i read your question real quick. got the wrong thought in my head, we just got rid of a horse. you where talking about my horse picture for my profile.
I was wondering if your horse picture is an avatar for a PC horse game or a real horse. The pictures for profiles are small; I have trouble seeing them.
My daughters 1st horse, a standardbred, lived till it's mid 30s. She used it for jumping, huntseat and trail riding. The cremelo mare she has now is for dressage. Its very comfortable in the ring but not on trails. It's about 14 yrs old. The girl that originally had it was doing barrel racing. It took a couple years of retraining to get the 'kick' out of the horse for it to start it's training in dressage. We went to a show today at the farm where she boards. Lots of fun!