Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 3:30:17 GMT -8
HOWABOUTJAZZ
The Basics
Show Name: Howabout Jazz
Barn Name: Jazz
Age: 6
Gender: Mare
Breed: Dutch Warmblood
Breed Registry: KWPN
The Appearance
Coat Color: Grey
Stable Color: Grey with Turquoise Trim
Height: 16.3 Hands
The Personality
Personality: Jazz is the typical hot mare, full of attitude, and opionated, but she's an absolute sweetheart as well on the ground. She does have a tendency to throw a tantrum when working, especially when having been out of work. Jazz does have a sweet side though, and loves attention. Her ground manners are brilliant, and she doesn't have the boss mare attitude that most mare's do. She is skittish, especially at things like her own shadow and sheep. She is also girth sensitive, and so needs to be tacked up slowly, and her girth needs to be done up a hole at a time, and precaution needs to be taken around when being tacked up, she because she does snake face.
Caution Around: Sheep, and while being tacked up.
The History
Basic History: Jazz is by the famous Dressage sire, Jazz KWPN, and was born at a well known stud in The Netherlands. Her owners had high hopes for her, but she injured herself in a paddock when she turned three. Instead of selling her on, they put her in foal when she was four. The foal, a stunning black filly, sadly passed away from a heart attack at six months old. It seemed that the foal had a genetic heart defect, which meant that Jazz would be absolutely worth nothing as a breeding mare, despite not having a heart problem herself, but just carrying the gene for it. Once she came onto the market, Malachi spotted her advert and went to view her. Despite the fact that she wasn't backed, he liked her blood lines, and her attitude. He bought her, and began the slow process of backing her. They're still learning to know each other, but Malachi loves her quirks.
The Technicalities
Discipline: Dressage - Only being backed now.
Owner: Malachi L. Harris
Rider: Malachi L. Harris
Ze Kaiser
The Basics
Show Name: Honour Bound
Barn Name: Honour
Age: 13
Gender: Gelding - Gelded when he was 7.
Breed: Hanoverian
Breed Registry:Hanoverian Verband
The Appearance
Coat Color: Black
Stable Color: Grey with Turquoise Trim
Height: 17.3 Hands
The Personality
Personality: Since being gelded, Honour is actually a pretty laid back fellow. Sure, he still gets 'excited' by mares, and is thus kept in separate paddock, he is also mannered enough not to do anything when Malachi is around. His fence jumping habit is somewhat under control, and he has decent enough ground manners. His has a thing about dogs, and gets extremely skittish around them. No one really knows what caused this fear in the horse, but it is suspected that he was chased as a young colt. He loves going to shows, and performing in front of a crowd, and the bigger the crowd, the bigger the performance from Honour. He loves to play, especially at liberty, and doesn't need any invitation to do so from Malachi. The play seems to settle his mind, and keeps him from burning out, as Malachi has noticed, especially since he competes at such a high level.
Caution Around: Dogs
The History
Basic History: Honour was sold at the Verden Auction, fetching quite the price, as he by Ferro, and there was high hopes for him to be a breeding stallion. Well, Honour had other ideas. While he trained in dressage, and did pretty well, his other talent lay in jumping fences when put into a paddock, and during breeding season this became quite the problem. After his second crop of bastard foals were born, the decision was made to geld the black stallion, which settled him. He peformed better than ever, and Malachi spotted him at a show in Aachen, Germany. He entered into negotiations with the owners, and months down the line, Honour became his. The pair have been together for the last five years, and the two have a bond that is pretty much unbroken.
The Technicalities
Discipline: Dressage
Owner: Malachi L. Harris
Rider: Malachi L. Harris
Honour Bright
The Basics
Show Name: Honour Bright
Barn Name: Fifi
Age: 8
Gender: Mare
Breed: Thoroughbred x Warmblood
Breed Registry: n/a
The Appearance
Coat Color: Bay
Stable Color: Grey with turquoise trim
Height: 16.1 Hands
The Personality
Personality: A placid mare, who does have her off days, Fifi is the horse that Malachi loves using in his lessons as she seems to have the patience of a saint, and doesn't mind repeating the same movement three or four times in succession. She also enjoys her play time, and often prefers it to working. She can be a bit of a cow when she is on heat and throws the occassional tantrum, but in no way is she hot, she just throws a few bucks every now and then. Stable manners wise, she has a few bad habits, such as a barging the stable door during feeding time, or biting passer bys.
Caution Around: n/a
The History
Basic History: As her show name suggests, Fifi is one of Honour's unplanned foals. It was with luck that Malachi managed to aquire her as a three year old, and she has proved that she has her sire's work ethic. She was born to a Thoroughbred mare with relatively unknown breeding, and was kept on the stud farm as a livery. So of course, Honour would jump the fence and impregnate said mare. The mare's owner kept the foal, and when Malachi saw Honour, he enquired about any of his offspring. The young filly was for sale, and at a decent price, and so Malachi bought Fifi as well. He took it slowly, gauging her talent in case he demanded to much of her. They are now competing at an elementary level, soon to progress to elementary-medium.
The Technicalities
Discipline: Dressage
Owner: Malachi L. Harris
Rider: Malachi L. Harris