This past weekend was very busy. We placed two wonderful Standardbreds into their new homes. Big Time Macho, a horse that raced 444 times left with his new family to become a “husband” horse! Macho raced more than any other Standardbred we have ever had. He got a wonderful home!! We also placed DNA, a nine year old mare with a wonderful woman who will be her new trail partner. She and her friends trail ride every weekend and she specifically wanted a gaited mare. DNA fit the request well and I look forward to seeing her photos doing her new job! I am so thankful to the many people that open their hearts each week to the horses in our program!
After getting two horses placed, I then made room for our two new geldings who were arriving. We have made a special exception for two “war horses” needing homes. Normally we do not take horses over 19 years of age, but the circumstances were so that we needed to take these two special horses. The owners are very large supporters of our program and we sincerely thank them for their support. So now our goal is to take Willie & Maui, who raced 314 times and 293 times, broke to ride and train them for their new careers. Willie is 24 and Maui is 20 years old. They both are in excellent condition and look and act like they are 12! These guys are beautiful and we look forward to getting them out on the trails in the next few weeks. Both have spent time swimming when younger, so they should love the water! Being that these horses are older, we are putting extra training time on them to insure that they are ready and over qualified to be well broke trail horses. They also are very suitable as driving horses due to their extensive careers and lovely driving manners!
This upcoming weekend, we will have our New Vocations booth at Equine Affiaire in Columbus, OH. Please stop by if you get the chance to say hello and see what nice horses we have available for adoption. We update our website daily and this time of year horses are coming and going at all facilities every day!
I can not tell you how happy I am to hear that DNA was placed with a wonderful woman in a forever home. I can not wait to check back and see the pictures posted of her on the trails. I know my aunt must be very pleased, it was tough letting her go.
By: Crystal on April 9, 2009
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