Ready to hit thew show ring today. He's in super shape and training.

A safe, fun, talented horse for a rider who wants to have fun and show a horse competitively. He would be best suited for someone with some talent and ability who wants to progress in riding and have a horse you can do everything with, yet be able to do well in the show ring. While he would be fine with a beginner, his talent and ability go beyond just being a packer. I know he would be a good, solid 1st/2nd level dressage horse, I've been told he'd be a good equitation hunter horse, I know he's been to all kinds of jumping shows, he'd make a fun, big horse to do cross country on, and he's super on all kinds of trails. His sponsors, with some riding experience, but not a lot, do very well on him and can get a lot of out him, thinking he is just a lot of fun to ride. He'd be as super pony club horse.

Corelli is a super guy with three good quality gaits that are very ridable, even for beginner riders. He's the kind of horse most people can ride with some ease because he is big enough, yet has balance and lightness. If you ride him well, he will respond to the lightest of aides and does the most lovely, light walk-canter departs. If you hang on him--he'll slow down and hang back, but never get upset. He responds to the level of your riding, so is a good horse for someone who needs a horse responsive to good and bad aides, and not one who will do what he thinks you want even though you did not ask correctly. He responds to correct aides, thus helps the rider always become better. But, you can always take your non-riding friend out on a trail with him, and he will be a super good guy. He has energy and will look at things and pretend to "spook," but all he ever does is look and maybe step sideways--he's not a horse for someone who wants a horse who will never react to anything.

He has great weight on him with correct muscling and is in really, really good shape, so is showing super talent as a fun, handy jumper. He will ALWAYS jump, no matter how badly you bring him to it. The better you ride, the better he jumps. He just loves to jump and gets happy if you let him do it regularly. If you really ride him, he can really collect and do some handy turns and jumps. I've jumped him to about 3 feet, which is all I'm going to do, and he always takes care of me no matter how badly I do it in the dressage saddle. He's a super trail horse, gallops up and down hills, past wild pigs, runs into deer, and can slide down a 45 degree muddy hill like a trooper, so would be good for cross country. I've ridden and conditioned horses for an Olympic event rider, and he's in almost that good of shape and conditioning. We do Man From Snowy River type trails all of the time. Because he's used to all terrain, the likelihood he'll ever hurt himself, strain himself of go lame is unlikely because he's so conditioned to it.

He would make a super lower level dressage horse, through second level. Most people stay at the lower levels, and he is well suited for that. He has three steady, good quality gaits, (the videos just don't show it) a striking, pleasing look, and the rhythmic steadiness so needed for the lower levels. He's pretty much happy to do whatever you want, and he's been showing for years. He's got good leg yields, shoulder-ins, haunches-ins, and counter canter. He also is super in turns on the haunches and forehand. He does half pass in both trot and canter if you ask correctly. He has walk-canter transitions that are so nice and light it makes you giggle. He has the size to carry someone bigger without it being an issue, yet will not just let you sit there and be a passenger. He will always do the job, but the better you ride, the more correct he gets.

He is super safe and will and handles all situations, as a well-trained horse should be. I try to make as 100% sure as I can that he is exposed to just about any situation and knows how to deal with it. He's had many riders of all levels on him, from non-riders to somewhat experienced, and has always been a safe, level-headed guy. He's been all over the place on the roughest trails, ponies my baby (horse) all of the time, and it's a matter of course that we ride in the arena with the baby bolting and bucking about regularly. Our trails host some wild pigs and piglets. We run into the herd of pigs, which have a very distinctive smell horses react to, and Corelli puts his head up and looks at them, but that's about it. He's not dead, though, and does like to act like a horse. His "big spook" might be to turn to go away--anyone but the most inexperienced or scared rider should be able to handle it with ease. Of course he ties, clips, trailers, shoes, goes bareback in a halter, or anything else any well-trained horse should do. He's a low man on the totem pole kind of guy, so he never argues about anything, but just does what everyone else tells him to do. He gets along well with all horses because he just does what they tell him to do. The baby regularly takes advantage of this. He's happy as long as he knows what he's supposed to do and who to follow.
Probably the MOST valuable thing about Corelli is his health and fitness. With correct training and a fitness regime, he has gone from being a stiff, unsound (as in so badly ridden he wasn't) horse to never having any problems, ever. I took his shoes off within a month of getting him Nov. '07 and he's never taken a lame step. He has WONDERFUL bare feet that stay great with just a little trimming. He's had several really good floats on him, so his jaw and mouth are good. As with any of us, fitness, stretching, movement, and strength always make us better, and in the time I've had him, he's just gotten stronger and stronger with no lameness or sickness. As most people know, often lameness is a huge factor in owning horses, often because they are not treated like the athletes that they are. Corelli is now a strong, athletic guy. He used to hardly be able to walk up a hill. Now he can gallop up the steep hills you see in the picture with the strength and ease of an athlete, so all of the dressage and jumping he does is just an easy extension of that. He will be a happy, healthy horse that will gladly do his job for a long time to come. He's never had a single health or soundness issue.I expect my horses to be good riding horses into their late 20's. My dressage horse was almost 31 when I lost him, and he was completely sound and doing the Intermediare work the day before. Corelli is just starting at 13. I expect he'll be a great riding horse into his late 20's.
Personality-wise, he's just a big, sweet, guy. Not the brightest bulb (as it often is with males!) but he really just wants to do what you want. Sometimes it takes him a minute to change tracks if you do something different, but he works to get what you want. He wants to be with you and be part of the cool crowd. If you like personal space and not having a horse touch you all of the time, this is not your guy. He's learned to smile on command, so that adds to the cuteness level.

The number one important thing is that he has a GOOD permanent home with someone who adores him and has fun with him riding all of the time.

Asking price now down to $7,000 because of the economy.