Wednesday, October 28, 2009

CODY



CODY is a registered Percheron gelding that stands about 17 H. He is a beautiful gentle giant that we acquired after he was retired from the breeding shed, where he produced World class offspring. He rides and drives and is a friendly and exciting ambassador for our program.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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!

Monday, September 14, 2009

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.