Personality & Manners:
Sweet and willing mare who enjoys working with her rider
- Patient, understanding, and bonds well with consistent handling
- Gives her best effort once she trusts her partner
- Gets along well with both mares and geldings
- Calm, steady personality makes her enjoyable to have around

Training & Abilities:
- Easy to catch, halter, and lead
- Loads well into a trailer and travels quietly in a slant load
- Stands for grooming, baths, and fly spray
- Improving with farrier work; stands most of the time and benefits from continued handling
- Lunges at the walk, trot, and canter in a round pen or on a line
- Ridden walk, trot, and canter in an arena, round pen, and open field
- Ridden both English and Western, and also bareback
- Has carried the flag in drill team practice and participated in a Fourth of July parade
- Experienced over obstacles: bridge, teeter-totter, backing, turns on hind and forehand, and desensitizing exercises
- Patient with new skills like roping practice

Background & Care:
- Prefers to be ridden regularly; may need a refresher if left in pasture for long periods
- Has occasionally crow-hopped after time off; best for a rider who can confidently keep her focused
- While she’s not shown any lameness since her injections, it is possible she’ll need additional injections in the future to stay sound
- Not suited for: jumping, playdays, endurance, or high-intensity riding

Why She’s Amazing:
Stella Rose has proven herself adaptable, brave, and fun. She’s participated in parades, drill team practice, summer pony camp, and obstacle courses — handling each new challenge with willingness and grace. She is both willing-hearted and steady-minded, making her a joy to work with. With continued consistency, Stella Rose has all the makings of a reliable trail and pleasure horse, and she’s already earned the title of “patriotic princess” from her parade debut!