Jack does not have to sell, but he is one of my personal prospects and is holding up a spot, I took on to train with intentions of rehoming. Which is why he is available for sale.
Price will increase back up to $7500 Summer 2026 once used in our lesson program, as an extra trail mount, and taught to train in horses in training.
Price will increase back up to $7500 Summer 2026 once used in our lesson program, as an extra trail mount, and taught to train in horses in training.
Jack was bought from an online auction from his previous owner. She said he is too much for her and that he needed some minor training yet. It was clear within a couple of weeks Jack did need some minor training issues fixed but nothing serious, he had a 30-day refresher with me and is good to go! He is forward, responsive, gentle, athletic, and is a connection seeking boy. He can be stubborn at first until he learns to trust you, but after he knows you're "safe", he will do anything you ask of him.
It was said when he went through auction that he "Was trail ridden all over and is a point and go style of horse", which has been proven to be true. Jack is solid, he has a solid disposition, a ton of training put into him, and is a phenomenal horse. He will make someone an excellent trail or Endurance horse. Jack is continuing in my training program until sold as most do, miles will be added, if he stays longer than expected he will enter my lesson program & be taught to help train in fresh colts, his price will then increase. He won't be left to sit, so he will be ready to go once he finds his person! Ideally, Jacks new owner would be at least an intermediate rider that is looking for a trail or Endurance mount for themselves, where Jack can have consistency with one person and get the opportunity to bond/adapt to one rider as he seems to be seeking naturally. An owner that likes to love, dote on, and spoil their horses. Positive reinforcement/Natural horsemanship type of home. He would be great for any age range of rider as long as they're physically able and don't mind a forward horse. Jack's FAVORITE thing to do is be out on the trails. |
"Jack"
Basic Information: Year Born: 2016/2017 (Vet aged) Height: 14.3H Breed: Grade Missouri Fox Trotter Gender: Gelding. Color: Smoky Black Registered? No UTD on all cares including a teeth float / No current Coggins Additional information:
Solid disposition │ Forward & Job Oriented │ 5/10 temperament
Was broke to ride upon coming here and said to be trail ridden all over and a point and go style of horse.
Rider Level Needed: Intermediate rider or an advanced rider. Solid, forward, neck reins, and rides with leg aids. He may be too much for someone not used to a forward horse and him being "western broke" may confuse him if someone does not know how to ride a western broke horse. Rider level can be lowered dependent on rider's capabilities and Jack can very well be a family, all around, type of horse but it all is dependent on each rider's skills. Extra Information:
Purchase date: 09/30/2025 (How long I've had him) Teeth Float date: 10/15/2026 Bean Check: 10/15/2026 UTD on worming, vaccinations, & farrier. |
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I AM behind on updated photos & videos due to weather conditions.
I AM behind on updated photos & videos due to weather conditions.
Sales Terms and Conditions:
Transportation:
Transportation:
- Transportation arrangements are the buyer’s responsibility.
- We're only offering transportation services within state and only from May 1st-November 1st.
- Horses must be picked up within one week of purchase or upon receipt of veterinary paperwork.
- We do not offer post-purchase boarding.
- Once a horse is purchased, we allow up to one week for pickup or transport arrangements to be completed. Board will be charged for any day(s) further of stay with a max limit of two weeks. It is expected that transportation and any requested veterinary work be scheduled and carried out in a timely manner by serious or committed buyers.
- Buyer is responsible for all additional expenses or requirements, including but not limited to transportation, Coggins test, health certificate, pre-purchase examination (PPE), or any other veterinary work requested.
- Most of our sales horses do not have updated Coggins, Health certificates, etc. at time of sale as we do not need them for anything personally. All of ours have negative Coggins coming in and if they're still up to date, they will be listed as such but usually expire by the time of sale.
- If a potential buyer requests veterinary work, the horse will be placed on “sale pending” status and held only until the examination or test results are received. A timely decision is expected once results are available.
- Please note that any veterinary work performed at the request of a potential buyer is nonrefundable and entirely at the buyer’s discretion.
- We accept cash only as payment, no exceptions.
- We do not allow out-of-state purchases unless the buyer visits in person to see the horse prior to purchase.
- Horses currently enrolled in our training program are eligible for Discounted Continued Training at the discretion of the buyer. This option is offered at a reduced rate of $1,000 per month, which includes pasture board. Please note that only pasture board is available under this discounted program.
- This reduced rate is provided because the horse’s daily routine, handling, and training structure will remain consistent with the program they are already accustomed to. Since these horses have already been started and integrated into our training system, continued development can be offered at a lower cost while maintaining the same quality and progression.
- Buyers may elect to begin this continued training immediately after purchase, if wanted.
- Additionally, any horse purchased from us is eligible for a discounted refresher every year as well as continued training at any point throughout its life, provided that we are actively offering training services to the public at that time. This lifelong eligibility ensures consistency in training and support for both horse and owner long term and being we put so much into our horses, we would like to make sure they continue to do well for their future. Whether you bought a horse from us directly or acquired one that was in our training program at some point, as long as they've been through our program, they're eligible! You can find more information on this here: Discounted Refresher's & Continued Training Program
Last updated: 1/14/2026
Training since arriving here on 09/30/2025:
- 30-Day Refresher: 10/01/2025
- 60-Day continued training & riding started: 11/01/2025
- 90-Day continued training & riding started: 12/01/2025
- 120-Day continued training & riding started: 01/01/2026
- Was taken down to Zumbro Bottoms 10/18/2025 and ridden by my 61-year-old mother. Jack did phenomenal. This was during the "Point Chaser" Endurance ride.
- Loads into, hauls, and backs out well. He came here not backing out well, that's been fixed with a "down" cue. It was primarily a result of being worried when getting near the end of the trailer. He was hauled down to Zumbro Bottoms with us (roughly a two-hour round trip) and he hopped in and out as asked. Was trailered upfront next to another horse as well as had another horse behind him with no dividers without issue. Was delivered in a slant load.
- Good for the farrier, although when he first got here he was incredibly stubborn to get him to pick up his hooves, he'd just plant them. I taught him the "Foot" cue and it has helped with all four. He can still sometimes be stubborn with newer people, but when asked with the "trick" I taught him, he picks them up when asked.
- He's got all 4 black, solid hooves, is not soft, and does not require shoes.
- Jack came knowing how to park out, while I can't figure out an exact cue, if you go to "square him up" and have a hand raised, he'll move his front legs out and park out. This won't be used while he is here. I accidentally found out by asking him to lunge.
- Has had thorough desensitization & groundwork
- WTC - his canter needs slight encouragement as he feels he needs space to "open up" so it seems. I don't believe he had much arena/round pen training/exposure, I believe it was primarily trails.
- Respectful on the ground, can get pushy at grain time.
- Has had a ton of tying time, ties patiently, came with knowing how to tie well and seems to have a lot of experience tying. No halter pull and will tie to anything without issue.
- Is NOT buddy sour
- Rides out alone - Jack has been ridden down the road, by traffic, in different areas without issue, doesn't mind leaving his friends behind on trails.
- Stands and is good for tacking/untacking/bridling
- Stands for mounting/dismounting - I hopped on him within 10 minutes of him arriving the same day I got him and he lunged forwards when I got on him, that has been fixed, he stands perfectly still now for both mounting & dismounting. I believe whoever originally trained him/rode him only "got on and went". One of the first videos in his playlist shows exactly what happened.
- Let's you mount him from a log or a form of mounting block and stands patiently for it.
- Has been ridden in both a knot halter & bridle. He gets confused signals in a knot halter, but it can be done.
- Has been ridden bareback without issue and bareback with just a halter & lead without issue.
- Steps up onto and goes over obstacles and objects on the ground.
- Doesn't mind music being played from behind him (off phone while riding almost daily) as well as music being played loudly in the barn.
- Hasn't offered ANY bad behaviors since being here (buck, crow hop, kick, bite, rear, bolt).
- Crosses mud & water, bareback, and in the saddle. Doesn't mind puddles.
- Doesn't mind traffic and is used to all sorts of machinery, vehicles, ATV's (We have a very chaotic farm), have ridden him down the road solo, with oncoming traffic, and he just kept going like it was nothing. He's also been ridden next to an actively plowing tractor without any issue (have on video in his playlist)
- Has been blanketed without issue, he is currently being blanketed as he doesn't have much of a coat and gets cold at 30 degrees and below (I think he was brought up from down south).
- Good for fly spray
- Has had exposure to goats, cows, machinery, vehicles, ATV's, fire/smoke, chainsaws (in the pasture with the herd), gunshots (on the property), dogs (we have loud and chaotic dogs around him all the time and up close).
- Is currently in a pasture with 2 other geldings & one stallion. He got moved a few months ago as our herd of 20 horses (our new TWH gelding that's 16.2H is a bit of a bully) and I felt it was in Jack's best interest to be moved as "Vlad" did not accept Jack. He is lower on the herd rank, was at the bottom in our herd of 20, but in his current pasture he is even within rank and will now stick up for himself if picked on/pushed around as before, in the other pasture, he wouldn't. He doesn't naturally seek to start any problems and leaves others alone as long as he isn't being picked on. He's primarily warns with his ears and walks away but if pressured into a tight spot, he will kick or bite at other horses.
- Jack came here being said to be "hard to catch" by his former owner, throughout Jack's 30 day refresher, it was obvious he was seeking connection and wanted to bond but acted as if he had never experienced that and was only ever "used". Jack is not hard to catch for people that have intentions of loving him, being caring, calm, and gentle, and doing more than just catching him with only planning to ride him. Jack IS hard to catch for those that are business like with only means of working him. Jack has his mind set up and I don't think this will change, so if you are good with accountability and self-reflection, you'll get along with Jack just fine, and if you're not, well, you're going to not get along with Jack. He is NOT hard for me to catch. - As of 1/13/2026 he is still not hard to catch anymore, other people are able to catch him.
- Jack was taught to smile on command, while he isn't perfect at it, with time he continues to improve.
- Jack has a colorful personality, he is not a deadhead, he is highly intelligent and is a bit comical. The WORST thing Jack has done since being here is paw. He paws for his grain, he paws for his hay to be thrown out, if he gets incredibly impatient, he paws. Not dangerously, not in a destructive way, just in a "sassy/demanding" way. While this can be corrected by a future owner, it doesn't bother me and is a pick your battles type of deal. Each horse has something, this is Jack's "something".
- He's been stalled and doesn't mind stalls at all. He has his own for bad weather and knows exactly which stall is his.
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I bought Jack with intentions of putting more training into him and eventually rehoming. I was under the impression he was in need of a lot more than what I had expected once he got here with plans of putting 30-60 days of more training into him. It turned out he had some minor training issues such as being "hard to catch", not patient (wouldn't stand for mounting/dismounting and just wanted to go), wouldn't back out of a trailer, when he would be by the barn he would just stop or argue about going towards the barn (I don't believe it to be barn sour behavior, I believe whoever owned him prior keeping with being trail ridden all over in mind, that Jack was allowed to "stop his day at the barn", and it just was not something Jack new any different, and needed some minor desensitization. Everything has been fixed. Jack is ready to go training and riding wise. He is really an incredible horse, and I have nothing bad to say about him. He will make someone a wonderful riding partner. His first trail ride with us at Zumbro Bottoms he was taken and ridden by my mother who is 61 years old, and he took care of her the whole ride. She loved him and loved riding him.
As far as background and history go, I have absolutely none other than what's been said about him going through auction. I did as much research as I could trying to find out where he came from or more about him as I always do with the horses, I get in with no information on them. He was consigned by a "Circle K Stables" and with further research regarding that there are so many possibilities BUT there are quite a few that do trail riding which are possibilities. The one thing I've noticed as he does not have a Midwestern coat, it seems as if he is from down south.
As far as background and history go, I have absolutely none other than what's been said about him going through auction. I did as much research as I could trying to find out where he came from or more about him as I always do with the horses, I get in with no information on them. He was consigned by a "Circle K Stables" and with further research regarding that there are so many possibilities BUT there are quite a few that do trail riding which are possibilities. The one thing I've noticed as he does not have a Midwestern coat, it seems as if he is from down south.