With Gem nearing 20 years old (will the mare ever calm down!?!?!) the thought of my next partner is always lurking in the back of my mind. Gem was purchased off a single line, no picture ad that read “Bay Arab mare 10 years old” Yup, that was smart. My next horse will be more heavily researched, trialed and trainer approved. And while my next purchase is several years off, it doesn’t stop me from drooling over the flood of horses always on my FB timeline from various local horse groups. There is a slew of horses always for sale although most are over priced, under trained or OTTBs. None of which I am looking for.
Then one day I spied this farm. Somehow they got shared on the SC page even though they are up in PA. I’m sure Trainer would give me a very quick NO on any of these beauties, but I don’t care. I want them ALL. Now please! Thank you very much. They specialize in driving and riding horses with a lot of draft crosses and purebred Dutch Harness horses.
My favorite is already sold, but I want to take a minute to drool over Porter again because wow….
Porter’s ad. I don’t want to steal any pictures, so click on the link to see it.
Of the currently available horses, I’d say my favorite is Cooper. He does it all, is much more reasonably sized at 15.3 and if I pretended really hard I could maybe, possibly consider affording him.
This farm is on my short list of places to look at once I am truly in the market. They seem to produce well rounded horses that are at home out on the trail and in the arena with solid brains and good conformation. Only a few years until I can shop for real!
The Roaming Rider 
I live literally 30-40 minutes from Gap, PA so when you are ready to look come on up you can stay with us!! 🙂 I LOVE SPENDING Other peoples’ money! HA.
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I will!!!! Give me like 2 years 🙂
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I watch this farm online and want ALL OF THEIR HORSES. OMG. There was a big chestnut with a blaze… Belgian X… that I wanted in the worst way about a year ago. AND they know how to put together good sale videos, which makes me happy.
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Yes! So many sales ads are awful! Horrid pictures no confo shots, running wild at liberty. Yuck. But these horses are all dream worthy
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wow! All are beautiful and seem to do it all!
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Aren’t they? And while some are way out of my price range they do sell some that I could maybe afford
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Ooooh there are some lookers!! It was relatively easy for me to start shopping bc I knew I wanted a bargain basement ottb so…. Like you say, there are plenty of fish in that sea. there are some really nice other types out there tho – I’ll be curious to see what all you find when that future time comes!
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OTTBs make wonderful partners, I just don’t think I’m the type for them. Although the more bloggers that get one the more I learn how vastly different they all are. Which shouldn’t be a surprise. Every breed has its own variety within. I’m also curious as to what I end up with in the future.
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I️ see those ads, too!! They seem to have pretty cool horses for sale (not that I’m in the market!).
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They pop up every now and then and stand out from all the others on that oage
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So many pretty ponies. I love how so many ride and drive. I’d love to learn to drive in the future.
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That would be very fun. I really love a versatile horse
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