I'm looking for another endurance horse

I'd like to find another horse that I can ride endurance on.  Please let me know if you know of anything that might work, or know of somebody that does.  I really only have one good competing horse right now with Chief.  Tigger bucked me off at the start of Cuyama and I'm not yet decided on if I want to keep working with him, or let Dave Rabe handle him, at least for awhile.  Rocky will need a few more months to fully recover from his hoof issues and then he probably won't be doing much endurance.  Zenos is going to become a pleasure trail horse/ornament next door with my neighbor soon.  He is recovering from a paddock injury (vets have been unable to diagnose or fix, not for lack of trying) and I just don't want him doing endurance--he will have a great home where he is going.  I'll still get to see him every day too!  Below is a list of things I'd like to have in a horse: 

Requirements:
Gelding
Arabian
at least 5 or 6 years old
no older than 10
sound
sane
good feet
some conditioning and training
not the dominant one in a group

Wish list:
Short:  14.2 or 14.3 range
Chestnut or Bay (though for a good horse, I'm color blind)
Ready to complete slow 50's

I don't mind paying a fair price for the right horse, and would be a good home.  I want a horse that can do conservative, steady mileage - I'm not interested in racing.  Karen

Comments

[D'Arcy]

Hi Karen,

I have a client's horse that you might like to try. He has been sitting around because there is no one to ride him. She was getting him ready for her husband (he committed suicide a year and half ago). I own his sire, Cejlon, that did l000's of miles under Kathy's first husband John (died of Leukemia). Parallax is a great horse and extremely well put together and athletic. This is the link to his photo gallery on SmugMug. Kathy only wants $3,500.00 for him.

I really want him to go to an endurance home. Hence why he is still just sitting around. Making sure he gets to a really good endurance home and not one that wanted to race him to no end. Not that he wasn't bred to do that. Just wanted to give him the best possible chance at the longest possible life.

I have had my student, Danielle, working with him for the last year. She is not quite ready to do a 50 which is why I haven't put him out there yet. I was looking for someone that wanted to do that and then put him up for sale.

Let me know what you think!

http://darcylynne.smugmug.com/gallery/1269799_j3UjE#59590995_hKZ6i

D'Arcy

[Suzanne Huff]

Karen,

I have a horse that meets all your requirements except that he is not yet ready for a 50 (would take 4-6 weeks?). In addition, he is also a smooth ride! His Dam is Barbarella FF, if you want to look at her endurance history. Sire is RD Five Star. Check him out on the website (SD Baraambo) and let me know if you wanna come see him.

[Ambar]

This colt is due to be gelded as soon as we get some frozen semen stored. He is green broke with a lot of ground work by Charles Wilhelm. Grew up outside and in a herd (even now he's turned out with another colt) so while he does need initial conditioning he's not a hot-house flower.

Pix of him being presented at the Al Khamsa convention in Paso Robles in October are here: http://starlingfeather.shutterfly.com/ (that's his sire, Ascendant, appearing below him on that page, photographed at the age of 29. Former dressage horse, still sound.)

Ace is near Stockton CA currently, will be returning to Oregon later this summer if not sold.

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