As much as I love Kalvin, we have different goals in life. I want to ride FEI level dressage, and he wants to jump...everything. If I had a stable of my own, there is no doubt in my mind that I would keep and recreationally event him. With that not being the case, it only seems fair that I let him go to a rider with the same goals as him.
I feel very lucky to be in the situation where I don't necessarily need to make money off the sale, and am in no rush to place him with a new owner. This will give me the opportunity to find him the right situation and the right person.
I'm releasing an informal ad via my blog first and will follow up with a dreamhorse ad after the new year. So here it is.
For Sale:
SL Moushakal
Register 6 year-old 15 hand half Arabian gelding. Shown first level dressage and schooling second level. Experienced on the trails and will happily go out alone or with other horses. Was started over fences this fall and has shown great ability and desire to jump. Honest to the fences with nice scope and good knees, but still green. He would excel as an eventing mount or a HA hunter/jumper. Kalvin is an experienced show horse with a regional HA sporthorse under saddle top 5 and a trip to Arab sporthorse nationals under his belt. As I stated in my blog post, Kalvin is not much of a dressage enthusiast, but he tolerates it quite well so long as his training schedule involves a fair amount of jumping and/or hacking out on the trails. Kalvin does require a confident rider with the ability to assert him or herself as the leader. 100% sound and UTD on everything. Clips, bathes, trailers etc. Asking $5000 but very negotiable to the right situation.
Wow. That was a mouthful. I'm getting a little misty-eyed just writing this, but I'd truly be doing the little Kalvinator a diservice if I didn't match him up with a more compatible owner.
