Our Amazing Horses

 Dakota - aka, Impressun My Bunny, came to our program in November of 2010.  She is a 25 year old Paint horse who has a dual side to her. On her left side she is a beautiful bay, but when she turns around, her secret side comes out as a beautiful paint.  She's about 15.2 hands and has a very very - did I say very - smooth trot that is lots of fun to ride. Dakota's broad back is perfect for our riders needing a good base of support. 

Gracie is the youngest member or our special herd.  She came to us in February 2022 when a past volunteer and good friend suddenly "graduated" to Horseman's Heaven.  Gracie is a beautiful black and white paint mare who is only about 14 years old.  She is a smidge over 15 hands.  Her training is progressing well, although slowly.  She has a beautiful long stride giving her great movement.  She is a wonderful addition to our herd and look forward to having her take her place in our riding arena.

Liber-T is now 33 year old and is a Dutch Warmblood/thoroughbred  who belonged to Chris and Craig Hudson since before she was born.  Liber-T is Chris' "Levels Horse" and they are playing in Level 4 in the Parelli Natural Horse-Man-Ship Program.  Liber-T is very sensitive and responds to her rider's signals with very little aids.  The challenge with her is - she likes it done "right".  Liber-T just loves our very smallest riders and takes great care in keeping them safe.  Liber-T's gaits are very smooth and easy to ride.  She has really helped move our riders into a higher level of attention, understanding and coordination.  

Spirit is a 24 year old chestnut Quarter Horse we got a call about only 10 days after we lost Freckles.  So we headed to Gold Canyon, AZ - with an 80 mile one way drive - and there we met Spirit.  Spirit spent the first of her life as a search and rescue horse, then for years was a trail horse.  Her owner needed to find her a good home as he was no longer able to ride.  It was 109 in August when we visited.  She looked good, needed her feet trimmed, but seemed a good fit.  We brought her home, and once we got her feet in proper alignment began her training.  She began working with our riders in January 2025.  She is still learning to help our riders, but gets better each time.  Although she is fairly short strided, she is learning to stretch those muscles to give a longer stride.  Her more narrow  barrel and quicker stride is very helpful for riders not ready for more trunk mobility.