Flirty Ryon, or "Nana" as we call her, is a 19 year old registered Quarter Horse mare. She ties and cross ties, bathes, good for farrier/trims (solid feet that have been trimmed every 6-8 weeks. She has only been barefoot with us), easy to catch, easy keeper, and loves attention. She is quiet and sound- loving to be groomed and worked with. My 8 year old daughter has been the one mainly riding her, although we all have. She can neck reign and move off leg pressure, and can side pass and do haunch turns. We have currently been using her for arena riding, but she has also ridden around "trails" at our home where she was by our turkeys and dogs and could care less about the extra commotion. She was a barrel racing horse until she was 9, and then a broodmare until we bought her last Fall. You can just jump on a go. After 10 years of no riding- she didn't have any funny business, and we rode her out just great! She is currently being ridden English and Western, but primarily Western. She is very easy to halter and bridle and has been taught to wrap her head around you for easy bridling. (It's hard to explain, I would have to show you.) She has had regular chiropractor and massage appointments, as well as just having her teeth floated and dewormed in January of this year. She loads wonderfully in the trailer and backs out great, too. We are only selling because my daughter got a step up horse for 4-H.

Cons: It wouldn't be honest of me to not list some of the cons that Nana has, although they are few.

1. I think she may have an ulcer starting- as she has developed some cinchy behavior when saddling. Once saddled, she is fine, but she will stop a back foot and occasionally swish her tail when tightening the girth.

2. We have only been riding her at a walk/Trot because my daughter is still a beginner, and she does great with that. But when asked to lope she tends to get excited (possibly the ex-barrel horse training??) and has offered some small head shakes and will sometimes act out a bit. Personally, I think she would benefit from a tune up with training, and possibly a higher beginner/intermediate rider to keep her in check.

Overall, she is a great mare, and an easy keeper. We have not needed to do anything for maintenance. She is currently eating local hay (round bale in a pasture). In the past I had her on copper and magnesium, too.