THORIN
Breed:  Cob/Grade          Sex: Gelding          Age: 10          Height: 13-13.1hh          Color: Black
Suitable for:  Advanced handler with experience training horses
​Disciplines: Prospect for Any Discipline, Trail Riding
Adoption Fee: $2000

I’d like to tell you about Thorin!

Do you need a few more minutes to go back and look at his pictures again?  To take another look at that gorgeous face, his dreamy mane, his perfect little cob body? Go ahead, I’ll wait.

Did you see the one of him giving a lead line ride to a beginner? The one of him standing so nonchalantly in the trailer? What about the one of him leaping through the air? Do you want to give that perfect little nose a kiss too?

What those pictures don’t show, is how he’s gotten to where he is now. We don’t know a lot of his history, but we know it some of it was sad and scary.

The pictures of his beautiful face without a halter? At first he was uncatchable, untouchable… interested, curious… but ready to bolt at the slightest moment. 

They pictures don’t show the small team that has worked with him for months, progressing slowly and steadily. Teaching life skills from the ground up (farrier) and starting under saddle. After months of requiring sedation, our patient farrier was able to trim his feet without it  (though he may require sedation at first in a new environment) With patience, he’s become so much better for the veterinarian as well.

Until recently- only the rider that started him under saddle had ridden him, and then in the space of a few days, he accepted 3 different riders like it was no big deal.

He has a lovely walk and trot, but needs to build balance and strength before adding the canter.

With his confident rider, he struts the trails and obstacles around the farm with only an occasional look. He trots and canters cavallettis on a lunge line, and under saddle they’ve been schooling intro level dressage tests.

The rider in the videos in 5’8,  he takes up a lot of leg, and he strong enough to carry small adults, **however**  there is one big BUT here (and it’s not just his) Thorin has a very short and wide back, and saddle fitting will be a challenge, one his adopter must be prepared to address as he does not like to be ridden bareback. We’ve been riding him in a soft treeless, but that’s not a long-term solution.

He has the *potential*  to be a great kids horse, he’s curious, sweet and has done great with lead line rides… BUT he’s not there yet… he's not *yet* your kids first pony, or safe for kids to work independently, and he’s not yet ready for a beginner handler. With time we believe he will be all of these things.

Thorin is a 10 year old gelding that doesn’t have a mean or naughty bone in his body, but he still has a few fearful ones.

His height is 13-13.1hh… approximate  because sticks of all kinds are still scary… there are still many things that he will suddenly find fearful and want to leave the situation… FAST.

Thorin’s ideal adopter will have experience finishing horses,  and be willing to put in the time to build a relationship. If you’re willing to put in the time to complete the transformation we’ve started, I promise you, this is the horse of a life time.