Here he is... Dallas
(Forty Foot Fred) http://www.pedigreequery.com/forty+foot+fred
Lotsa Nasrullah in There with Dr. Fager, Native Dancer, Northern Dancer, etc....
9 yr old Tb gelding, practically 18hh. (depends if he's wearing his shoes lol) He does 3rd level dressage, schooling 4th. Jumps 4'3" when I'm riding, and as high as he needs to get out of a stall if I leave him at a show.
Last year he was chased thru a fence and tore all the skin off the front of his hind legs. After a 1/2 hr of looking for him, we found him standing on the side of the hwy with the RCMP, sans skin. The officer told me I was lucky, she was just waiting for a second officer to arrive and so they could shoot him! Jeez! Don't bother reading the tag on his halter on anything....
Luckily, there's no permanent damage and the skin's almost all back, with the exception of a patch on each hock.
I almost changed his name from Dallas to Austin...lol after the six million dollar man. After all, ladies and gentlemen, we have rebuilt him.
He's back to work since May, and it's like he hasn't missed a ride. He has all the same buttons and still knows his moves... I now school him myself tho and ride only with my husband...I grew tired of everyone (incl. coaches) telling me that I wasted my money (5K+) fixing him back up, that he's just a OTTB and I could have gotten another one for nothing...
I got him two years ago for $500, (250 plus 250 for shipping) from a spoiled kid who's parents bought him right off the track, sent him to a fancy Dressage Barn, and then the trainer said to just get rid of him; that they'd be better off with one of her DWBs because TBs aren't capable of dressage.
I haven't run into a single problem in training him, in fact, I've never had such an easy time perfecting the pirouette. The only thing with him is that he doesn't stay in stalls. At all. But I work around that pretty easily. Anyways...what do y'all think of him? I don't mind if you don't like him, I'm just curious so go ahead and let 'er fly!
