Let me introduce you to Red Confetti. She is a beautiful 12 year old Arabian mare, unregistered. Confetti came to us a year and a half ago from a man who was going to take her to the auction. We all know what happens to those horses. Not all, but most end up being abused, neglected, going to homes where the people don’t know how to take proper care of their horses, or being shipped to Canada or Mexico to the killers. We purchased her, brought her home and re-introduced her to being ridden. She has plumped up a little since we bought her.
Confetti acted as if she did not know how to be ridden. If I had not known better I would have thought she was green, but given time to calm down I could tell she had training. I spend a lot of time working with Confetti on a full cheek snaffle to get her responsive again. I spent most of the time just walking beside her suppling one side of the bit then the other to see just how responsive she could be. What I found was, she knew how to ‘give to the bit’ but didn’t know for ‘how long’ or in other words, how to stay on the bit. So we kept walking and giving until she had it down. That was basically all it took to teach her to rein properly. After that, it was saddle up and practice in the ring.
I know she had been ridden before because she picked up on turning on the forehand, haunches, backing, side passing and half passing very quickly. She was just rusty and protested to being back in work. My daughter and I took her out on the trails and she loved that! Oh my gosh, she was wonderful.
Ok, it was time to sell her. We had way to many horses, my daughter was going to college and wouldn’t be home to ride her, so we found a home for her. A wonderful family bought her, took her home for their 14 year old daughter. But, they have walking horses and Confetti had a hard time keeping up. They decided to stick with walking horses and have offered Confetti up for sale again.
Now Confetti is back with us and continuing her training. I have been working her on the obstacles for competitive trail riding and she has been doing quite well. She is now ready for another home. Confetti is being offered for $2,000. I have a 14 year old student who has been riding her to keep her in shape. This particular student just recently learned to ride and has been having a wonderful experience on Confetti. Here is her recent video Red Confetti on You Tube
Confetti would make a wonderful trail riding competition horse or just a pleasure trial horse. She is sound, easy to work with, stands for the farrier, hauls easily, has no dental issues, stays outside year round, has a very thick coat in winter and sheds out smoothly in the summer. I don’t normally grain her except a small amount for extra nutrition in the winter. She can go barefoot or wear shoes for the rocky trails.
Confetti loves people and gets along well with other horses. I would love to keep her myself, but have too many now. So, if you are interested or need more information you can reach me through my contact page.
Happy Riding.