I recently acquired a 2yr old Clydesdale gelding. He is already 17.2hh+ and growing like a weed! His name is Finnley and he is a registered Clyde. I got him from a breeder for a great price since he has two dusty front legs. Clydes are supposed to have four white stockings but Finns front legs have some dark hair mixed in and his one rear leg the stocking is not quite high enough. They could have still shown him but they have so many others with better coloring so they decided to sell him instead. He is going to mature to over 18hh but will still be quite the athletic horse. Man can he move!!
He is still at his old home which is 2.5hours away from me but they are hauling him to my place for me sometime next month. Luckily they live in a small town and I live near the city with the former worlds biggest mall. They are coming in to town to go Christmas shopping and are gonna drop him off on the way!
I am so excited to get started working with him now before he gets any bigger. I have sat on him once and he is green broke to drive so it should be easy enough to start riding the big bohemoth!! He is so quiet and easy going!
I apologize for the closed eyes, he is so not photogenic! I love the big roman nose!!
I love the forehead marking as well and the dusty front legs are fine by me! They make him unique!
and finally the bum! He has such nice big hips, but his stride is going to be huge. Ouch hours of that big rocking trot is going to kill me. All I gotta do is learn to go totally limp from the waist down and I should be fine!!
PS I hate the docked tail. It`s huge pet peeve of mine but when I bought him I had only seen pics(not these ones), I hadn`t actually seen him in person and did not know his tail was docked! I should give him a tail extension in the summer to swat flies!LOL!
He is still at his old home which is 2.5hours away from me but they are hauling him to my place for me sometime next month. Luckily they live in a small town and I live near the city with the former worlds biggest mall. They are coming in to town to go Christmas shopping and are gonna drop him off on the way!
I am so excited to get started working with him now before he gets any bigger. I have sat on him once and he is green broke to drive so it should be easy enough to start riding the big bohemoth!! He is so quiet and easy going!
I apologize for the closed eyes, he is so not photogenic! I love the big roman nose!!
I love the forehead marking as well and the dusty front legs are fine by me! They make him unique!
and finally the bum! He has such nice big hips, but his stride is going to be huge. Ouch hours of that big rocking trot is going to kill me. All I gotta do is learn to go totally limp from the waist down and I should be fine!!
PS I hate the docked tail. It`s huge pet peeve of mine but when I bought him I had only seen pics(not these ones), I hadn`t actually seen him in person and did not know his tail was docked! I should give him a tail extension in the summer to swat flies!LOL!