UPDATE-Sept/Oct Existing Horses

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We have made a few changes among our existing horses, so here's the latest to keep you updated on where everybody is at:


ADOPTED!!!

COUNTONTHERUN

We transfered Countontherun to the New Vocations program in Ohio a few months ago and are pleased to report that Count has a new home in Tennessee! He was adopted by a family in Tennessee, and I received a very nice note and photo from the mom. Count is currently in training for hunter-jumper and will be the horse for their daughter.

Here is a photo of Count with his new owner. I blurred the image of the person since she is a minor. Count looks wonderful!





MOVED

We recently moved a number of horse that have been in New York for awhile and relocated them to Kentucky. With the exception of Funny Boy, these horses have been in the same area for awhile with few serious adoption inquiries. Our hope is that we can find more potential adopters. In addition, we can get vet evaluations as well as routine vet care for no cost though Julie of Claybank Farms. We are sending a huge THANK YOU to Hagyard Equine Clinic for all that they are doing for us and our horses.

The horses we have moved from New York to Kentucky are: Selway, Midnite Ruckus, Good And Game, Love Me R Leave Me, Pro On The Road, and Funny Boy.

Midnite Ruckus has already received a very serious adoption inquiry from someone in Lexington, and we are hoping to finalize her adoption very soon!


I wrote in our last update that we had moved some of our other long-term New York horses to Diane T's ranch in Oklahoma. We moved Wild Eye Bill, Winds of Summer, Handsome Jolly Jim, and Distand Kid.

Darlene Robinette and I had a chance to visit Diane at end of August-beginning of September. I took a ton of photos which I still need to finish uploading to my computer and then to Photobucket, but here are a few photos of our horses and Diane's ranch. As an FYI, Diane has over 7,000 acres, and her property includes trees, tall grass and ponds. Diane also raises Llamas for wool (hence the name Rocking T Ranch and Wool Co.), and she also fosters horses for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation. You should see the horses milling about a pond with the Llamas!

After seeing Windy first hand, Darlene and I decided that she will be listed as a Pasture Pal for adoption. She is sound, but her conformation is dreadful and she has very strange ankles. Most likely she would not stand up to regular riding, although she seems well suited to be a therapy horse as she is very gentle under saddle and is very easy going.


Here are some shots from the ranch:

Ton of Gold




Winds of Summer




Handsome Jolly Jim and Prospector Sally enjoying a snack




Dah Waterboy




Prospector Sally




Wild Eye Bill




Here's a TRF horse with a Llama




Llamas and horses



Whadda YOU Lookin' at?



Party crasher



Views from the ranch:

[Exceller Fund]

Here is a recap of all of our Exceller Fund horses:

CALIFORNIA

UNITED PEGASUS FOUNDATION – Tehachapi, California
Millie: 10 year old (?) bay Mare (not registered – not ridable due to wobbles)
Ruthie's Glimmer: 22 year old bay Mare
Rare Angel: 21 year old dark bay Mare
Sierra City: 14 year old gray Gelding (not ridable due to arthritis)

Tranquilty Farm - Tehachapi, California
Take A Chance: 5 year old bay Gelding (Stall Rest and Hand Walk Rehab)

Teresa Olivarez - Hesperia, California
Gifford's Kid: 5 year old dark bay Gelding – Rehab almost complete



INDIANA

Friends of Ferdinand – Indianapolis, Indiana
Carson City Kid: 13 year old bay Gelding (foster/sponsored by Friends of Ferdinand)



OKLAHOMA

Diane Templemeyer Rocking T Ranch & Wool Co. - Barnstall, Oklahoma
Dah Waterboy: 10 year old bay Gelding
Distant Kid: 9 year old bay Gelding
Fax A Freddy: 10 year old chestnut Gelding
Handsome Jolly Jim: 12 year old bay Gelding
Missy Won: 6 year old dark bay Mare
Pal Joey: 12 year old dark bay Gelding
Prospector's Sally: 16 year old chestnut Gelding
Ton of Gold: 11 year old bay Gelding (grandson of Exceller)
Wild Eye Bill: 9 year old dark bay Gelding
Winds of Summer: 5 year old dark bay Mare


MISSOURI

Out2Pasture LLC Robin Hust - Jamestown, Missouri
Luckymata: 7 year old dark bay Gelding (son of Almata & grandson of Exceller)


KENTUCKY

New Hope Farm, Lori Neagle - Salvisa Kentucky
Almata: 25 year old gray Mare (daughter of Exceller)
Franchised: 23 year old chestnut Mare
Franconia: 25 year old dark bay Mare


Blackburn Correctional Facility-TRF – Lexington Kentucky
Mighty Sue: 5 year old bay Mare


Claybank Farms - Lexington Kentucky
Eye Pea Oh: 11 year old gray Gelding
Flawless Won: 4 year old bay Mare
Our Son Rob: 7 year old bay Gelding
Stalk: 3 year old chestnut Gelding
Thisbirdcanfly: 6 year old bay Gelding
Prescision Winner: 9 year old chestnut Gelding
Good and Game: 4 year old bay Gelding
Love Me R Leave Me: 8 year old bay Gelding
Midnite Ruckus: 4 year old dark bay Mare
Pro on the Road: 9 year old bay Mare
Selway: 5 year old bay Gelding


VIRGINIA

Woodridge Farm, Paul & Kelly Linn – Evington, Virgnia
Rich In Dallas: 12 year old bay Gelding (starred in Seabiscuit movie) (foster/sponsor by Paul and Kelly Linn)



MARYLAND

Country Life Farm – Maryland
Yeager’s Jet: 4 year old bay Gelding (foster/sponsored by Country Life Farm)



OHIO

Kevin Chumney - Salem, Ohio
Trois Villes: 4 year old chestnut Gelding
Eleanor’s Gift: 4 year old chestnut Gelding



NEW YORK

Triple L Stables, Lisa Leogrande - Fulton New York
Firstdowntouchdown (pending): 4 year old bay Gelding



NEW HAMPSHIRE

EPONA – Epping, New Hampshire
Itpaystobelate: 12 year old bay Gelding (Sponsored by EPONA Volunteers)

[Exceller Fund]

UPDATES on horses in rehab:

TAKE A CHANCE:
Take a Chance got his x-rays and my vet says everything is healing nicely and he has very good prognosis to be a riding horse, excluding jumping just due to the nature of the original injury. Good news.

Take a Chance is in rehab for a fracture, so he is living in a box stall with a 16 X 24 attached run so he can stay out all he likes as long as the weather is nice. He is a very lively and friendly horse that takes an interest in everyone and everything going on. He is very outgoing. When he is hand walked or grazed on the lawn he still wants to thow up his head and play so we have to be careful taking him out. Hopefully when he gets his next x rays in a couple of months he will be about to go out into a larger rehab paddock, about 48 x 80 where he can be more playful. Right now we have to be careful he doesn't hurt himself. Visitors to see Take a Chance are always welcome.
Priscilla Clark 661-823-0307


TROIS VILLES
Kevin said the "Gene" continues to improve and is moving well. We plan to have him evaluated by a vet in the near future and remain hopeful that he will be ready for adoption in Spring 2008.


GIFFORD'S KID
Adam's hoof has grown out very nicely. What as thought to be laminitis turned out to be untreated white-line disease. The damaged section of the hoof was removed and replaced with an acrylic shield allowing new hoof to grow in. The hoof has now completely grown back and Adam walks with no sign of lameness. The foster will have her husband ride Adam in the near future to see how he goes under saddle.

He should be ready soon for adoption!


EYE PEA OH
Opie has fully recovered from his colic episode of a few months ago. However, he has Moonblindness and is being treated for that. He continues to adjust to life after the racetrack, and is currently best buddies with Stalk, the 3 year old chestnut gelding rescued from slaughter a few months ago.

We are considering how to offer a sponsorhip program for Eye Pea Oh. Visitors to Lexington are more than welcome to stop by to see him.


RICH IN DALLAS
Dallas recently entertained visitors at the Virginia Equine Extravaganza at the end of October. Here is Paul's report:

Dallas and I left on Thursday afternoon and drove to Richmond to get settled in and get the booth set up. He had a nice 10 x 10 stall in one of the main exhibit buildings, with a 10 x 10 space next to it for us to set up in. His nighttime stall was outside under a large tent.

We finally got some very badly needed rain that started on Wednesday I think, and it rained until Saturday morning! Saturday night the tent barn flooded and they told us we could leave the horses in their exhibit stalls, but I moved Dallas back to the tent barn - the exhibit building was heated and stuffy (the big rollup doors were shut at night) and I would rather have him get his feet wet then to be in a poorly ventilated sauna. His stall was not too bad that night and he could have cared less - after all if he'd been at home he would have been outside IN the rain!

Dallas was a true pro and so many people commented on his calmness and affectionate nature that I lost count by Friday. A lot of people were asking me what I used on his coat to make it so shiny and soft and they just knew I was lying when I told them nothing, that he hadn't even had a bath, and that I had brought him in from the field Thursday morning after he'd been in the rain and simply brushed him!

He had 2 events each day. The first was the Breeds Exhibit, where he represented the Thoroughbred. He wore his Seabiscuit blinkers and I would enter the main arena with him and walk around the edge once, then let him loose and ask him to move off. He would trot and canter (sometimes buck and fart, one time tripping and going to his knees lol) around the arena while the announcer read a script that I had prepared.(and that he embellished more and more each day!) After a few laps I would give Dallas the signal to come in, and he would zip straight to me and stop in front of me so I could reattach his lead rope and walk him out. I would give him a hug and I could hear the "Ahhs" in the audience. A lot of people commented that they thought it was so neat how he would stop and come back to me and they didn't see how he knew when to do it. I would just smile and offer to sell them my special twirlyflickitatem rope and they could be doing it with their horses in no time, especially if they also bought my Limited Edition CD. lol

The other event was the Celebrity Horse presentation, which was much like it was at the Equine Affaire. A small ring with Dallas in hand, presentation of him and his story, then pictures, petting and cookies.

One clinician (Randy Abernathy) used Dallas in one of his clinics, the point of which was how to understand horses and and their language and how to interpret their actions. Dallas made his clinic very easy. At one point while Randy was talking, Dallas proceeded to present his most treasured asset to the audience, complete with thumping the by now rigid asset against his belly. People were giggling and Randy didn't know why until he stepped back and looked. He said "He certainly seems happy about that".

Dallas got to meet a new friend named Huey Long Ears, the most adorable 6-month old donkey I've ever seen. At these events NOTHING fazes Dallas, but the donkeys always caught his attention and fascinated him. He got to sniff Huey and check out his big ears and satisfy himself that all was well.

We got some donations and sold a few framed Seabiscuit prints, but all in all not much to write home about from the money side of things.

EXCELLER FUND - 2ND ANNUAL CHARITY HORSE SHOW
Kelly Linn again organized the show and reports that everyone had a great time. This year it was held at Oakside Stables in Amherst, Virginia. Money wise, we broke even on this event. I don't have any photos at this point, but if I get some, I will post them.


LUCKYMATA
Please see the thread on Luckymata on how well he is doing after his emergency surgery!