Saddlebred

Madick · 04-12-2007, 12:04 AM

I just started working with a 3yo by a saddlebred stallion named Whitsuntide Spot by Sultan's Sun Spot.

Can you guys tell me about the breed and if you know anything about these stallions I'd be thrilled!

freedom32 · 04-12-2007, 12:43 AM

Don't know anything about those stallions in particular, but in my experience Saddlebreds are a fun breed--they have alot of character, can be high strung, but not the fall to pieces type. What will you be doing with him?

Madick · 04-12-2007, 12:56 AM

I'm going to break him for the owner, and she just wants an nice quiet trail horse. His mom is not Saddlebred, but a WB-cross with something heavier a few generations down.

I like his temper, he is alert and sees everything, but stays calm and keeps listening to the handler. He looks a bit funny right now, very nice neck though, but underweight, so it's hard to see what he will look like when he get some muscle.

He moves kinda funny (for my eyes that are used to SWB mostly). Do Saddlebreds have different gaits than warmbloods?

freedom32 · 04-12-2007, 01:13 AM

Most ASBs are not born gaited, but are trained to gait, but he probably does have a differant way of going than a warmblood I'd imagine. They carry themselves higher....They do make nice trail horses, comfortable ride.
Typically they are long necked, and long bodied, with that big honkin head, but being young and filling out, plus being a cross, who knows what he'll turn out looking like

This is our ASB mare, she's pretty true to breed standards

Madick · 04-12-2007, 02:11 AM

I'll try to remember to bring my camera this weekend and maybe wash him first (winter fur still on, and dusty as can be).

You can tell he got that long body, and he's got a HUGE head! Nice hooves.

Madick · 04-14-2007, 02:40 AM

Got pictures! But he has never been asked to stand still like this before, so there aren't really good pictures...

He was so pretty in that last picture I just had to add it. You can't really see how angly he is.

freedom32 · 04-14-2007, 02:50 AM

He's cute! You can definitly see both sides of his breeding, but I think he'll mature nicely.

Buckshot · 04-14-2007, 03:39 AM

You can see he's part WB and part SB.

Saddlebreds are great horses.....versatile, intelligent, spirited, and can be "hot" I love riding them.

Madick · 04-14-2007, 05:06 AM

Thanks!

People are not thinking well of this cross here in Sweden, in fact looking down on the owner... soooo stupid! This horse really got the best from his parents I think. Intelligent is he absolutely, learns quicker than any WB I broke.

Magvns · 04-14-2007, 09:02 AM

he's deff a cutie! he loks really calm for a stud too :-)

04-12-2007, 12:04 AM	#1
Madick Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Abq, NM / Sweden Posts: 697 Images: 37	Saddlebred I just started working with a 3yo by a saddlebred stallion named Whitsuntide Spot by Sultan's Sun Spot. Can you guys tell me about the breed and if you know anything about these stallions I'd be thrilled!

04-12-2007, 12:43 AM	#2
freedom32 Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Capital of the Steeler Nation--PITTSBURGH Posts: 8,050 Images: 429 Blog Entries: 144	Don't know anything about those stallions in particular, but in my experience Saddlebreds are a fun breed--they have alot of character, can be high strung, but not the fall to pieces type. What will you be doing with him? __________________ Pittsburgh gals bleed black & gold ~originally posted by JBandRio~ she's out there grazing and pooping and napping and biting her buddy's butt

04-12-2007, 01:13 AM	#4
freedom32 Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Capital of the Steeler Nation--PITTSBURGH Posts: 8,050 Images: 429 Blog Entries: 144	Most ASBs are not born gaited, but are trained to gait, but he probably does have a differant way of going than a warmblood I'd imagine. They carry themselves higher....They do make nice trail horses, comfortable ride. Typically they are long necked, and long bodied, with that big honkin head, but being young and filling out, plus being a cross, who knows what he'll turn out looking like This is our ASB mare, she's pretty true to breed standards __________________ Pittsburgh gals bleed black & gold ~originally posted by JBandRio~ she's out there grazing and pooping and napping and biting her buddy's butt

04-14-2007, 02:50 AM	#7
freedom32 Senior Member+ Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Capital of the Steeler Nation--PITTSBURGH Posts: 8,050 Images: 429 Blog Entries: 144	He's cute! You can definitly see both sides of his breeding, but I think he'll mature nicely. __________________ Pittsburgh gals bleed black & gold ~originally posted by JBandRio~ she's out there grazing and pooping and napping and biting her buddy's butt

04-14-2007, 03:39 AM	#8
Buckshot Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Michiana Posts: 5,092 Images: 24 Blog Entries: 18	You can see he's part WB and part SB. Saddlebreds are great horses.....versatile, intelligent, spirited, and can be "hot" I love riding them. __________________ Say ya to da U.P., eh? HGS's official Birdbrain

04-12-2007, 12:56 AM	#3
Madick Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Abq, NM / Sweden Posts: 697 Images: 37	I'm going to break him for the owner, and she just wants an nice quiet trail horse. His mom is not Saddlebred, but a WB-cross with something heavier a few generations down. I like his temper, he is alert and sees everything, but stays calm and keeps listening to the handler. He looks a bit funny right now, very nice neck though, but underweight, so it's hard to see what he will look like when he get some muscle. He moves kinda funny (for my eyes that are used to SWB mostly). Do Saddlebreds have different gaits than warmbloods?

04-12-2007, 02:11 AM	#5
Madick Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Abq, NM / Sweden Posts: 697 Images: 37	I'll try to remember to bring my camera this weekend and maybe wash him first (winter fur still on, and dusty as can be). You can tell he got that long body, and he's got a HUGE head! Nice hooves.

04-14-2007, 02:40 AM	#6
Madick Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Abq, NM / Sweden Posts: 697 Images: 37	Got pictures! But he has never been asked to stand still like this before, so there aren't really good pictures... He was so pretty in that last picture I just had to add it. You can't really see how angly he is.

04-14-2007, 05:06 AM	#9
Madick Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Abq, NM / Sweden Posts: 697 Images: 37	Thanks! People are not thinking well of this cross here in Sweden, in fact looking down on the owner... soooo stupid! This horse really got the best from his parents I think. Intelligent is he absolutely, learns quicker than any WB I broke.

04-14-2007, 09:02 AM	#10
Magvns Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Monroe, Georgia Posts: 1,617 Images: 23 Blog Entries: 1	he's deff a cutie! he loks really calm for a stud too :-) __________________ ~Leigh And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. - The Beatles

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