Parader's Rambling Man is the kind of horse
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That will have you wanting to ramble all over the country. He's a coming y/o who stands just a smidge over h and every inch of him is some kind of good looking handsome man. Rambling Man is a stoutly built guy that can carry the load all day long whether you want to do it at a nice slow walk or step up into one of the absolutely smoothest nicest gaits you might ever ride. Out on the trail he has the skill to tackle anything in front of him and he does it with a cool head and very sure feet which always leaves you feeling safe and confident.
He is patient in a crowd and so steady in his way of going that you might forget that you're rambling on horseback and not some fancy wheeler. A few weeks ago a friend borrowed him for his partner to use on a big group ride with more than horses and all the hoopla that goes with that, and they said he was absolutely awesome and were smiling from ear to ear when they brought him back home. Ride out alone or in any size group, anywhere in the group, he's got you covered.
Rambling Man stands stock still for mounting and does not move a foot until asked and then leisurely walks off on a loose rein. All of the routine stuff like special lead baths, clipping, loading/unloading is a breeze which make him so easy to spend the day with. All in all this is one of those horses that is the total package from his great mind to his great gait. The Allman Brothers Band would have been proud of this boy.
And the Eyes have it Micky Blue Eyes is anything but a "wiseguy" even though he is one tough cookie. He's a y/o smooth riding trail guy with a heart as big as Texas and a disposition sweeter than Halloween candy. At a very sharp made h, he is plenty of horse for most sized riders and he doesn't mind working all day long and into the night, if need be. But don't think that means he is not equally happy to walk down slowly on a loose rein with all the folks that just want to ease along the trail, even those quarter horse people who still haven't learned that trotting is a drag.
Micky has ridden some of Tennessee's toughest trails and never batted one of those beautiful Blue eyes at the hard work and tackled it all with confidence and precision. His gait is a true beat saddle horse gait that rides like glass and he carries himself so proudly that most anyone who sees him pass will comment on his stylish way of going. I love rididng him for many reasons that include his technical prowess on the trail, wonderful manners on the ground and under saddle, his high headed way of holding himself, and yet he is so easy in the mouth he'll ride as well in an "offset D snaffle" with no curb as he does in the usual "Argentine snaffle" in which we ride all of our guys.