Blue-Eyed Buccaneer (Blue Man)
12'2h Sec. B Welsh, Foaled 05/18/2003
Blue Man is staying in our program, not for sale*Blue's page has not been updated much lately due to the arrival of Kali and Les' baby July 3rd, 2011. Blue continues to be a total rock star!
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Videos:
Wading PoniesOlbernolte Trail St. Patrick's Day Show
Valentine's Day Show
Kali and Les' Wedding
Tumalo Reservoire Adventure
Juniper Trail Adventure
Spring Pferde Jumping Adventure
4th of July Parade
Blue's First Trail Ride
Longeing and Trot-a-Course
PonyPros at Parelli Tour Stop, Blue & Morgan
***Blue's Story***
Blue Man was originally rescued by Mustangs and Mohr and a Kiger Mustang friend named Stacey donated the money for his gelding and other care to make it possible for us to take on his training. It's amazing that such a gorgeous, well-bred pony could wind up in a rescue situation to this degree. Remarkably, though he was starved and had no training, Blue Man had not been abused and his feet were in excellent condition, which has made it possible for him to progress very quickly in becoming a riding pony. We repaid Stacey for Blue's treatment and decided to keep him. I'm sure you can see why :)
Blue, immediately after his rescue
Blue Man arrived at PonyPros April 25, 2010. Shortly after, he was riding walk/trot/canter, jumping small courses, and trail riding. For one year, Blue was ridden often by 12 year old intermediates and did ground work and longe lessons with our younger students. Now he is being cantered and jumped all over by a little 40lb 7-year-old. Blue is great indoors and out, very fun on the trail, loves going to new places for events, and does not get tired easily. This year we are hoping to do some hunter/jumper, dressage, and eventing shows, and an endurance race or two with him.
In addition to learning to be a great riding pony, Blue is learning a lot of fun tricks, including waving a flag, picking things up, smiling, laying down, and sitting up. Blue has a great play drive both on the ground and under saddle. He really gets after the big horse ball, pawing it and biting at it :) He'll push it all over even while being ridden!
Blue is very charming, likes to clown around, and would stay out with you all day given the chance. He is a medium spirit left brain extrovert. He's a bit of a pain in the barn getting into everything but he would do much better if you had cross ties!
Blue has great lateral movement and upright head carriage, which would make him great for 3-day eventing. He also has a brave, beautiful jump with nice square knees. Blue gets along well with other horses and is one of the more passive ponies on our herd. He likes to play with the other geldings but is a "make friends not war" kind of guy. Blue Man has nice big feet, good conformation, and is an eye-catching color. He's healthy and sound.
PonyPros started Blue under saddle May 19th. Blue Man was very gentlemanly for his first ride. He was backed for the first time by one of our 12 year old students. Blue is large enough to be tuned up by an adult, but we like to share the colt starting experience with our students whenever possible. Blue was such a good boy. He is now riding with all the kids and doing an awesome job. He's consistent and fun. Can be a little heavy on the aids yet, but learning.
May 22, PonyPros took Blue and 8 other ponies to the Parelli tour stop in Redmond, Oregon. Blue had only been with us a month and the student working with him had also only been with us a month. Blue was a superstar and was amazing the whole day. He loaded great into the trailer in freezing cold weather at 5am (all the ponies were shivering), he was calm and patient getting all dressed up in glitter and having his tail french braided, and he shared a stall with another pony with zero hassle. Blue was kind and consistent in the warm up ring and did all his best tricks in the big arena, including jumping the barrels, standing on the pedestal (first time on a metal one!), and sidepassing the blocks. Plus Blue looked like a rockstar with his pony mohawk mane!
July 4th PonyPros took Blue Man to the Bend Pet Parade. It was HUGE event with people packed in 12 feet deep on every street. There was a skateboarder being pulled by a Pit Bull at mach 10, a Dachshund in a harness floating through the air below balloons, a man playing military calls on a bugle while reeling about on a horse and waving an umbrella, a guy on a recumbent bicycle with dogs on either side wearing harnesses to propel the bike, not to mention the usual people on stilts, mini ponies pulling carts, wild children, barking dogs, flags, banners, weird hats, etc. Blue Man did great, even when a tiny girl ran out from the seating area unbidden, hustled around his front to his off side and stroked his shoulder!
August 21st Blue Man was in Kali and Les' Wedding. Talk about a high stress event. Blue got bathed and clipped the Friday before and had to stand until he was dry. THe next day, he was in and out of the field for rehearsal and grooming from 12-5. Blue looked fabulous in his tulle bow tie and was a perfect gentleman throughout. He had no trouble walking down the aisle amidst the seated guests, past the loud speakers with the music playing, and past the pergola with the tulle blowing in the wind! After the wedding, he entertained countless kids coming to pet him. Blue is regularly the life of the party.
Blue got to go on several adventures Fall 2011. He went to Spring Pferde for his first jumping adventure off property. Blue got off the trailer a little forward but was not the least bit afraid of any of the jumps. He also hauled out to Tumalo Reservoire where he did a huge water crossing, just barely shallow enough that he didn't have to swim. He also jumped several logs and went up and down a longer than average, very steep hill. For our last adventure before the snow, Blue hauled out to the Juniper Trails for a raucous after school trail ride. Blue seems to enjoy himself every time he gets out and is super easy to load and haul.
Blue stole the show at our Oct 2011 Halloween show. He worked both with 10 year old Lauren and 13 year old Morgan. Both he and the rider wore capes, debuting as BlueMan and RedGirl! 10-year-old Lauren got a little gusty in her riding class and we learned exactly how amazing Blue is. Lauren, who had only ever jumped a crossrail maybe once in her life before decided to jump the barrels, which are 2'6 in diameter - a huge jump for a 12h pony. Blue went right over them, directly as asked. Lauren got popped out of her stirrups in the air and came down behind Blue's saddle. Blue stopped immediately and waited while Lauren climbed back up into the saddle, put her feet back into the stirrups, and rode off. Wow. Most ponies would have either dodged the jump at the last minute, dumping the rider off the side, or thrown a complete bucking fit when the rider landed on their croup. At the very least, an average horse would have shot out from under the rider when the rider tried to crawl back up into the saddle. Instead, Blue showed his colors as a true blue kid's pony. What a heart. After his ride with Lauren, Blue also took several ribbons with Morgan in liberty/online and finesse/freestyle.
Blue is currently in cart training because Morgan is now far too big on him as a 14 year old, but really wants to work with him still. So far, Blue is amazing at ground driving with kids and adults alike. We will be training Blue for cruising the trails, with hope of someday competing in combined driving, a 3-day event type driving competition with a dressage-type class and a cross-country type class driven at a canter. Blue is a very fancy looking guy and would no doubt steal some hearts as a driving pony.
Blue is a pony who does well with just about everyone, not minding being "family pony." He can carry 90lbs, but is best suited for riders ages 7-10. Blue is not for sale, though we regularly have people ask us what we will take for him.
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