Description:
Take a close look at this beautiful bay gelding. We call him Harley, the Ranch Cadillac.
Harley is a solid, all-around ranch and trail mount suitable for any job you give him. We use him for every task around the farm, and he is up to the task each time – built solid with all-day stamina, he is ready to go.
Watch the video and come ride Harley for yourself. He has the temperament, athleticism, and calm-minded gentleness to go perfectly with a signature smooth four-beat gait. Bringing the best of the TWH breed with the looks and ability of a ranch horse, Harley is ready to be your next go-to horse.
TEMPERAMENT – Harley is trained for every situation, from guests to husbands to cowboys who want to work and check cows or trail riders ready for a long day full of obstacles and challenges. As you can see from his video, he is ready, willing, and more than able for anything we ask him to do. Traffic, animals, tarps, flags, crowds, sirens, lights, you name it – no problem for Harley.
CONFORMATION – He is a stand-up stocky ranch and trail horse with good looks to spare. Thick and muscular in good proportions, he will turn heads.
COLOR – Handsome Bay, top to bottom, is one of our favorites.
EXPERIENCE/ABILITY – First and foremost, Harley is and would make an excellent horse for serious trail riders. With his size, he can carry anyone, and when you ask him to gait, he steps up and out with smooth perfection.
He came to us as an experienced trail horse with a good mind and many miles under saddle. He has ridden in both large and small groups. He will ride out alone or in a group. Having completed our full program, he has the best ground and saddle training you can find – from basic lunging, flexing, picking up his shoulders, moving off your legs, and desensitizing to the obstacle course. This has been reinforced by practical experience and many hours doing his job. He can do anything a kid or cowboy asks and is an all-around winner.
If you like water, mud, and steep trails, just point Harley in the direction you want to go.
Need to move cows? He tracks, cuts, opens, and closes gates and regularly moves cows, and after a long day in the saddle, his four-beat gait will leave you feeling loose and ready to ride again. There is nothing under saddle this fine horse won’t willingly and capably do.
He is 100% sound with no issues, vices, or barn problems. He stands to be saddled, trimmed, bathed and used as a diving board in ponds and on trampolines. Whatever you want to do, Harley has been there and done that.
He has passed with flying colors our training and certification program and is proficient in all below and more:
GROUNDWORK
• Desensitize- Six areas
o string
o tarp
• Disengage hips
• Drive shoulders
• Lower head
• Back up
• Send in circle
o disengage
o change directions
• Wrap around drill
• Stand tied
• Headwork (ears, eyes, mouth)
• Tail work
• Obstacle course
o jumps
o tires
o tetter- totter
o phone poles
o ditch
o cowboy curtain
• Block to saddle
• Lateral flexion
• Farrier work
• Trailer loading
• Saddling
• Bridling
• Hobbling
UNDER SADDLE
• Stand to mount
• Bend laterally
• Disengage hips
• One-rein stops
o walk
o trot
o lope
• Cross over front
• Moving leg yields
• Serpentines
• Disengage and back
• Figure 8’s
• Disengage on fence
• Cloverleaf pattern
• Gait transitions
• Sidepass on fence
• Sidepass off fence
• Basic Trail Ride
• Advanced Trail Ride
• Vertical backing
• Draw to a stop
• Move shoulders
• Sidepass obstacles
• Two-tracking
• Incline Backing
• Water Crossing
• Advanced Ditch work
SPECIALITY TRAINING
• Guest approved
• Live Cattle
• Open and close gates
• Extreme Trail Ride
• Archery shooting
• Tomahawk throwing
Call David Carter with any questions about this wonderful horse.
About David Carter Horsemanship: David is the owner of the Double C Ranch and founder of David Carter Horsemanship. He has an immense background in public speaking and agriculture. He holds multiple degrees in agriculture, business, and education. A well-known master horseman and trainer, David has many titles, achievements, and honors confirming his abilities. These skills are displayed daily throughout the year, working on the ranch, at clinics, demonstrations, and during property tours. He has worked for over 16 years as a 4-H and county agent for Mississippi State University and the LSU AgCenter Extension Service.
