Horse for beginner with a little experience

He is not lazy or clumsy in my book. He’s been lame in L front this fall from which was on steep land. He has been fine now for a month with rest, level ground and no-one pushing him around in the paddock (which had reinjured the sprain). He has pulled lots of wood, sugared, spread manure, cultivated, all single and done all parts of haying as part of a team. He has much to give in the right situation.

He is a Suffolk. We raised him from a foal, he was our stallion for 6 years, working the farm with our mares here in Southern Vermont. We gelded him 4 years ago and he went to work at our daughter’s farm the next year, where he did most of his single work. He worked well except occasionally went lame (once a year or so) usually after running around in his pasture (on the steep slopes of their farm). On those slopes it proved hard for him to heal. Vet has checked him and we took exrays just to be sure and those came clean. The steepness seems to be the issue. He is sweet and willing. He is Back here at the farm. He is about 15 hands and weighs about 1400. Thick and wide.