Although Chase wasn't my first horse, I have had him the longest and learned the most on horsemanship and riding on him. I've owned a few horses before him, who ended up turning lame, so had to resell.
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| My first horse Freeda. |
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| Second horse Sandy, who could never stand still. |
I had bought Chase as my first barrel horse. I had gotten professional barrel racing training to learn how to ride my horse and had taken him to a few shoes the first year. He had never gotten too hot or fast, which was just right for me to start off with.
He was great on the saddle, but he had a lot of other problems on the ground which had very much made me dislike him at first, but now I find him the perfect trail horse. When I had gotten him, it was obvious that he had been neglected since whenever grooming him down he would give warning kicks. In fact, he was actually trying to tell us something was wrong. He had kidney beans stuck up his penis. He was also very herd bound, hated leaving his herd, and hated when one would leave him. But after owning him for over two years, we had both learned to really like and trust each other. He is the alpha horse out of the pack, and can be still quite a prick to the others, but he loves leaving them to come out for a ride. He barely gives me any troubles anymore. I no longer barrel race Chase anymore, but try to make it out everyday with him and ride him bareback in the fields behind my farm.
