High School Farm
167 School Way
Watsonville, CA 95076
ph: 831-768-8925
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Below: Astro as a young stallion.
BALANZA - Astro's last baby
(video link shown below)
- 2002 grey 16.3hh half-Andalusian mare by Astro, foaled on March 16. (See FEI Horses for picture of sire.)
- Successfully shown at Training level dressage in Feb. '08, garnering 7 on her canter with Judge comment: "obedient." (See photos on News page and to right.)
- Three good gaits, super uphill canter and beginning lateral work with easy gliding leg yield.
- Very pretty mover. Forward thinking and light in the hand. No paddling.
- Demonstrates ability to collect at both trot and canter. After a month of in-hand work, her early piaffe and passage show beautiful lift and suspension with good ability to sit in the hind end. (See video link below.)
- Great work ethic and forward thinking while being light and responsive to the rider. Easy to sit and ride.
- Disposition to match her lovely looks. Nice to train, tries to please. Very level-headed, so is suitable for an amateur without sacrificing the FEI looks and potential sought by the more ambitious rider or professional. Not mare-ish.
- Clinic'd with David Hunt, President of the International Dressage Trainers' Club, in Oct.07, where she was well-behaved and made an excellent impression.
- Successfully bred in 2005 to produce a lovely colt (Merengue).
To view a training video taken in Jan. '08, which includes Balanza's early piaffe and passage in hand and under saddle as well as some canter and trot work, click on this link to view file. You will see how hard she tries to please, yet stands or walks with no tension afterwards:
"THE HORSE TRAINER'S ADVICE"
By Barbra Bloom
from "On the Water Meridian,"
Hummingbird Press, 2007.
Make your body like a door,
not a wall,
so what he feels
is not that you are something solid
like the fake brick walls
he was beaten to jump --
but that instead,
he can see past you
to the field every horse knows
by smell, by sight,
by the feel of the grass,
and he will approach the door,
curious, unalarmed as you slip the halter on,
his head bent slightly in recognition,
his great heart calm.
167 School Way
Watsonville, CA 95076
ph: 831-768-8925
highscho
