Dot Photo/Info Dump

 I love this pony :) so I figured I’d do a post all about her! 

We think that she is a full paint/quarter horse. She is small, approximately 15 hands. But she is built round so she still is big enough for my legs (I’m 5’7). She’s a chestnut with three white stockings, and a mostly white face (not quite bald though, I think technically a blaze?). She has a small chestnut spot by her eye. She is considered a paint because of her white spot on her stomach. 

Her eyes have a lot of white in them which gives her a goofy face. We like to joke that Dot has three emotions: mildly annoyed, absolutely insane, and completely terrified.

Her trot is very nice, fairly smooth and usually a good pace. Her canter, however, is… a lot. It’s fast, our top speed so far has been 12.7 mph, and her controlled canter is 11.4 (to put in perspective, my friend’s 17hh OTTB’s normal canter is about 10.2 and his jumping canter is 13.2). So it’s fast. And her left lead is pretty uncomfortable lol 😂.

But big news!! My trainer said that it’s possible Dot and I could go to a schooling show this fall and do poles, then next summer go to some shows jumping bigger! For those of you that don’t know, a schooling show is basically a low-key beginners show for green horses or green riders (or in my case, both). So that’s super exciting! She’s only been to two shows since she came to the barn and she did great over some ground poles, only two spooks! So hopefully you’ll be seeing some updates on that soon!