William Pendleton

We bought “William” at the Saddlebred sale at Tattersalls when he had just turned two years old. My plan initially was to gait him and show him saddle seat, but he was so much happier with a plain snaffle and working in a lower frame that I began preparing him to show hunt seat instead. His four year old year, he earned his first blue ribbon in the second class we entered, and although I find it difficult to set aside time and money to compete these days, we keep in show shape schooling basic dressage. William has excellent breeding and was an embryo transplant foal from a large breeding farm. His half brothers and sisters are winners at the biggest Saddlebred shows in the country, but William Pendleton is happy galloping through the cornfields at our family farm. There aren’t many prettier personal riding horses out there.