Maggie is a very unique mare.

  Because she was raised alone for the first four
years of her life, she is especially bonded to
people, and is exceedingly gentle to handle.

Maggie is the kindest horse I have ever met -
she is a big girl, 16 HH and very substantial
- yet she is light on her feet and a very fun ride.

Maggie goes both english and western and now
she is working well in our jumping lessons. I
took her to my dressage coach last winter and
she proved to be very very trainable and supple.

Maggie is one of the most universal horses we
have here at the barn.  I've seen Maggie go from
teaching a young rider to jump, to taking a large
timid and nervous rider on the trails, and then
shoulder a pack saddle for a week long pack trip!

We have plans to breed Maggie this year.  She's
definitely got alot to offer as a broodmare!

Maggie is just one of those horses that you
tack up and don't have to worry much about,
she's 'good to go'.  Her size means that our
'big' clients who come trail riding at the barn
(this fellow was a beginner over six feet tall!)
can have a good sized, well behaved horse
without having to feel like they're on a
clunky draft horse!  Maggie is half belgian,
half quarter horse, and she has the best of
both worlds - somewhat larger feet from
her draft side, as well as the dense bone and
strong musclature of the drafts, but a pretty
head and finer structure of the quarter horse.
Where would you ever find such a versatile
and gentle animal who could do it all?

Maggie looks especially nice under english tack,
don't you think?  After work on her flatwork, Maggie
began learning to jump in 2004 - but we didn't push her
too hard as she was only five.  In 2005, we spent alot of time
on Maggie's jump training, and now her form over fences
is just fabulous, and as you can see below, she's quite
willing over fences!  She is comfortable over a 2'6" jumper course.
In 2006, Maggie will be doing more jumping, but we have
been just itching for a foal out of her, and this is her
year! We have a magnificent stud picked out for her -
and come spring, we'll concentrate on getting the job done!

Click here to see who Maggie will be bred to in 2006!

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