05/24/2025
“CE Drifting Red Mesa” aka “Wallen” is a 15hh, 4yr old, AQHA, gelding. This boy is kind, honest, safe, and intelligent, with a beautiful buckskin coat, and a long black tail that drags on the ground. Here is a safe, young gelding, who I very much adore, and is an amazing all around partner! Wallen is an extremely quiet and well rounded four year old. Being this easy going and smart, at this age, he is only ever going to get better! If you are looking for an in your pocket, forever partner, who can dabble in it all, here is your boy!!!
This big teddy bear just has the sweetest face. He is a doll to work around in the barn, and is safe for beginners and kids to work with. He will stand around all day long on the cross ties to be groomed, bathed, tacked, etc. He walks up to you in the pasture and is very easy to catch. He is docile and goes out with a mixed herd with zero drama. Wallen has great ground manners, and is very gentle all around! He loves attention, and being with people.
On the trails, Wallen is quiet and safe. He will lead, follow, go out alone and in groups. He crosses water, logs, and other trail obstacles. He is safe with dogs, bikes, traffic, deer, etc! Lope him across a wide open field on a loose rein, he will take care of you. You could throw your husband on him for a nice trail ride and not have to worry! Drop the reins, and enjoy the ride! Wallen has been out over night camping and highlines well. He is a super fun, relaxing, trail partner.
I have hauled Wallen to many different places, he is the same horse every ride. I have taken him to different arenas, and trails, he is a quiet boy in new places. I took Wallen to his first team penning show last week, and he was a rockstar! He could have cared less about the noisy atmosphere, and paid attention to me, while riding around all new horses. This boy has an outstanding brain, especially at this age.
Wallen has lovely, comfortable gaits. He moves out nicely and would excel in ranch classes, western dressage, classical dressage and more! He is the perfect combo of whoa and go, he will happily go on the buckle in all of his gaits, yet you don’t need a crop or spurs to keep him moving. Wallen listens well to voice commands too! Despite being a QH, his gaits are rather uphill, making him extremely versatile!
In the ring, Wallen will walk, jog, trot, lope, canter, and knows his leads. He knows how to move his hips, and shoulders, and will move laterally off of leg. He is doing really well with learning to neck rein, for one handed riding. His is also learning how to pivot nicely! Wallen has a good whoa, you can bring him down through the gaits to a walk, or ask for a big stop. He has a lovely reverse button as well. He will go collected and on the buckle. He would be a fun horse to bring along into the reining world!
Wallen is incredibly smart, and loves to learn. He does not get upset if he doesn’t understand something, instead he uses his brain and figures out what his rider is asking. He is AA friendly and can take a joke! With his quiet demeanor I could see him dabbling in some mounted shooting as well!
Wallen has been recently introduced to cows, and he enjoys it! I used him for team penning and he really started to catch on fast. I have let him trail cows, chase and push them. I think he would really enjoy ranch sorting and penning.
I took this boy out on the coldest, windiest day, and put a little one on his back for a lunge line lesson. Wallen was gentle, and ignored the wind. This boy can sit for two weeks, tack up and go. He does not need to be in a routine to stay sane.
Wallen rides western, english, and ba****ck. He doesn’t mind how you ride him, he just goes with the flow! I have popped him over a few jumps, but nothing formal due to his age, however he was honest and did what was asked!
Wallen has a nice pedigree, his sires pedigree contains seven of the ten most influential sires in the history of the breed. He goes back to Blue Valentine, Three bars, Joe Hancock, Driftwood and more. Blue Valentine is known for having good bone, a gentle disposition, ranch and cow sense. Some other names you will see in his ancestry include Poco Bueno, Doc O Lon, Doc Bar, Leo, Docs Hickory, King, and many more well known sires.
This has been one of the nicest and easiest four year olds to bring along. I have loaded this boy up alone, and drove to a rodeo, unloaded and went right to work. He is safe for kids to ride, and beginners too! Yet he is so smart and intelligent, that an advanced rider like myself can enjoy every single ride on him.
Wallen is an easy keeper, with no maintenance, no supplements. He can live outside or inside, and he has no bad stall habits. He has nice, large, solid hooves, and can barefoot, or wear shoes. Wallen is good for the vet and farrier. He has no health or soundness issues. And he quite literally never asks for anything. Wallen loads and trailers well, and you can tie him to the trailer to tack up etc.
If you couldn’t tell already, I am quite in love with this sweet soul. He has a little bit of everything going for him, and he is going to make someone one heck of a partner. Wallen is currently set up to head in absolutely any direction. Take him to a show one day, go camping the next. He is just happy to be involved. I really can’t say enough of good things about this quality youngster. If you are looking for the ultimate all around partner, here is your boy!!!
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