Hours spent on Internet horse sales sites: |
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| Life-threatening falls: | 1 | |
| Trailering and board for various horses: | $434 | |
| Vet checks for two horses: | $688 | |
| Gas: | About $85,000 | |
| Heartbreak: | 1 | |
| Getting your own !$%# horse after over 30 years of birthday candle wishes and letters to Santa: | Priceless
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Jasper: Thoroughbred gelding, 10 years old, black, 15.2 hands. Directly descended from Native Dancer and the famous Man O' War. He has a sweet disposition, very sound, and a forelock (rarer than you might think). Allegedly bombproof; no one had ever seen him spook at anything...except the day I bought him when he nearly stepped on a giant jackrabbit... |
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His canter is nice and steady. I once told Jason I wanted a forelock, a nice canter, and big dark eyes. Well, that's him. He has a lot of potential. I've jumped him and never felt unsafe, and he's also good on the trail. Jasper's on YouTube:
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If you have certain media players (Macs, usually), you can just click and it will play.
| Jasper trot (1.6 MB) |
Jasper jumping (2.6 MB) Tiny jumps; the point was to see if he would stay at a trot and not jump high and fast. Poor guy, he has to wait for me to catch up to his abilities.. |
Canter depart (1.9 MB) |
Close-up canter |
Fast canter (2.3 MB) |
Jasper says hi to the camera (2.1 MB) |