APHA Gelding

Tommy is a 14 year old registered with the American Paint Horse Association as a red roan Paint gelding. He is just under 16 hands. Tommy rides with a bit and neck reins with leg pressure. My 13 year old daughter used him for pleasure riding on weekends around the ranch. We are selling him as we live in Houston and do not get to ride Tommy as often as we thought we would and we feel he should not become a pasture horse. He rides smooth and likes to go slow although he will easily trot or lope. We noticed he is barn sour now and can be restless and jumpy since he is not ridden regularly anymore and does not want to work. We do not lunge him when we ride but he can do it. He needs to be ridden regularly again. I would suggest an experienced rider at first as he needs to be ridden regularly for a month again to get him back to his sweet self. After that he would go back to being a beginner horse which is how he was when we got him. He would make an ideal trail horse, he gets along well with other horses. He stands quietly while being saddled/bridle, groomed, fly sprayed, bathed, picking his feet, stands for the farrier. He stands still for mounting and loads easy. He lunges and rides bareback. He has no problems being driven in a horse-trailer. He is easy to catch and loves attention. He is calm with other horses, loves to be around them but is happy to be bossed around rather than being the boss. He had his annual vet check along with all his vaccines (EWT/FLU/WN Vetera 4XP +WN, Equine Herpesvirus & Rabies) including Coggins test in July 2019 and will receive again end of this month. Tommy has been dewormed with a rotation of dewormers every 6 weeks and the farrier comes every 6 weeks. My daughter took him to a barn in Houston for a week and rode English on him as well which he responds to very well.