Smokey “The Wonder Horse” will make you wonder if he is even a horse? He’s closer to a human than any horse we have ever met. Smokey is a well-built gelding standing between 14.3 and 15hh, he is 4 years old and has the dark defined grulla markings you’d love, including pencil thin zebra stripes on his face. Smokey came out of Utah as part of the BLM Wild Horse Adoption program as a colt, and since then, Smokey has been trained in natural horsemanship and liberty training methods. He is trained to lay down for mounting from the ground, or he will lay down for you to dismount from the saddle, which is an excellent tool for anyone with knee or hip issues or isdisabledd. If laying down isn’t the easiest way for you to mount, he will also sidepass over to a trailer fender, truckbed, gate or tree stump.
He has been taught all about leg pressure and will ride without a bridle, he will ride with a rein around her neck or just totally by using your feet to back, spin, turn, sidepass both ways, lope and slide stop all by using leg cues. Smokey has one of the easiest and softest slopes you will ever set on! Other tricks that Smokey knows are he will play kickball, count with both feet, rear up on command, walk down a 12’ crosstie, hop up on a pedestal or truckbed, set on his rump and bow down. Since owning him we have thrown everything at him (literally) trying to scare him and I believe he is as close to bombproof as any horse can be.
We have had him camping, used him around cows including roping some calves off of him, trail ridden him hundreds of miles including a lot of miles being ridden by 9 year old Konner, we have ridden through town, right down Main Street, across railroad tracks, through the car wash, used the car vacuum on him, rode him down the sidewalks of town, down steps, up ramps, through Hardees drive through, inside Bishop’s Tire Center and through the bank to make a deposit.
We have ponied other horses off of him and used him to break colts to lead, he will drag anything that you ask him to. He has been ridden around farm equipment, ATVs, over large noisy tarps and has also had guns shot off of his back. NSmokey is not spooky acting, no matter where she goes or what she does, He has been exposed to all kinds of wildlife such as deer or turkey or other animals like cows or dogs and will go anywhere she is asked to.
He has ridden miles in the Eastern Kentucky mountains and encountered every obstacle on the trail. He will go up or down even the steepest slopes, across deep creeks, over downed trees, and all rough terrain while still being sure-footed. He has been riding in traffic, and is very traffic safe around cars, semi, log, and dump trucks. He is one of the friendliest horses you will find; he will follow you around and even go for a jog with you. He has a great attitude about whatever she is asked to do. Someone is about to hit the lottery with Smokey, he is 1 in a million!!!
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