I’m looking for show names for my gelding! I plan on showing in english (jumper/ eventing/ dressage)  He is a Standardbred X Clydesdale/ Mustang, stands just shy of 17hh, and he is 3 years old.

He is super curious and incredibly smart. He is always into trouble untying himself and others, opening things, ect. He is super sweet, cuddle bug, annoying sometimes, curious, he is such an amazing mover. I can’t really think of other characteristics.

His barn name is River, He came to me with that name and he knows his name so I did not change it.  Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks in Advance!!

I work at a summer camp and we have a 12 year old, 16hh, standard bred off the track. He is super sweet and soooo good with the kids. He just lazily plods around and goes where the kid tells him to. Anyway, there was one day I was riding him and I was only at a trot when he stumbled randomly, I thought nothing of it (horses stumble right) But there was one day (luckily no one was on him) that his back leg randomly gave out and he just layed down so i checked him over, but he was moving fine. He still stumbles occasionally on his back leg. I have checked for heat, brokenness  he has had a chiropractor adjustment  He has no change in attitude, he seems completely fine! But i’m afraid its gonna happen again..should I seriously look into it? Or is he just so lazy that he stumbles a lot?

Thanks in advance!

My boy is a Standardbred X Clydesdale/ Mustang. He is currently 16.3hh and turning 3 in mid April.

Question #1: I’ve heard so many different opinions on when to start a young horse….what do I believe? How do I know what’s best?

Question #2: I’ve never owned a cross like this and so I wonder what height he will mature at…I did a “trick” to find out aprrox. how tall he will be (measuring from hairline on hoof to middle of knee) and according to it he should mature at 18.2hh. You think this is accurate?

Question #3: I need a show name for him…I call him River. The show name doesn’t need to have River in it, but any idea is cool. He is a big boy, total sweetie, super duper smart and is quite the character.

Question #4: He is super smart! Like he gets out of anything I put him in, he unties himself (and others!), he took off his winter blanket without undoing anything! I am going to start riding him this year but I also want to do other things with him like teach him tricks! Any suggestions or ideas? When all the snow is gone I want to start teaching him right away!

Thanks in Advance!

So I work at a summer camp and I sometimes ride one of their Off the track Standardbreds. He is 16hh and a total sweetie! I realized that he loves to jump (trotted over ground poles for fun) and he is good at it. So I trot him over some large poles and he literally jumps over them like there a foot tall. Curious, I make the jump higher (about 6-8 inches tall) and trot him over it and he leaps over it like its 2 feet tall. He loves to jump but he overjumps majorly! Somehow I stay on, but I’m just wondering how I can cure it? I’m back to the basics with him hoping that teaching him all over again will help. Any advice?

Thanks in advance!