Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2014 22:44:12 GMT -8
Jonas
The Basics
Show Name: N/A
Barn Name: Jonas
Age: 8
Gender: Gelding
Breed: Percheron/Standardbred Cross
Breed Registry: N/A
The Appearance
Coat Color: Black
Stable Color: White
Height: 17.3hh
The Personality
Personality: Jonas is by all means a gentle giant. He is an easy going horse, always calm and gentle, placid enough even for young children to handle. No matter what is going on around him he is always calm and placid, and it is rare to see him anything other than his usual calm or placid. However he is very willing and eager to work, and will always give it is all. He is more experienced in harness than under saddle, but still enjoys getting out and busy. In the field he isn’t overly fussed about being around other horses; sometimes he is, sometimes he isn’t. He has a particular fondness for rolling in mud, particularly after he had just been brushed.
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The History
Basic History: Jonas was the product of an unplanned getting together of a Percheron and a Standardbred, and his mother was brought already pregnant with her crossbred foal by Jacob Stoltzfus. The foaling went easily, and the foal was handled from a very early age. From the age of two he was started being broken into harness, but wasn’t put into proper work until he was four. Due to the horses calm and placid nature he soon started using him to train younger horses and under harness with his older horses.
He was seven before Freida Stoltzfus started breaking the horse to saddle. He took it to it easily, but wasn’t used under saddle a very much until Matthias came back to stay with his parents after graduating as a teacher. Jonas was the horse he tended to ride.
The Technicalities
Discipline: General English/ harness
Owner: Jacob Stoltzfus
Rider: Matthias Stoltzfus