- Skills / Disciplines
- All Around, Beginner, Draft, Husband Safe, Kid Safe, Lesson, Ranch, Ridden Western, Trail Riding, Youth
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Hope is an incredibly quiet, laid back, registered black Percheron. Anyone on the face of this earth can ride her. She is perfectly content to just mosey on down the trail with the other horses, but will ride out alone. She pretty much has two speeds - slow and slower. Just kidding. She'll walk and trot easily when asked, but it takes more determination to get her to break into a canter. She's a big girl, and can carry riders up to 400 lbs, but I'm not encouraging you to achieve that weight just to test her weight limit!... (read more)
I've owned Hope for more than a year, and I've used her for beginner riders to ride our trails as young as 6 years old and up. She is as safe as they come. So if you're just learning to ride, and you are looking for a horse that won't spook, bolt, rear, buck, throw it's head in protest, or blow you off, Hope may just be the horse you've been looking for. She's is sound and sane in every way. She is calm in every situation including traffic, heavy equipment operating nearby, 4-wheelers, chain saws, deer, birds, creeks, bridges, and just about anything that could crop up out in the woods. And very importantly, she will pick up all four feet. No sedation or shoeing stocks are needed for this girl.
Hope was foaled on May 20, 2019, and her registered name is NL Maggie's Macy. She is registered with the Percheron Horse Association of America. She already stands at 17.2 hands, so she will probably mature to 17.3 to 18 hands. She is truly majestic and will (thankfully) stand quietly while you mount and dismount whether from the ground or some other creative manner. This horse is the exception to the rule: despite her young age, she is quiet as a mouse and safe for anyone to ride or handle. She behaves much more like a 10 to 12 year-old horse.
She loads and unloads in a matter of seconds - not hours. She's easy to catch, bathe, and spray for flies. Absolutely nothing phases her. Bridling and saddling her is a snap because she stands still and isn't cinchy. She will stand at the hitching rail for hours without pawing or chewing on wood.
People always ask why we're selling our horses. There's nothing wrong with them. Quite the contrary. They're for sale because it's part of our business model: we buy, train, put lots of trail hours on them, and make them safe for beginners, and eventually we sell them at a profit to compensate us for all the training and trail hours we have put on them. We don't have to speculate as to what age or riding level a rider needs to be at in order to ride them. We KNOW because they've done it many times over. If we say a 6 year-old child with no riding experience can ride the horse, then they can - and have. And if we say we wouldn't put anyone younger than an inexperienced 10 year-old, then you shouldn't consider the horse for your 5 year-old to ride on their own. All our horses sell as sound with no vices. Many of our horses for sale are listed on DBF's Equine Now Farm Directory page, but to see all of our horses for sale, schedule time to come see them at Dead Broke Farm. Prices listed are firm.
Dead Broke Farm
6921 Wildlife Trail
Raleigh, NC 27613
9one9-323-1265
For anyone buying their first horse, we also sell new and used saddles, bridles, saddle pads, as well as new winter blankets, halters, lead ropes, and horn bags. The big advantage to buying these items when you buy the horse is that we will fit everything for you, so it takes the guess work out of sizing and fitting of saddles, bridles, and winter blankets. Then you can feel confident that the horse will perform the same at home as it did at our farm.
Shipping Notes
Will deliver for a mileage based fee.
Dead Broke Farm
Dead Broke Farm is located in Raleigh, NC on 110 acres with over 10 miles of wooded trails. We offer guided trail rides, summer and track-out camp, western riding lessons, pony rides, birthday parties, and horses for sale.
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