Gunner is an excellent Amber Champagne gelding. At four he is ready for training, but we have moved beyond reliable resources. In Idaho I sent all of my young horses to be professionally started, but in this remote area of Montana I haven't found any local trainers that have any experience with Fox Trotters (in fact their are rather biased against the breed). I have to spend at least a day's travel each way to get a horse to a good trainer, so with hotels and meals and fuel, plus the cost of the trainer, I have some expensive training costs, and with the current horse market, no profit.
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