I got Anna as a weanling when I was a senior in high school. I wanted her to be my future show horse, but she did not end up quite as tall as I would like (13.2) nor as broad. Additionally, I wanted a horse that would be primarily western and dressage and she is a bit too quick for my taste. Furthermore, my life plans have changed quite a bit since my senior year. In the next two years I will finish my Bachelor’s, move out of my parents house, get married and start graduate school for special education. Finances will be tight and recently Anna injured herself, showing how much strain a horse can put on an already stretched budget and schedule. Although she is healing nicely and predicted to make a full recovery, it has made me realize that Anna deserves much better than I can give her.

What I want for Anna is a lifelong home where she will be loved to pieces. I want her to be spoiled, for someone to tell her all their secrets, groom her for hours and tell her how awesome she is. I want for her what my budget and schedule won’t allow and it breaks my heart that I can’t give it to her, but I hope you can. She deserves so much more than I can give her at the moment. I know that her current status of recovering is a strike against her and I intend to keep her until she is fully healed. I just want to find her a new home before I get too much closer to graduation.

Anna is green broke to ride (trained by Jody Toms) and very pleasant. She wants to go and show you how much she knows. The worst she ever does is a minor shy, a playful crowhop, or, most commonly, stops and stands if she doesn’t understand. Very little scares her. The first week I got her back from my trainer was the week of the Lynchburg Regional Airport’s Airshow, a few miles from my house. For the entire week, fighter jets flew low overhead while I schooled her. She never bobbled, not even for a minute. Then, a few days ago I was working with a power drill in her stall. She never even flinched. I haven’t clipped her in quite a while, but my trainer did when she had her and said she didn’t give much trouble. She loads with ease, stands for the farrier, and backs when you point at her. She’s a bit skittish about shots, but if you let her eat while they’re being done she barely notices. She knows how to sidepass on the ground and is well schooled at in-hand trail. She’s great about walking over bridges, poles, etc. and rarely ticks them. She has been taught to ground drive and could easily be taught to pull a carriage. In short, Anna wants to be around people and have a job.
Of course, every rose has its thorns, but Anna’s aren’t too prickly. Conformation wise she’s not as typey as is preferable in a Morgan and she toes in on the front, particularly on the right. There is, of course, her injury to consider, a wound on her right front leg, which was caused when she became entangled in a barbed wire fence. The cut was long and deep, but a month of stall rest has served her well, and she is healing nicely, and is showing no signs of lameness. The bandage did rub a raw spot on the front of her leg, but this too is healing up nicely. She will probably always have some scarring. Additionally, this is not her first run in with the barbed wire (this fencing was beyond my control and I am in the process of trying to convert it) and she has some scarring on the right rear as well, though here again there is no sign of lameness.
Anna’s training deficiencies are mostly lack of experience. She has not yet learned to collect herself fully and she truly hates being stalled. She tends to stall walk quite a bit. However, the last month has made her a bit more tolerant of it and she does much better with the radio on (she likes NASCAR) and horsey friends around. Despite her dislike, I have never been afraid of her in her stall. As soon as anyone enters she quiets immediately and stands to have her withers scratched.
The only time I have ever had Anna do anything dangerous is when she has been extremely scared or in extreme pain. These incidents have been few in the four years I have had her. I can think of only five and in each one she reared. During four such incidents we were on the ground. Each time we were attempting to change a bandage that had fallen in such a way it was putting intense pressure on an injury. Additionally, each time she tried very hard to behave, but I feel that pain overtook her and she lost control. The only time she has ever reared with me on her was the first time we rode past a heat pump and it turned on. She spooked and did a half rear, more trying to get away than anything. The next day we spent walking up and away, and she was over it within an hour.
I think in time, Anna would make a good children’s hunter. I do not think being a lesson horse would be out of the question for her, as she is a willing worker and loves people. I also think she could make a nice lower level dressage horse or carriage horse. If you are interested, I have a cob sized easy entry cart that I would be happy to send with her. Furthermore, I think she would make a good trail horse, both in and out of the ring. She really needs a job that will work her mind as well as her body.

Please do not hesitate to request more pictures or ask any questions you might have. I promise to tell the truth. I am looking to find Anna an amazing home, not make money. It doesn't do me any good to place her with someone that isn't going to be a good match. Also, please don't hesitate to make an offer, even if you think it's a little low. Again, I'd rather find her a good home that pays less than a bad home that pays more.