for, as well as him riding by himself etc. However this gelding has A LOT of trail miles on him and should be an excellent match for anyone who wants to head out on the trails and not worry about how long it has been since the horse has been ridden! Video links are below from our first trip out with him.
Please note, I am the one with the video camera, and I will admit I am not a professional. I am just learning about uploading and youtube, we are just trying to show how nicely the horses all went down the bank, and willingly into the water, this was Bold's first time ever on this trail, or into the stream, and as you can see, he led the pack, and had no hesitation. Also note the very happy dog in the video bouncing and jumping in the water. Other Haflingers are Atom SFF, Neutron SFF, and Colrosa Lou SFF bringing up the rear. I am on Cocoa Chanel, filming.
This second video we shot of Bold going further down stream, away from the other horses, and again, with the dog bouncing and jumping about in the water.
Pictures below taken at horse camp, Aug 29, 2009
Bold has been sold to a new home in MN! Congratulations JoAnn!
Please contact us haflingerhorse@hotmail.com
740-829-2735
