Quality through and through defines this handsome 7 year old gelding we affectionally call Howdy! Standing 15.2 hands and stamped with America’s favorite color, buckskin, this striking gelding has so much to offer. Howdy rides western, English, bareback or whatever strikes your fancy. He is safe, sane, and very calm in every aspect of his life. He has an ample amount of training in the arena and a great deal of exposure outside on the trails and throughout the ranch. Howdy is always quiet, gentle and easy to handle on the ground and on his back. His ground manners are impeccable always being sweet and respectful. He is your model citizen gelding all the way around. He stands quiet as a church mouse to groom, bathe, tack up and mount up. He will side pass over to the mounting block, fence or lay down with a touch of the finger for you to climb aboard. Howdy is beginner friendly, very tolerant, and unbothered by mistakes or miscues. He’s never anxious or worried about different places or new situations. Howdy has a solid reining foundation and lopes soft collected circles and has a supple face and ribcage. He has nice spins, rollbacks, and side passes. He steers great with a one handed neck rein and stays right in-between the reins. Wherever you point him, he goes. Howdy is a very graceful and elegant mover. He has the smoothest, most comfortable and easy to sit gaits. With an impressive big long trot, a slow jog that you can enjoy all day, and his lope is slow, steady and pleasant. Howdy looks absolutely stunning under an English saddle and has western dressage written all over him. We have started him over smalls jumps and obstacles and he loves it. He never says no and will cross anything in his path. Howdy spent the first few riding years of his life hitting the trails. He has seen every national forest and state park in our region. He is accustomed to mountains in the desert and high country, all types of water features, roaming wildlife, and overnight camping. He’s a soldier outside and will take care of his rider. He’s not spooky or watchy in anyway. He is very sure footed and knows where his feet are at all times. Howdy is very useful all over the ranch. He’s good in the sorting pens and has gathered lots of cattle. We have tracked a lead steer in the arena and roped on him as well. He will follow right in behind a steer and track them nicely. He is accustomed to busy traffic, bicycles, motorcycles, loud gunfire, crazy dogs, blowing tarps, and heavy machinery. Howdy is always a pleasure to ride in the arena, out on the trails, or anywhere on the ranch. It’s hard to find a horse with his size that has a modern day, blacktype pedigree. He is sired by Shine Chic Shine, earner of $148,714 and producer of $2,000,000+. Howdy is Offered at Ride The Wave Premier Horse Sale - March 29-30 World Equestrian Center - Ocala, FL. All the information is here https://www.premierhorsesales.com/