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Tuesday, 08 July 2008 |
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Shadowood Tennessee Walking Horses
Reg. Tennessee Walking Horse Stallion
Our front cover features Shadowood Tennessee Walking Horse stallion “A Night At The Oscars”. He is a five year old golden Palomino stallion, and we think he is the epitome of what a Walking Horse should be. He is gentle, quiet to handle, and has that classic 4 beat flat walk & running walk the Tennessee Walking Horse is famous for. Top that off with the signature "rocking chair canter", and you have a wonderful trail horse.
Shadowood Walking Horses started in the early 1990’s to provide a market for Tennessee Walking Horses in and around the Inland Northwest. The primary goal was to provide people with the classic old fashioned gentle natured, smooth gaited trail horse Tennessee Walking Horses were originally bred to be. These horses had to be quiet for the least experienced type of rider to the more experienced person who might be looking for a really good trail horse.
Most clients fall somewhere in between, wanting a smooth gaited horse who is uncomplicated to ride. Our original goal was to produce a horse with smooth gaits. We saw the trouble people were having with getting these horses shod correctly, and realized we had to go backwards. Tennessee Walking Horses were originally bred to be a utility animal, one who plowed the fields, carried the family to church on Sunday (pulling a buggy), and also did a showy running walk at Saturday night shows and fairs. A large amount of this was done with barefoot country horses.
Things changed as people began experimenting with longer toes and heavier shoes to enhance animation and lengthen stride. Over the years, the horses that were winning began to be more pacey, less naturally gaited, and these "champions" were then bred heavily, producing horses that were so pacey that they lost their natural ability to gait, or even to canter.
We thought they should do it barefoot again. Our goal changed slightly. We already had well-gaited horses with minimal shoeing. Our thought was that they should be able to cover a variety of terrain doing a natural gait barefoot. We went to barefoot trimming clinics, educating ourselves on the various techniques for keeping a horse sound, barefoot. Success! Our horse's gaits were actually enhanced by going barefoot!
Shadowood Walking Horses strives to raise well gaited horses who can perform their job barefoot, on a variety of terrain. We offer a variety of horses on our sales list, as well as breeding stallions who produce well gaited versatile colts. If your dream is to have a smooth, gentle and beautiful trail horse, we can help with that!
Call us for more details!
SHADOWOOD WALKING HORSES
Moses Lake, WA • 509-764-0756
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