This is one nice horse! He has a lovely jog trot, super smooth lope, takes either lead with ease, and is willing to do anything that is asked of him. This horse is super fun because he is very athletic, yet gentle enough for anyone to ride. He recently participated in the Ride for the Cure trail ride in Flagstaff. A 14 year old boy rode him bareback on this ride with about 20 other riders. Monkey was awesome and never made a mistake. He will go up and down hills, over and through anything and doesn't care if he is first or last in line. He is soft enough and has a cute enough headset to be shown western pleasure, but is athletic enough that you could barrel race on him. He would make a really nice rope horse. He has been started roping the heel o matic. This kind of horse is very hard to find. He is very sweet and is the kind of horse that anyone would want to own. He will tie all day long to the trailer, and is great with other horses.