SOLD
UPDATE 03/15/21: Today Oreo sold to a fellow from Wyoming, who is going to make a great trail partner for Oreo. David will pass his rock-solid Kentucky Mountain Horse to his wife and he will take Oreo for his new trail horse. He is fully aware of the work that is going to be required of him to get Oreo where she needs to be and he is looking forward to many trail miles with her.
Oreo is a registered Tennessee Walking Horse mare , registered name “Kansas Windmill”, registration number 20411109 TWHBEA, 16 years old, standing about 15-1 hands (estimated – I’ll measure her and edit the post). She has very nice conformation, good hooves, and is good on the trail. She is a beautiful horse. Oreo recently had her teeth floated, she is current on her Coggins and has received her spring vaccinations for 2021.
Oreo is a very nice ride. She has a wonderful walk that really covers ground, and a smooth run-walk. On the trail, she walks out quickly and never needs to be “peddled” along. She is willing and takes obstacles easily. She crosses water, handles steep descents and ascents without hesitation, she loads and unloads well and is good with her hooves. I have ridden Oreo on some extremely difficult trails and found her to be very sure-footed and confident. She has seen light use throughout her life and is in good physical condition. Oreo ties well and never pulls back. She stands well for tacking/untacking and mounting/dismounting. She is not head-shy and is easy to halter and bridle. Oreo has a gentle demeanor, despite her current skittishness.
Oreo needs an experienced rider, because she is a little skittish from being at pasture for a couple years, but once she gets out on the trail she’s fine. She needs to be kept in a corral for awhile, because she is difficult to catch, however, she is improving quickly in that regard. I have been working with her and she is improving in all aspects. This morning (03/06) she walked right up to me and accepted the halter with just a little hesitation. She is somewhat herd-bound, but will go out alone as well. She just needs some attention and miles under saddle and all these issues will smooth out.
A little bit of a backstory on Oreo:
Oreo came to me in 2018 as partial payment for some services I performed for a friend. At the time, she hadn’t been used as a saddle horse for quite some time. The previous owner purchased Oreo in 2016, but never rode her and she remained at pasture on 80 acres in the mountains until I acquired her. Due to her lack of personal touch and handling, she became difficult to catch.
I took Oreo in hand and in no time she progressed to the point that I could walk up to her in the pasture and halter her. She was a pleasure to ride, although at first she was somewhat skittish, having lived almost like a wild horse for more than a year. With a little work and a few miles in the saddle, she settled right down, her gait became smoother, and she was a pleasure to ride. I didn’t have her long before I was approached in early 2019 by a horse owner who asked me for help in working with her horse that was in need of remedial training and was a little “too much horse” for her to handle. As things happened, after working a little with her horse, I realized her “hard-to-handle” gelding fit my needs better than Oreo did. This owner and I ended up trading horses. She took Oreo, who fit her needs and abilities better than did her gelding.
Recently, this same owner advised me she had taken Oreo for her sister to ride, but since then her sister has given up horses. Oreo was no longer being used and was just sitting in a pasture. She asked me to find a new home for Oreo.
As it turns out, Oreo hadn’t been ridden or handled more than a couple times in the past two years. As a result, Oreo reverted to her former hard-to-catch ways and became a little skittish again. I have had her for a couple months now and have been putting some miles on her. She has been a “handful” at times, but is settling down nicely once again. I have enjoyed several long trail rides on her recently (March 2021).
Oreo loves to move-out on the trail. She has a walk that will leave non-gaited horses in the dust, moving along at about 5 miles per hour. She can really cover ground. In the company of other gaited horses, she moves along smoothly in her run-walk and is easy to handle. She is a bit herd-bound, as most horses are, and she gets a little anxious when she thinks she’s being left behind. Yet, she will go out solo and does very well. She has a canter, but I do not usually train Walkers to canter (it tends to disturb their run-walk), so I have not worked on it. Her run-walk still needs a little tune-up, but she is naturally gaited. When she speeds up, she tends to slip into a pace, but even her pace is smoother than many horses I have ridden. She has a very nice run-walk at about 6-7 miles per hour. The more miles I put on her, the better her run-walk becomes and the less she tends toward the pace. She just needs more miles under saddle.
Oreo is the right horse for someone who wants an excellent trail horse and is willing to put in a little time and effort for a horse that just needs a little attention. She is not the horse for the owner who rides only a few times a year.
Copy/paste this link in your browser to see a short video of Oreo gaiting: https://www.facebook.com/509966419044236/videos/2307766905923687
Oreo is offered for sale at $4,500 with a 15-day trial period, in Salem, Utah. Call and leave a message or text me to schedule a test ride.
Please Call Me. Very interested in this mare. I need Sound, Sane, Safe, husband quality. No vices. Thank you in advice. God Bless, My Name is RaNae B Bangerter owner of RaeKen Arabians & Miniautres 801-201-5116
Done.