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ARRIVED October 2011
ADOPTABILITY Available to adopt
SPONSORED BY
  • feed sponsor needed
  • medical sponsor needed
BREED/AGE 8 year old (2003 model) Clyde/TB Cross Mare, 16.1hh approximate

PHOENIX  more photos on facebook Phoenix!

First ride video -- practicing lateral work - on youtube!

Phoenix

Skills/Training "Report Card"

Overall Health: 

A-

 Phoenix arrived an 8 year old TB/Clyde cross mare in excellent physical condition.
As of 11/12/11, Phoenix needs to have a basic hoof trim to balance her hooves, and a chiropractic exam to ensure she is moving in good balance.
She has had all of her shots and other needs met, and is at a solid weight. She carries good pasture muscle tone; she has not ridden in months and needs to become riding fit again.
Basic Riding Skills
Dressage B
Jumping unknown
other skills not yet known		 As of 11/12/11, we have completed just one ride with Phoenix. It is VERY clear that Phoenix has extensive riding education in dressage, to include lateral work such as side passes, turns on forehand and haunches, shoulder in and and haunches in, etc.

We believe Phoenix has also been trained to jump but have not as yet explored her skills in this area.

Video, 11/13/11:  Enjoy 2 very short segments of Phoenix' first ride at CWER -- both are Phoenix and I doing basic lateral movements (she is moving sideways, not forward). This is a VERY skilled mare with a lot of education in dressage, and possibly in other areas as well. Some trainer put an enormous amount of time into this mare in her past. If Phoenix isn't the right horse for YOUR needs, will YOU please share Phoenix's skill with your experienced equine friends to help her find a forever home? You can do so on facebook or by email, on youtube...by printing out her info and mailing it to a friend. Please help us help Phoenix get back to a show arena and great home where she belongs.
Ideal Career Phoenix belongs in the show ring, or otherwise with a show level rider who is going to enjoy her skills and education and take her in new directions and at new levels. She is NOT for a beginner or intermediate rider, as she is very extensively trained and, for example, knows the difference between her rider squeezing lightly with her upper thigh vs her knee vs the calf.
Stall manners A Phoenix has clearly been stalled in her past, and has good stall manners. She doesn't bang or paw, pace or fuss. She has stayed overnight in our stalls for several evenings as we were transitioning her with Prince into our facility, and her stall is neat and well kept as would by common of a former show horse.
Trailering: B+ Phoenix loaded easily, hauled comfortably like an old pro. She was mildly nervous at unloading, looking for her long time companion Prince. Now, she is very secure in herself here and her place in the herd and has no concern for Prince's behavior.
11/12/11: If we were to transport her today we would rank her a "B" -- very easy to load, hauls like a pro, easy to unload. Not so quiet and confident that we would allow a beginner to handle her during the process, but for someone who has handled horses on and off trailers they would be pleasantly pleased with how easy she is.
Companionship/Pasture manners: A Phoenix is a VERY easy pasture mate. She isn't so low in the herd that she gets pushed around and picked on, but neither is she in the drama or trying to fight to be top horse! She doesn't get along overly well with our alpha, Tess, but she is aware enough to not bother or irritate Tess nor any of Tess' 'henchmen'.
Ground Manners C+ Phoenix is a fairly high energy, big, trained show horse. She knows about personal space and listens reasonably well on a lead rope. She knows she is a large, strong horse, and will still take advantage of a timid or inexperienced handler.
Routine medical care We have not yet had any significant medical care provided for Phoenix beyond a simple initial examination
Adoption Terms Phoenix, as she stands, is nearly ready for a forever home, with an experienced/advanced rider. Phoenix is definitely experienced in dressage and is VERY repsonsive to her rider's weight, legs, hands, all cues given. We anticipate finding she is similarly experienced for jumping. SHE IS NOT FOR A BEGINNER, NERVOUS, OR INEXPERIENCED RIDER.

Phoenix is an exceptionally well built, big boned but not heavy moving Warmblood, with solid forward energy, extensive training, at an ideal age, and a solid mind. She is clearly an easy keeper, and we don't believe she has ever had any soundness or other health issues.

As of 11/12/11, we do not yet have extensive training time or evaluation time into Phoenix. As such, we can only set a 'temporary' adoption fee based on how Phoenix stands today. This preliminary adoption fee will almost certainly be increased once we are able to do more extensive work with her and determine her skill set in more detail.

The preliminary adoption fee is set at $1,500.

Please see our AdoptionQnA pages for details of how to adopt.

Summary: Phoenix is a big, powerful, gorgeous black clyde/thoroughbred cross ("thoroughdale") who has big solid hooves, lots of bone, light feathers, and both a reaching, floating trot AND good action. Phoenix has experience in dressage, possibly jumping/hunter over fences.
November 13, 2011: Had our first ever ride with Phoenix this morning! Wow, this mare has power, personality, and education!!!! She needs a forever home with a skilled dressage rider, potentially a skilled jumping rider as well. What a great girl this is!!!

SPONSORSHIP: Prince's/Phoenix's former owner donated prior grain for both Prince and Phoenix. Unfortunately, the sweet feed/Strategy blend is too high sugar for what we would like--particularly for a draft we don't want a high carb diet -- so we will be adjusting her fairly quickly to a lower carbohydrate diet. However, the blend sent with them will be used for other horses, so it will balance out her feed costs for at least the first 30 days. After that, Phoeinx will need a feed sponsor, currently estimated at $50/month. (As we see what level of feed is required to maintain a healthy weight while in work, we will adjust as needed.) 

Phoenix also needs a medical bills sponsor. Her coggins was provided by the previous owner, THANK YOU! But she will have additional upcoming expenses that will need to be covered as time goes forward.

BLOODLINES: sadly, unknown.