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Rose Farm Mountain Pleasure Horses 221 8th Street Marlinton, WV. 24954 Neal W. Kellison, owner (304) 799-4530 (office) (304) 799-6199 (residence) (304) 799-4971 (fax) rosefarm@mtpleasurehorses.com

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     The Mountain Pleasure Horse came out of the mountains in and around Kentucky. These beautiful animals with an incredible natural gait are a joy to ride and watch move across the fields.

Silver Setem Up Joe      Palomino Stallion Registered with: Mountain Pleasure      Horse Assoc. and the Kentucky Mountain      Saddle Horse Assoc.   Silver Setem Up Joe is the sire of all the young colts and fillies on the horses for sale page.

A couple years ago we acquired a new stallion. Blue Ridge Moon     We are offering his services this year, call or write for details.       (standing to approved mares only) Rose Farm Mountain Pleasure Horses 221 8th Street Marlinton, WV 24954 (304) 799-4530 (office) (304) 799-6199 (residence)   rosefarm@mtpleasurehorses.com

     The beauty of the Mountain Pleasure Horse is the disposition and gait. Who has time, today, to ride a horse every day? The Mountain Pleasure Horse is waiting, with its natural gait and willing disposition, whether you ride once a week or once a month.

     They provide enjoyment to seniors who want a reliable mount, disabled who want a smooth gaited mount and people of all ages who enjoy the responsive mount of a Mountain Pleasure Horse, no matter how frequently or infrequently they ride.

The Gait
     The Mountain Pleasure Horse’s distinctive, easy riding gait is difficult to describe, but once you’ve experienced it, you’ll settle for no other. The horse does not trot. He is a naturally gaited horse that absorbs the bounce of a gait in his ankles, rather than passing that bounce along to the backside of the rider.

     The breed’s definition of this gait is “an evenly spaced, four beat lateral gait with moderate forward speed and extension, without exaggerated knee and hock action.”
     The gait is natural. It is bred into these horses and one of the joys of breeders of Mountain Pleasure Horses is to see a young foal “hitting a lick” as it keeps up with its mother’s longer strides.

     As a rider gets to know his or her Mountain Pleasure Horse, they will find the horse can be ridden at varying speeds while maintaining the same smooth, comfortable gait, and there’s nothing quite like the “nickel, dime; nickel, dime” sound of the Mountain Pleasure Horse ticking off his gait down a blacktop road.