The Long Grey Line Farm
2752 Hobbs Island Road
Huntsville, AL 35803
(256) 883-9814
Registered American Saddlebred and American Warmblood Registry Horses
for sale
(last updated 8 March 2008)
It looks like I won't be riding horses anymore. I don't think of myself as being as old as I really am, but when you do get old and you get injured, the body doesn't repair very quickly. I sustained an injury when a Warmblood ran over me and it has not healed properly and then there is that pesky appendectomy, so I must continue to move some more horses. If you see something that interests you, give us a call. We can discuss it and come to a solution. Some are pricey, some are bargains for the quality and ability of the horse, but all are fairly priced so that a profit still exists for the purchaser.
The Great Southeast Desert has moved to North Alabama and we are experiencing the worst drought in 100 years. I believe that I have baled enough hay for the horses until next summer, but the cattle hay is a different story. (B & W Stable, Hartselle, Al. has come to the rescue. Ken and Joyce Webster offered their old hay that was not good for their horses to be used for our Belted Galloway cattle. I jumped at the offer and I think that we will make it on hay now. Many thanks to the generous Webster family.) Although we are 25 inches below our normal rainfall for 2007, we have recently had some rain, so the grass is green and growing. I can recommend Quick and Big (as well as Red River Crabgrass), a proprietary hybrid Crabgrass sold by Elstel Farm in Ardmore, Oklahoma. It grew 48 inches in three weeks after a 1 1/2 inch rainfall! It gave us the grass that we needed for hay. I am planting it again this year. The Dalrymples, who own Elstel Farm, sell interesting forage seed (I also plant Barnyardgrass in the fields.) and are willing to help you decide on what to grow.
All horses have up-to-date health care and have had some degree of training. All are ready to go back to work. Contact us with your desires in a horse and price range. We probably have several available. We offer discounts for multiple purchases.
NOTE: It is customary in our industry that a purchaser's agent receive a commission equal to 10% of the sale price. All prices quoted by the Farm are net to the Farm. If an agent is used, the purchaser is responsible to add 10 % to the prices, either paid to the Farm, which will be dispensed to the agent, or directly to the agent.
Horses for sale - Priced $1800 to $25,000
FEATURING SHOW HORSES AND PROSPECTS:
We try to send all of the young horses out to a trainer for 30 days of saddle time and basics. They usually leave as a late two year old because we believe that the joints and bones, as well as the mind, need some maturity before asking for serious work.
Moon River, Kona, Molly, Sweet Medicine, Barry, Coosa River Mist, Listen to the Wind, Rosemary, Beau and Jeffrey are priced at $3500 or less. There just may be a bargain waiting here for you!
1996 Mare Our Moon River - Grey - Sire: Our Grey Dawn by Hell Cats' Reveille, Dam: West Point's Cadet Sweetheart by Command Attention. This is a lovely 16 hand mare. I kept her to be a broodmare and had her worked for Western riding, so that she could be my farm riding horse. The local trainer was all compliments and when he brought her back, he rode her bareback in front of my barn at night with a halter and a lead. I intended to send her back for Reining training, but I've gotten grounded by the doctor, so it seems futile. I am reluctantly offering her for sale. She is not broodmare sound. The vet ultra-sounded and saw cysts. She is a pet and will come to you in the pasture.
2001 Gelding Kona Quivira - Black. Sire: Quiver by Foxfire's Prophet, Dam: Doubletree's Tea Party by Doubletree's General D. Three-Gaited Pleasure, but has been gaited so he will slip into a rack if confused and rushed. If you lower your hands and talk to him, he will settle back to a trot. I bought Kona to be an ambassador for the Saddlebred in my lesson program; but lately he has become a pasture ornament because I am reducing my lesson load. He is drop-dead gorgeous and his black coat is everyone's dream come true. Like most black horses he will turn brown if allowed to be in the summer sun. It has taken some work to get him there, but he will let a rider mount from steps and remains calm. I had a rider fall off at a trot and he stopped and waited. This is an excellent trait in my book. I have had an autistic child ride him and he apparently sensed that she was precious cargo and I had to stay behind him to make him trot. We ride with a crop because he will drop down to a walk sometimes. I recently had a show rider take him outside and he can still look like a show horse. Kona has never been shown, except as a futurity baby, and would probably become nervous without a lot of patience on the part of the rider. He has a tendency to snatch at a halter or bridle and sometimes me when I am grooming, but I have a lightning quick elbow and have not had a contact. I smack him on the neck with a loud "NO!" and go on. I do not let my little riders groom him because he moves around. I don't use cross-ties. I use a single tie in the stall. He no longer charges out of the stall door and rushes to the pasture gate. Kona is in the pasture by day and a stall by night. He can be caught in the pasture. He could be a useful horse and would love to have his very own human. Click for picture
2000 Mare Miss Molly Twigg - Liver Chestnut. Sire: Bugle Notes (sired by Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy out of West Point on Parade by Command Attention, dam Plainview's Hiawatha (a sister to Five Gaited World's Grand Champion, Plainview's Julia). Dam: Ohbygollymissmolly by Our Grey Dawn. She is big, has a lot of motion front and rear, pretty and has quite a hook - looks 5-gaited, but could easily be an excellent sport horse. Loves to free jump. Molly has had 30 days riding and is under saddle for walk and trot at this time. If you can train, she could be a real bargain for you. She has a slight toe out in the front. The farrier trims her and we have never had a problem with her hitting herself. (I see this through my judge's eye and many people would not notice it.) Click for picture
2000 Mare Sweet Medicine - Dappled Grey. Sire General Withers by Hell Cats' Reveille, dam Princess Grey Eagle by Our Grey Dawn. Sweet Medicine was named for the Cheyenne prophet who predicted the down-fall of the American Indian tribes long before it happened. I selected her to become my Western horse for the lesson program. She is beautiful and would be a great selling point for the Saddlebred breed. Unfortunately the first trainer that I sent her to was a poor choice and was very rough with her. The second trainer was all that I could want. He said that she was just too hot and volatile for a Western lesson horse. She has motion, beauty and ability but is hot and quick. She is about 15.2 hands.
Just remember that her third dam is the two times World's Champion Pleasure horse, Supreme's Choice Lady, and she was hot also! This mare is more suitable as a broodmare.2004 Gelding - Bay - General Withers Barrage - Sire: General Withers, Dam: Audacious Twigg by Hell Cats' Reveille. Motion, looks, and show horse ways. A very tall mature guy who came back from the trainer's barn the end of January. He will mature over 16 hands, and just might be suitable for a sport horse. He shows outstanding potential as a jumper when put through a free-jump chute. I have a short clip of this if you are looking for a sport horse. He should slow gait and rack without too much difficulty and is a very strong trotter. I would aim him for the gaited pleasure division. He has the pizazz to be a show horse, but has a beautiful, kind eye and will undoubtedly be a pleasure to own. Click for picture !
2004 Stallion - Grey - Caisson - Sire: General Withers by Our Grey Dawn, whose dam was Chocolate Kiss the last living daughter of Royal Kalarama by Kalarama Rex, making Our Grey Dawn a line-bred Kalarama Rex stallion. Chocolate Kiss's dam was Eagle's Charm by Grey Eagle. Our Grey Dawn's sire was Hell Cats' Reveille by Broadlands Kilarney by Kalarama Colonel by Kalarama Rex, Dam: Carolina Waltz by Johnnie E by Decoration Genius and out of Carolina Eagle by Grey Eagle, second dam Inspiration Waltz by Waltz King, third dam Kingrea's Lady Suzette by Mountjoy's Aristocrat. Spectacular and very tall, over 16 hands, with a wonderful willing attitude, athletic ability, motion, beauty and a long high-set neck. A full brother to Fairlawn's Lady In Grey, we will keep him as a stallion since he shows such promise. He has completed two months of saddle training and is being ridden outside. He is still weedy and needs time to mature and fill out. If not sold, I plan to test breed him to a mare soon. This stallion should remain entire since his bloodlines are very important to the preservation of the American Saddlebred. If you plan to geld him, please do not call. He will be a fabulous show horse and breeding horse. Click for picture
2004 Filly - Grey - Coosa River Mist - Sire: Coosa by General Withers, Dam Princess Grey Eagle by Our Grey Dawn. This is one bundle of energy - a real sports car type and gorgeous as a bonus. Very upfronted with lots of motion. She has a late birthday, but has been to the trainer for 30 days and is green but ready to go on to work. She probably will be 15.2 at maturity and will be a quality show horse. The trainer liked her and she did well in her basic walk/trot/canter work. She was ridden outside. Her sire, Coosa, stands at stud in Georgia at www.ImagineNationHorseworks.com . He is also grey and gorgeous with lots of motion and show horse ability. Click for picture !
2005 Filly - Grey - Listen To The Wind - Sire Wingate's Chindit by Hell Cats' Reveille, Dam RSVP by King's Melody Man. Wingate was 18 years and RSVP was 23 years. (Unfortunately, she died in 2006.) This one was worth the wait! She trots level on both ends and has the sudden acceleration at the trot of a true gaited horse. She has a shoulder and headset that breeders dream of. Her sire is a full blood-brother to Merrill's Marauder, who was Kentucky County Fair Fine Harness Champion and placed third in the World's Champion Kentucky County Fair Fine Harness class. She is pure class. She is not for the timid trainer; does not need a heavy hand, but requires patience and thoughtful training. She could be tough if mishandled, but we honor her desire to be dominant every now and then, so have little trouble with her learning. The trainer is very complimentary and since he is a Western rider, he is very proud that she is beginning to neck rein - a sign of intelligence and workability, I think. She can adapt to your desires. Click for picture
2005 Filly - Bay - Fairlawn's Wind Song - Sire General Withers by Our Grey Dawn, Dam Audacious Twigg by Hell Cats' Reveille. She will probably mature around 16 hands. She has show horse ways with a big motor, good looks and so much motion. She will be a show horse! Audacious Twigg is a fourth generation Twigg on our farm and goes through the dam line to Jack Twigg - very old Denmark blood and very rare today - and Astral King. I am having Cynthia Hecht, distinguished Saddlebred historian and pedigree analyzer, check my broodmare pedigrees for the X-Factor for the large heart.. Her initial report on Audacious Twigg says that she "appears to be double copy by pedigree and offspring of ancestors. Her bottom line is 6 generations of double copy mares. She has 11 [8-10 is normal in a horse of Louisville quality] Hall of Fame Broodmares in her 5 generation pedigree plus Wing Commander three times in the 5th generation through Command Attention. There are 31 mares in a 5 generation pedigree. 30 of hers appear to be double copy. The only mare that is single copy is BHF mare Nancy Thurman, who obviously passed the heart to Kalarama Rex. I haven't done the cumulative show record yet. Broadlands' Kilarney comes from a line of Hall of Fame Broodmares - his dam, 2nd, 3rd and 4th dams are all in the Hall of Fame. These dynasties of BHF mares are extremely rare. Back further, she has Flirtation Walk and Kate Haines, two of our most legendary broodmares, both of them on each side of her pedigree." None of this can be proven except by measurement, but the pedigree analysis is pretty accurate. General Withers is a cross of our two original stallions, Hell Cats' Reveille by Broadlands' Kilarney and Badge of Gallantry by Gallant Guy O'Goshen, both dominant Denmark bloodlines. She has been long lined and has been ridden a few times. This mare will be a show mare and then an exceptional broodmare. Click for picture
1991 Mare - liver chestnut- Our Lavender Blue - Registered: The Half Saddlebred Registry of America - Sire Kilarney's Blue Skies by Broadlands Kilarney, Dam Hackney Mare - I bought this 14.2 hand pony to use in the lesson program when she was about 9 years old. She has been used mainly as a lunge line, trotting pony. She is safe to work around and has never offered to kick, bite, strike or do anything wicked. Her only limitation here is that she trots fast and it takes 20-30 minutes of work before she slows down (very typical of the Hackney ponies!). By the time she slows down, the lesson is over. She would do well in a program where there were several lessons using her each day. My students end the lesson with a little bare-back time and she is fine. She is an easy keeper and loves to be groomed and petted. The students all love her. We used her in a clinic, where the students painted her with water-base paint, and she was a very willing subject. She lives in a stall by night and is in the pasture by day and stays away from the aggressive big horses. Our Lavender Blue is a great pony and could go home with someone - can be caught in the field.
2006 Filly - Chestnut - Rosemary Twigg - Sire Wingate's Chindit (blood brother to Merrill's Marauder) Dam Ohbygollymissmolly by Our Grey Dawn. She is a gorgeous little power house packed with motion, ability and beauty. She has that Look At Me attitude. Her bloodlines are very old and incorporate direct lines to King Barrymore, Jack Twigg, and Kalarama Rex with lots of Wing Commander thrown in. She would sure make a grand broodmare to bring back some of the old American Saddlebred qualities. Click for picture
2006 Filly - Grey - Liver chestnut base - Waltzing With The Wind - Sire Wingate's Chindit, who is a full blood-brother to Merrill's Marauder, who was Kentucky County Fair Fine Harness Champion and placed third in the World's Champion Kentucky County Fair Fine Harness class. Dam Carolina Waltz by Johnnie E by Decoration Genius and out of Carolina Eagle by Grey Eagle. Her second dam is Inspiration Waltz by Waltz King. Third dam is Kingrea's Lady Suzette by Mountjoy's Aristocrat and fourth dam Guilford's Gigi by Veiled Prophet. Cynthia Hecht states on her pedigree analysis that the "presence of the X-Factor for the large heart is possible at a 50% probability but only physical measurement can guarantee the large heart is present." Carol's foals just keep getting better and better. No matter what stallion that I breed her to, the foal is outstanding. This one weighed 120# at birth, tall, beautiful, so much motion, long neck, great hook, lovely shoulder and beautiful hip. She makes you want to stay in the breeding business! She will be a top show horse one day. She looks a year older than she is but is still a baby. Her price is high, but she worth it! Click for picture
2006 Gelding - Bay - Fairlawn's Beau Twigg - Sire: General Withers, Dam: Audacious Twigg by Hell Cats' Reveille. What a sweetie! He walked a Spanish Walk when he was first born and I'm sure that it will come back easily later on. Beauty, charisma, motion, ability, high head, short back, great angle to shoulder and hip. He is a keeper! You will want him in your show string. Audacious Twigg is a fourth generation Twigg on our farm and goes through the dam line to Jack Twigg - very old Denmark blood and very rare today - and Astral King. General Withers is a cross of our two original stallions, Hell Cats' Reveille by Broadlands' Kilarney and Badge of Gallantry by Gallant Guy O'Goshen, both dominant Denmark bloodlines. I was going to leave him a stallion, but I just don't have the strength to handle more than one each year and I chose The Longest Day, who has been sold to www.ImagineNationHorseWorks.com in Georgia. Refer to Fairlawn's Wind Song for information on Audacious Twigg. The X-Factor only transfers to the fillies, but the show horse ways from the great hearts in the pedigree are applicable to the males.
2007 Gelding - Chestnut - Jeffrey Twigg - Sire: Wingate's Chindit, Dam Ohbygollymissmolly by Our Grey Dawn. He is a full brother to Rosemary Twigg. He is beautiful, talented and athletic. He has lots of natural motion and show horse ways and he is very intelligent - quite a nice package. He was gelded at 8 days to try to get more growth, since his sister is of moderate size. He has exceptional ability and will be competitive in the show horse world. His legs are long, so I hope that he is going to grow in the future and should make around 15.2 or better.
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