CR Gold Rush

[Melanie Cochran]

Daytona

Show Name: CR Gold Rush
Barn Name: Daytona or Tona
Owner: Melanie Cochran

Age: 10
Gender: Male; Stallion
Breed: Quarterhorse

Training: Daytona has been trained in a lot of disciplines both English and Western, though he excels at Western riding. He’s an old pro at the rodeo events, specifically Barrel Racing and Pole Bending, though he’s also good at Calf Roping and being the ‘Header’ in Team Roping events. Tona has also had training in Reining, though he’s never actually shown. He excels in Trail Classes, and he’s been shown in Halter Classes a few times but has only placed once.
Tona has also been trained in some English events, though he’s not near as good as he is going western. He’s still new to most English events. He’s fair at Showjumping and he’s been started in Eventing, though he’s absolutely horrible at Dressage. He’s surprisingly good at Cross-Country, though. Tona has also recently been started in English Pleasure, but he’s shown very little talent for it.

Color: Golden palomino with dapples, a flaxen mane and tail, and two hind socks, one front sock, and a blaze
Height: 15.3 hands

Build: Daytona, like most Quarterhorses, has a lot of bulk. He doesn’t appear to be 15.3 hands at first glance, due to how he is put together. He has a medium sized head with a soft, kind eye and small ears. He has a clean throatlatch and his neck is long and ties in nicely to his shoulders. His back is short and strong. His legs are well-muscled and he has powerful hindquarters. His hooves are average sized; he’s never needed shoes. He’s a tad bit cowhocked. His thick flaxen mane is pulled, though his tail nearly touches the ground and is very thick. Surprisingly, he has smooth gaits.

Personality: For a stallion, Daytona acts more like a laid back gelding most of the time. He’s a very friendly and people-oriented horse and is usually the first one to run up to the fence whenever he sees a person approaching. He prefers lady riders; though he won’t really be too much of a problem for a male rider... he just has his preferences. Tona is pretty easy to handle around mares, whether they’re in heat or not, he listens to his handler fairly well. Of course, he will watch the mares and will sometimes yell at them and get a little antsy due to his background in breeding, but generally he’s easy to handle and keep in line with the reminder that he wears mouth-chain when being led around.
Daytona enjoys riding immensely and gets very upset when he’s left alone... not because he’s alone, but because he didn’t get to go. He’s an excellent trail horse and enjoys arena-work too, as long as he gets to do something, it really doesn’t matter. When he’s injured, he’s horrid to keep quiet and relatively still because he’s such an energetic horse and always wants to go do something. He tends to get into and destroy things when he’s bored or penned up.
Tona doesn’t really scare easily, and most of the time, when he does become startled, he usually just jumps in place or becomes stock still until the ‘danger’ has passed... but certain things such as Miniature Horses, the popping sound of a bad electric fence, and the backfiring of vehicles will set him off in an uncontrolled and crazed run to get as far away as possible.
Daytona occasionally initiates games with his human handlers such as ‘keep away’ and stealing things. He does buck on occasion, though usually only when he’s not been worked in a while. Daytona can’t stand very hairy dogs, such as the Sheepdog, or very small ‘rat’ dogs such as the Chihuahua.

Other Info: Daytona has been used for breeding in the past. When bred, his foals have a fifty-percent chance of coming out palomino. If said foal does come out palomino, it’s nearly always a deep golden palomino like him. Daytona loves carrots and apples though he absolutely hates sugar cubes and refuses to eat cracked corn. He loves oats and alfalfa pellets and is extremely easy to deworm, shoe, and tack up but is a horror to vaccinate and give shots. Tona is used to riding with spurs, even though he does just as well without them. His stud fee is two hundred and fifty dollars for horses whose resulting foals can be registered (such as other Quarterhorses, Arabians, etc...) and three hundred dollars for horses whose foals cannot be registered. His owner also offers a multiple mare discount and LFG.