I bought Zinger off the range in Washington as a 12 month old filly. We sorted her out of the herd and then went in Hayes' house to look up the paperwork. You can imagine my surprise when I found out he'd given her the registered name of Ms. Debbie Hill. I've ridden her for ranch work, western pleasure, trail, hunt seat and dressage. That I'm riding on the cover of Advanced Western Exercises That is in the trailer on the cover of Trailering Your Horse That will be on the cover of the paperback edition of Maximum Hoof Power, to be released in May 2000.
Time flies and soon that good horse is a little gray around the muzzle.
Even if your horse is over 20, you still can continue using and enjoying him or her. You just need to give some special attention to his care. Value of a Seasoned Senior Many folks say old horses make good teachers. Old is not necessarily synonymous with good. But if a senior horse had thorough training and a wide range of experience, he can be a valuable mentor.