Splash, baby Arab Quarter horse spooks while learning to 'pony'

[CynaRed]

Some other breed just with spots.. Common misunderstanding

[CynaRed]

@breanneburtch just because a horse is spotted does not mean it is a paint. I know lots of people who say horses are "paints" and really they are some other be

[animallover12698]

Aww it even scared me when they spooked lol!!

[SwizzleStick25]

This video is so cute! I love seeing baby and mama together. :)

[breanneburtch]

clearly not quarter horses the moms a paint(which either he sire or dam could have been qh)but you can't get a paint or pinto from 2 pure qh's. Just saying as non horse people if seeing tis video would then mistake all coloured horses as quarter horses

[xStateofSleepx]

aww he is the cutest!! :D xxx♥♥

[Kaliegrl67]

How old is the baby now?

[horserider723]

Lol I jumped! xD beeeeeautiful horsies!!! :D

[dinosaurz456]

BEAUTIFUL HORSE!!!

[CodysTuffLilLena]

I love how the mom has a white mane and black tail and Splash has a black mane and white tail ^.^ hehehe

[thunderita]

@CodysTuffLilLena , ha ha! You are very observant! That is one of my favorite things about them, that they are opposites with the mane and tail. Tks.

[thearabianwolf]

if you look closely, the mare spooked and made the colt spook

[thunderita]

@thearabianwolf , She sure did. And that was because the neighbor's sprinker heads popped up from the ground and started spraying! ha ha! Mom had never experienced that before!

[ffaqueen08]

Is the baby gaited? Moves like it there for a while.

[thunderita]

@ffaqueen08 , No, he isn't gaited. Wish he was! ha ha! Gaited horses are so smooth. 

[cammarkgross]

so he is 1/2 Arab, 1/4 Quarter 1/4 paint??? the spook scared me btw!!! lol

[cammarkgross]

so he is 1/2 Arab, 1/4 Quarter 1/4 paint???

[thunderita]

@cammarkgross, you ask an interesting question. A 'Paint' horse is an Quarterhorse with Pinto coloring. So, he is actually 1/2 Arab and 1/2 QH. The Arab breed does not carry the paint color at all, so to get a horse that looks Arabian with those colors is very fun. They also get the best of both . . . speed and stamina!

[AppaloosaForever]

They are both very beautiful. Their colors are amazing.

[thunderita]

@AppaloosaForever , awe, thank you.

[horsebird123]

thats actually kinda funny....she sppoks right out of no where... well atleast i couldnt see or hear anything from the vid... and no body got hurt

[oobagooba100]

aww cute

[battousaiblade]

good job

but where is ur helmet?

especially on cement

[thunderita]

You are so right! Should have had that helmet on.  Don't know why I didn't that day. You don't need it until you need it!

[Yazora]

@thunderita Every time I fall off a horse, I get back up and say, "And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we wear helmets." Once I fell off my horse when he spooked during a trail ride. I landed on my back, bounced, then landed on my head and slid about a foot. The day prior, one of the adults at the stable I work at told me that I should wear a helmet when trail riding. :D

[thunderita]

Thanks for your comments. They really are good. His Mom hardly ever spooks and is excellent on our trail rides . . very calm. He seems to have her temperament, with the exception of sprinkler heads popping up!

[horsepaintings]

Well his mom spooked too-- they were good! Ponying is such great exposure for babies! He is really handsome.

[thunderita]

Horsepaintings, Thanks!