Dixie

Dixie is a yearling miniature horse on loan to us from a friend. She is a friendly representative of the horse world for people who are not familiar with being around horses. Although she is only a year old, she is learning her manners and how to do what she is asked. Climbing to new heights was a daring task for one so small but she did it eagerly. She is also good at soccer!

AMBER

Amber is shown here as a yearling. She is a Morgan Quarter Horse cross. She has a calm, curious disposition and is learning quickly. She will be used for equine therapy and in our mentoring program.

SPARKLING SUGAR

Sugar is a 15H Arabian mare. She is well mannered and a wonderful trail horse that has ridden throughout the United States. Her owner donated her to our program to be used as a therapy horse.

HOLLYBROOK SHEER BLISS

Bliss is a 14.3 H Morgan mare. She is broke to ride and drive, showing primarily in English pleasure divisions. She was purchased in North Carolina with Heaven’s Love Command to be a broodmare. We were unable to achieve a foal. She was sold to become a lesson and therapy horse.

LUCKY

One day while I was working in my garden a car pulled up and said there was a loose pony in a field 1 mile from my house and it had been loose for days as other neighbors had seen it. The little horse walked up to me and followed me home. It didn’t have a halter on it, but it was broke to lead. I kept it in my barn overnight. The next morning his owner called asking if I had seen his little horse. Of course it was Lucky. He had to go home after his night in the Turning Point Hilton for horses. Too bad, it looked like he could use some TLC.

SKIPPA CHERO

Chero is a 16 H Paint Horse who came to us with extreme emotional distress. His pasture mate had died suddenly and years passed before he saw another horse. When he came to us he would have panic attacks if separated from the other horses, to the point of severe body shaking. As soon as he was with his friends he would stop shaking. Eventually the problem resolved. He was placed in a new home where he would be shown in Western Pleasure classes.

DANDY

Dandy is a 16H half Arabian and half warm-blood gelding. He was started under saddle and brought to us for placement in a new home. He was adopted to a family that continued his training as a pleasure horse.

ROCKY

Rocky is a 13.2H Morgan gelding. He was an unexpected twin. His twin was huge, came first and died. The owner thought the mare was done when to their surprise another foal appeared. It is very unusual to have twins survive. Rocky was very small, the size of a medium dog and too short to nurse from his mom. As a result he was held for feedings until he could reach. He had a lot of human contact as a baby and has often thought himself to be human. He is broke to ride and drive. He was donated to our program.

PIXIE PARFAIT

Pixie is a 16.3H American Saddlebred mare. She was raised by her former owner, and shown In-Hand as a weanling. She was broke to ride and used primarily as a brood mare. She is an especially perceptive and sensitive horse who loves people. She was donated to us to be used as a program horse.

FAITH

Hope and Faith are two Miniature Horses. A volunteer brought them to us. She offered to take them so the owned wouldn’t have them destroyed. They were well mannered but extremely overweight. Hope was a young strawberry roan filly and in good health. Faith was severely foundered and had difficulty walking. After a weight loss diet they were both placed for adoption. Hope is in a new family and Faith lives at Misfit Acres.

CHEWBACCA (CHEWEY'S STORY)

My daughter and I had heard Kim Meeder from Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch speak on the Radio and then we read her books “Hope Rising” and “A Bridge Called Hope”. We were so inspired that we went to her training session to learn more about what we could do. I was unprepared for the challenge she gave us, but I was willing to do whatever God led me to do. I was looking for a family horse and bought Navar. I asked the horse trader if she had anything suitable for kids. She said she did at a different farm. I had no intention of buying a rescue horse but I had no choice when I saw this poor starved, beat up horse trot around with a little 3-year-old boy on his back. The trader said he had deteriorated quickly since she had last seen him and didn’t know why because they were feeding him. I didn’t care. I saw him pivot perfectly on his hindquarter as the child maneuvered him and knew he would do whatever we asked.
He came to live with us. We never could decide what breed he was; just that he was pretty and had a soft eye. He stood about 14.3 H. His hair was long and shed off in patches, in June, and looked like the wooly Chewbacca in star wars. His body was scarred by the battles for food with the bigger horses. His coat was unthrifty, probably due to heavy worm infestation and poor nutrition. When our veterinarian checked him he said he had the worst teeth he had ever seen and that is why he didn’t benefit from his food. He corrected his problem as best as he could. We placed him in a private paddock with horses nearby and fed him back to health. Soon he developed swelling beneath his belly. I thought he would die for sure as he leaned against the stall wall to rest. I thought it was heart failure or a kidney problem. One day I noticed his belly was wet. An abscess the size of a dinner plate had opened up. It wasn’t long after that until he was doing well, gaining weight and thriving. His next two summers were healthy and happy. He taught many people that they were capable of working with a horse, riding, lunging, brushing (his favorite) and just being with a horse. He was eager to go down the pasture trail and led the way. His face had turned white as things change when a horse ages. He had a bad eye that seemed to bother him when the summer sun was bright. He would toss his head up and down as if to say yes all the time. We had a face mask for him so he would be more comfortable. I don’t know exactly how old he was, just that he was very old. I sometimes dreaded thinking about the day he wouldn’t come up to the feeder for his food. I just didn’t think it would be so soon. It is very sad to say good- bye to such a faithful servant. He made our lives so much better.

ROYAL CREST’S STONE BREAKER

Breaker is a 17H American Saddlebred Western Pleasure gelding. He is daunting to stand next to but has a luxurious ride. Breaker was trained to be a Park horse, however his conformation is more suitable for Western Pleasure.

NAVAR

Navar is a 15H Missouri Fox Trotter gelding. We purchased him for a family trail horse from a local dealer who found him in a sale barn. He is a stunning black horse with exquisite manners and awesome presence. Most people remark on his unusual way of walking. He is quite an experience if you have never gone gaited.

DAISY

Daisy was an owner donation to our program. The family had tried to work with her for some time, but she was unhappy and had some nasty habits. She came to us a little thin, but mostly grumpy. With time and patience she has become a beautiful well-mannered horse.

She rides best as an English Hunt horse and would be an excellent second horse for someone. She rides the trails and is eager to please. She is an Arabian mare 14H tall, sound. She is an easy keeper.

2010 Daisy has a new home and a new family to enjoy her. Congratulations on graduating.

HANDY

Handy was a 16.2 H Quarter Horse. He was a gentle giant that was good to anyone who rode him. One day he was lame on his right rear leg with no obvious reason. We nursed him along for over a month. Sometime we found him sitting on his rump, just like a dog sits. He never moved more than twelve feet from his food. As winter approached and there was no improvement we had to decide to say goodbye.

PERFECTLY PHINE WINE

Perfectly Phine Wine is a mare produced by Probably Perfect and Phi Slama Jama on our farm. Her arrival was anxiously anticipated. Sometimes it is challenging to see if a mare is pregnant. I wasn't certain so one day I thought I would try a little test. In obstetrics we sometimes do an acoustical stimulation test to make a baby move. Thinking this was a good idea, I stood beside the mare's abdomen and hollerd as loudly as I could. Immediately the little feet and legs could be seen scrambling against the wall of her mother's abdomen. She was in there and kicking. The night she was born she did the most wonderful thing. After she caught her breath and started to hold her head up she called to her mother. Susie called back in a low soft tone. She called again and the mare answered. She began to scramble toward her mother's voice, until she lay under her mothers head where she could be licked dry. They rested together for some time before they both attempted to get up. The struggle for the foal to stand is painful to watch, as it rises and falls many times before it is successful. Then it must eat. Once that is accomplished, the exhausted foal falls clumsily to the floor to sleep again. We raised her to the age of 2 when she was trained to ride and drive and sold to a private party. She has been shown in the Show Pleasure division.

A PERFECT AFFAIR

A Perfect Affair is a gelding produced by Probably Perfect on our farm. We had him professionally trained to ride and drive. When he was three we were advised to sell him. We had no buyers so we sent him to auction where we sold him for an enormous loss. I didn’t know it at the time, but, he was purchased by a saddlebred horse rescue. As he grew he developed improved motion and ability and went on to win numerous Regional Park Saddle Championship divisions.

PROBABLY PERFECT

Probably Perfect (Susie) is a Saddlebred mare. She was purchased as a four year old and shown extensively as a Junior Show Pleasure driving and riding horse. She is 16H tall. Here she is shown under saddle winning the Wisconsin National Junior Show pleasure Championship. After her show career she had two foals, seen below. She was unable to produce more foals so we found her a home in a training facility where she teaches advanced riders saddleseat equitation.


Here she is again being shown at the Louisville World Championship Saddlebred Horse show. She placed third in the World championship class as a ”junior” horse. Later she produced two outstanding foals, A Perfect Affair and Perfectly Phine Wine.

TURNING POINT’S GLADIATOR

Turning Point’s Gladiator is a gelding by Tug Hill Whamunition. He was one of the first foals born on our farm. We were anticipating his arrival and checking our mare carefully. However, it isn't unusual to miss the delivery, despite all your watchfulness. It is as though the mare waits to hear you leave the barn before she commits to delivery. As it happened, I went to the barn to check one morning. To hear a high pitched nicker followed by a low pitched murmur from the mare. I looked into the stall to see the foal, but could see nothing. I could hear a slurping sucking sound, but couldn't see a foal. Finally I walked into the stall where I could see the mare pressed against the wall, her baby balancing against her and the wall so it could stand and eat. All was well. They had figured it out without me. He was cute as a button and very vocal, calling to his mom regularly, and reassured by her low call back. We raised him and trained him to show under harness and under saddle and was sold as a pleasure horse.

TURNING POINT’S BAM BAM

Turning Point’s Bam Bam is a gelding by Heaven’s Love Command. Due to his small stature of 13H he was not shown. He was sold to be a western pleasure horse.

Turning Point's Sateen

Sateen was our first on farm embryo transfer. We showed her in the Hunt division at the Morgan World Grand National Championship and placed in the top ten.

Turning Point's Simply Divine (Diva)

Diva is an English Pleasure riding and driving multi-titled Regional, Grand National and World Champion show horse. She is now retired to be a brood mare and continues her legacy, producing exceptional quality foals.

Heaven's Love Command

Heavens Love Command was our first foundation Morgan brood mare purchased as a 25th wedding anniversary gift from North Carolina. She produced one multi titled World Champion filly for us, Turning Pt’s Simply Divine. She also produced Turning Point’s Sateen, who was top ten in the World Championship in her division. Her last foal for us, is Turning Point’s Bam Bam. She was sold to a new home in Hollywood.

Something for Kids

When I was a young girl I dreamed of being a capable horse person. That dream is pretty common for many young people. Unfortunately the opportunity isn't always available to own a horse or have the option of lessons. At Turning Point Stable we want every child to have the opportunity to know a horse and learn from them free of charge. We teach basic horse skills, catching, haltering, grooming, and much much more. Not every horse can be ridden so the activities are designed for both horse and child. We are presently learning about horse soccer. There is always something fun and it is outside in the beauty of nature. Plan a trip to the farm. Call us for an appointment or email us at ardelle@petersbiz.com or call 507-657-2540