Pride
of the Fox and Bob Goodman riding at the Hard Away Whitworth Hunter
Pace in Greensboro, AL - August 11, 2007
Pride of the Fox and Missy Miller - June 10, 2007
Prideofthefox and
our visitor Nikki from South Carolina. June 17, 2007
Prideofthefox and
visitor Nikki - June 17, 2007
Prideofthefox and visitor Nikki - June 17, 2007
Pride of the Fox and friend - June 2, 2007
Pride
of the Fox and Dean McKinney, MFH - April 15, 2007
Pride
of the Fox with our visiting Master of Foxhounds - Dean McKinney. April
15, 2007
Pride of the Fox and visitor Else Voorhees. April 15, 2007
Pride
of the Fox with our visiting Master of Foxhounds - Dean McKinney.
April 15, 2007
Pride of the Fox at the Shamrock Hounds Hunter Pace
with Ally Giles. Roll over the image to see "Foxy" jump! March
24, 2007
Pride of the Fox's first time
on a real cross-country ride. March 24, 2007
Pride of the Fox won second place at the Shamrock
Hounds Pony Club Hunter Pace. March 24, 2007
Pride
of the Fox and Tracy Cann - April 3, 2007
Pride of the Fox and our visitor Erin Meason.
March 25, 2006
Pride
of the Fox and Tracy Cann - April 3, 2007
Pride
of the Fox and visitor Whitney Evans. - February 18, 2007
Thoroughbred horse for sale - Pride of the Fox with Paula - February 11, 2007
Pride of the Fox with Nancy Woodruff up. February 17, 2007
Pride of the Fox and young visitor Ali from Camden, SC February 18, 2007
Thoroughbred horse for sale - Pride of the Fox with Paula - February 11, 2007
Pride of the Fox with Antonia - February 11, 2007
Pride of the Fox and visitor Meredith Mann. December 3, 2006
Pride of the Fox and "Friend of Bits & Bytes Farm" Ally Giles learning to jump cross country fences. December 3, 2006
Pride of the Fox is in training at Bits & Bytes Farm. December 3, 2006
Pride of the Fox and "Friend of Bits & Bytes Farm" Ally Giles. November 18, 2006
Pride of the Fox and "Friend of Bits & Bytes Farm" Ally Giles. November 18, 2006
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Pride of the Fox - SOLD!
Foaled: February 4, 1997
Gelding
16.3+ hh
Thoroughbred
Bay
Sound
Well mannered gentleman
Pride of the Fox is a favorite with
our "Friends".
"Foxy" and friend Missy Miller.
June
10, 2007
Pride of the Fox and friend. June 2, 2007
Pride
of the Fox with our visiting Master of Foxhounds -
Dean McKinney. April 15, 2007
Pride of the Fox at the
Shamrock Hounds
Hunter Pace
with Ally Giles.
March 24, 2007
Bits & Bytes Farm horse for sale -
Pride
of the Fox and our visitor
Erin Meason. March 25,
2006
Pride
of the Fox and Tracy Cann - April 3, 2007
Pride of the Fox with Nancy Woodruff up. February 17, 2007
Pride of the Fox with Nancy Woodruff up. February 17, 2007
Pride of the Fox with Antonia - February 11, 2007
OTTB - Pride of the Fox is learning to do bank jumps down on our beginner x-country course. December 3, 2006
Pride of the Fox and "Friend of Bits & Bytes Farm" Ally Giles. November 18, 2006
We do not do videos. It is important for us to meet you to see if it is a perfect match of horse and owner.
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Pride of the Fox - SOLD!
Pride of the Fox was another special project of Elizabeth. He is a big handsome boy with excellent breeding. He came to us from his owner/trainer who was racing him at Philadelphia Park. He is big, gorgeous and sound. Yes - sound at ten. "Foxy" has been in training for a year now and boy has he changed. He came to us fit and sound from racing. He learned to relax be a horse again. "Foxy" has enjoyed learning a new career. He is quiet and easy to ride but he still has get up and go if you ask for it. Otherwise, he is content to take you around a course of jumps in the arena or on the trails. He is handy with his feet and shows excellent form over fences. He really enjoys our cross country course and riding in the woods. He will also make an excellent hunter prospect and we think he is quiet enough to fox hunt. He is ridden by all of our "Friends of Bits & Bytes Farm" - both those with lots of experience and those who are not as experienced.
Current Training
- "Foxy" loves to jump!
- He bold over natural fences on our trails
- He crosses water without hesitation
- He is walking, trotting and cantering quietly in the arena and in the woods
- "Foxy" is very well balanced and has had a good bit of dressage training.
- He is quiet and easy to handle in the barn
- He loads in easily onto the trailer
- He is kind and loving
- "Foxy" is being used to teach the more timid riders the finer points of dressage training.
- Pride of the Fox can be tried at Bits & Bytes Farm
Pride of the Fox with Tamara Meier - April 17, 2006
April 17, 2006 - Brief Notes on "Foxy" from Tamara:
Today I got to ride Foxy for the first time. He
hadn't worked for over a week, I believe, so I started
him quietly at the walk to get a feel for where his
head was at. It was hot and humid, and they've gone
to night turnout, so the fact that he figured it was
nap time, not work time, was surely in our favor.
Recess was going on at the school next door, which can
often be a great excuse to spook, but other than a
couple of half-hearted attempts, he was quite good.
We did walk - trot both directions, first starting
with a lot of walks and whoas, just to make sure he
does have the whoa concept down, in the case the go
concept were to take over. He already has some nice
walk steps, and once he learns to accept contact the"sporhorse" way, vs. the racehorse way, his gaits will
come even farther. His trot is, right now, his most
challenging gait. He does have a long back, and
little topline muscling yet, so nature is working
against him here at the moment. Once he gets
stronger, and starts to use his back more, his trot
will be come more clear. Work on the lungeline w/
bridle and sidereins will help him come along here.
His canter is a treat, and should only get better as
he gets stronger and comes more into balance. It's
actually nicely even to both sides, without a terribly
marked stiff/hollow side. He was also super about
trotting, and even cantering, over single ground
poles.
One of his nicest features, in addition to his good
looks, seems to be his attitude. He seems quite kind,
and quite willing. He was sluggish at times under
saddle today, but I would attribute that more to the
humidity/heat and his lack of fitness. I have a hunch
that once he develops more sporthorse muscles, it will
be easier for him to go forward, especially. at the trot.
After our ride was the best, though - he totally
cracked me up. I untacked him, and took him outside
to hose him a little, but realized I didn't have a
clue of where to hook up the hose. As I led him back
in to the barn, he tried to tell me that it would be
better to eat grass (which he'd already tried to tell
me when I brought him in after his ride). I planned
to put him back in the crossties for a couple of
minutes and sponge him off. He quietely, but
absolutely, refused. It was quite clear that he
thought the eating grass idea was far superior to the
concept of going back in the crossties. It was only
after I promised him that I would take him out and
hand graze him after, that he acquiesed.
So we went and grazed for a bit, and then when I
brought him back to his stall, you could tell he had
the same thing in mind - that he figured he should be
OUTside eating grass, thank you. I explained that the schedule had been switched, and that he would go out
tonight, and he gave in. He, in a very subtle way, is
a riot.
-Tamara Meier
Pride of the Fox with Tamara. April 17, 2006
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