Description:
Touches Muskogee Hillbilly (Okie) is the grandson of the Legendary Rex’s Golden Touch, 1990 World Grand Champion raised at Southern Missouri Foxtrotters Farm. His good breeding shows in his ability, temperament, and performance where he excels in every way. If a true all-around go-to horse is what you are looking for, this handsome grey palomino checks every box. Standing tall at 15 hands he is the perfect personal horse for everything from trails to cows. He is a been-there, done-that horse, safe and sane. He has a natural, very smooth foxtrot and never hard trots or paces. He has a smooth lope and an excellent stop. Beginners, guests, kids, anyone can ride him.
He came to us as an experienced trail horse with many miles under saddle. Most of his trail time in Missouri was in both large and small groups, taking care of young inexperienced riders. Having now 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. All of this has been reinforced by practical experience and many hours doing his job. He is an all-around winner. He is ready for any shooting event, and has the temperament and experience for field trials, hunting, or mounted shooting.
If you like water, mud, and steep trails just point Okie in the direction you want to go. Need to move cows? He tracks, cuts, has been roped off of, opens and closes gates, regularly moves cows, and will drag anything you latch to him. 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. Whatever you want to do, Okie 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 a circle
o disengage
o change directions
• Wrap around drill
• Stand tied
• Head work (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 the fence
• Cloverleaf pattern
• Gait transitions
• Sidepass on the fence
• Sidepass off the fence
• Basic Trail Ride
• Advanced Trail Ride
• Vertical backing
• Draw to a stop
• Move shoulders
• Counter arc
• Sidepass obstacles
• Two-tracking
• Incline Backing
• Drive to a stop
• Lope perfect circles
• Water Crossing
• Advanced Ditch work
SPECIALITY TRAINING
• Kid and guest approved
• Mounted shooting
• Roping Dummy
o tracking
o roping
• Live Cattle
• Open and close gates
• Extreme Trail Ride
• Archery shooting
• Tomahawk throwing
• Swimming pond
Call David Carter with any questions about this wonderful horse.
About David Carter Horsemanship: David is the owner of the Double C Ranch and the 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 tours of the property. He has worked for over 16 years as a 4-H and county agent for Mississippi State University as well as the LSU AgCenter Extension Service.
