Warrior's Big Sioux (I'll call him Sioux from now on) arived in Oregon after a 6 day haul on a commercial van. The shippers said he was a great passenger. He was hauled next to two mares and never made a fuss. He loaded and unloaded and stood where ever they put him. All in all, they said he was the best horse on the trip!

He is stabled next to one of my geldings with only a three rail fence between them, The gelding makes more of a fuss about the housing then Sioux does . To date I have only turned Sioux out by himself but I plan to try turning him out with the geldings soon and seeing how things go.

Warrior's Big Sioux has the best example of the "curly temperment" that I have ever encountered. He loves to be pet, groomed, and especially scratched! He will come over and present whichever part of him that feels the itchiest (usually his big rear end) and stand for hours while you scratch him. He would rather be scratched then eat grass.My small children pet and feed him with confidence and I know he wouldn't hurt them. For such a large horse, Sioux is amazing gracefull and light on his feet. He has one of the fastest turn arounds I have ever seen. In fact, if you blink, you are liable to miss it!

As far as training goes, Sioux has had no saddle training but he has spent some time in harness. He has been extensively ground driven (in full harness) and has pulled a "stone boat". For those unfamiliar with that piece of equipment, it is a flat bottomed sled that was used to help farmers clear rocks from their fields (it is VERY noisy). I have started doing more ground training with him as he is a bit rusty, and plan to break him to saddle over the spring and summer months. I will be posting updates and pictures of his progress to this site.

Sioux has a fairly large number of offspring ( for a curly) and they are a pretty impressive bunch. He seems to pass on his wonderfull disposition and also adds his great conformation too! He has been crossed with a variety of types and has had great results. It seems that most of his foals are an improvment over both the sire and dam. ( I am told this is a mark of a good sire.) He has thrown straight haired foals (as have most curly stallions), but his staight babies are exceptional in their own right. I will be posting a page of Warrior's Big Sioux's offspring as soon as I can get the photos together! come back and see them.