08/22/2026
So here is the thing about a Great C**t Starter, and a Great upbringing!!
Shorty is a 6 year old Handcock and Blackburn Bred Mare I started years ago! She had maybe 90 days with me and half of that was ground work and learning each other.
Shorty went home, and was turned out to finish growing for almost an entire year! She came back to me for 2 weeks for a quick refresher and then carried her Momma at her first show ever!
Shorty has then sat, and mainly had her ground work kept up on. I was asked to come give her a refresher again as she has decided to let that Handcock breeding show 😂 and has been quite sassy!
Shorty has been ridden a hand full of times in the last almost 3 years. Today we did all our ground work, long lined, and away we went!
Was it pretty? Not the whole time. However she showed us so much of her potential!
Im forever proud of this Mare and the work that has been put into her 🥰 she even took her Momma for a ride (pictures to come)
Now what I am getting at. When they are raised and started properly it should never matter how long they sit stagnant! They should always be a lady or a gentleman when we ask something of them. And she is living proof of that! Shorty always comes back to work like the Lady she is!
I should be able to turn my horse out after starting them with zero concern they will (Forget) these animals NEVER forget! Especially Shorty!
OH! And this was her first ever ride with a BIT!