Mystery Horse Day!
Oct 13 2010
Do you have a horse that you purchased at an auction or adopted from a rescue? Do you just know s/he has some kind of interesting history/advanced training and are dying to know the story?
All right, here’s your day! Remember that you need to post the direct link so that I can make it into a picture. Do not use any img tags or anything with brackets. If you’re in Photobucket, it’s the link that has an “i” in it, not an “s.” If you’re in Facebook, you have to right click on the picture, select “properties” and copy and paste the resultant address. If it does not start with http:// and end in .gif, .jpg or .png, there is no way for me to make it show up. One pic only, showing the markings, please!
I want to ID this horse. This is a black, probably AQHA gelding who was a stallion when he was dumped at the Enumclaw Auction in August. All we know is that he was dumped by some Hispanic guy, and I have a possible name of Ramon Martinez. He is quiet, well broke but significantly arthritic, and seems to have western pleasure training but also seems to have cow experience (he wants to “cut” other animals when loose). Age is about 18. He had bad abcesses and was missing a shoe. The guy who brought him in said he had owned him for 3 years. Who is he? There just aren’t that many true black, western pleasure trained AQHA stallions out there. Someone knows. Someone really does not want the current owner to find out, as her Craigslist ads get flagged in, like, three seconds. This of course really makes ME want to find out. Does he look familiar to anyone?
OK, go for it – post a clear picture of your mystery horse with details about where and when you got him or her. Bet we can solve some mysteries today!
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This mare was seized by Connecticut Dept. of Agriculture in September of 2009 with a large, red tobiano pony. We purchased her from the State in November 2009. Her age is questionable – coggins stated 5, health certificate stated 4 yrs and friend believed her to be 8. Her cups show wear in the higher age group, she had been neglected and was eating trees for nutrition. Could’ve caused excess wear. She’s 15.2 and has a TB rump and narrow front. She has extreme grulla markings – large wither shadow, prominent dorsal, striped knees & hocks, light gray slashes at the corners of her mouth, white tipped ears in winter with black outline. We believe her color comes from a QH but she’s most likely appendix due to her frame. She appeared to have been ridden before but knew very little, very obnoxious ground manners at first. We’d love to know more of her breeding and history. Great blog! Good luck to all!
I might know the tobiano–I’m from Connecticut myself. Do you have images?
This is the seizure photo of the pony & grulla mare. They had lived together and were subsequently sold to different owners at the State’s sale. I don’t know who purchased the pony. I’m hoping to learn about the grulla’s parentage as she looks TB but the color has to be QH or even Mustang or worse yet, jackass influence. LOL! She has her moments.
This is the body condition for seizure in CT?!?! I wish FlLofficials took a lesson from CT! Around here, it seems the horse has to be an obvious body scale of 1 before anything is done.
As to the white tips on ears in winter coat… this may be due to scarring from frostbite in the past.
She looks like a smart and sassy little horse! I hope her new career and life with you are exciting and full of love and snax!
Yes, she’s quite the sassy alpha mare but loves her people. I’m definitely in the wetern circle as she’s fairly tall to me!
Ok this is a long shot, but here my girls info. Her name is Angel, (name I gave her). She was pulled from the kill pen in shipshewana, In last Novemeber 2009. I did find out that an old amish man put her in there, I actually got his number and talked to him. He is in his 90′s so it was hard for me to get much info out of him. He did not know what breed, how old, or any other info on her except she spooked at slow moving vehicles. She neck reins and is such a great riding horse. Which leads me to believe she had to of been owned by someone who has done more with her than just pull a buggy. She has big strong hooves and doesn’t require shoes at all. So heres a picture of her, maybe just maybe, someone knows her and can give me some backround or a person I can contact who might know her or her previous owners. She is much loved and will spend the rest of her days here with me.
Wanted to add, Im in sturgis, mi and Angel was bought from the auction in Shipshewana, also the man who took her to the auction also lived just outside of Shipshewana, in.
hi, i believe i might be able to help you with her breed. please go to http://www.easysite.com/djzfarm , then to the “pictures” section, then “horses horses”. take a look at the “keepsake” pictures. see what you think, she looks so much like my mare! you may e-mail me at vsoejoto@hotmail.com for more pics if you like.
She looks like a Mustang! Sounds like one too
Or a Morg-ang? She looks so Morgan, but those nice hooves could belie a bit of the old wild horse! She looks like a pretty girl, full of hope for a nice ride and an apple!
Never would of thought Morgan…Hmmmmm
I do know she “paces” I think thats what its called, thats why I thought standardbred. It took me a while before I could get her to canter under saddle. She had this fast bouncy extended type trot, that is horrible to try and sit.
Just incase I don’t get to check this too often. If anyone knows anything about Angel please email me at holiday24@yahoo.com
That is my percheron/paint/appy boy, I acquired him last October from a very nice farrier in PA. He is currently either 7 or 8. He had originally been purchased at the Sugarcreek auction in OH, and his name was originally ‘Beau’ or ‘Bo’, not sure which way they spelled it. He was a western pleasure horse before I bought him, and is now eagerly learning dressage. He came with four shoes but does not need them, and is an extremely people friendly horse. He LOVES to lick and get his mouth on anything he can. His whole midsection is roaned like that, and he has a few larger white spots on his rump but they’re hard to see unless you look for them in all that frosti-ness. His white patch extends over to the other side of his neck as well.. was hard to pick a good picture that I thought showed most of his markings.
I don’t *need* any info about him, but I’d love to hear about what he was like as a foal and through being broke. He has such an amazing, happy attitude and I would like to thank whoever gave him such a good start in life.
Crap- forgot to add he is just barely 16.hh. :]
and again, because I suck, I just realized that one of his hinds isn’t showing- he has socks on all four legs.
Althea, your guy looks alot like my draft paint cross but mine is bay and white. He was a nurse mare baby out of Kentucky and he also likes to lick and put his mouth on everything. I purchased him when he was 3 weeks old and taught him to drink his milk out of a bucket so I assume his mouthiness is because he didn’t get to nurse. Mine also has the roaning (frosting) on his hind legs and high white socks. Maybe yours was a nurse mare baby too.
My friend thinks he is a really nice looking boy. I think he has a people friendly look to him.
He is really a stunning looking horse- he is even starting to get his winter woolies and so his markings are a little fuzzed. He is very spotted in the summer and even with his conformation faults I think he’s a handsome guy and I get very many compliments- especially when he’s in frame like a good boy. He absolutely LOVES people and will just ham it up in front of a crowd; but he is one of those horses who knows exactly how much you know about riding horses. Even with all his mouthiness he does not bite- but loves to wriggle his lips and whiskery muzzle all over you. He gets bored in his stall so I’ve tried all sorts of likits and whatnot- he just wraps his big giant mouth around them and goes CHOMP. I bought a rather expensive one that forces him to lick it but he will just stand there for hours until it’s gone. We fed him watermelon and strawberries that were grown beside the barn during the summer and he was in heaven. I know he will be a happy, mischievous boy well into his old age. He will always have a home with me.
He was a mere thousand dollars, and definitely worth every single penny. I feel so lucky to have him, he is just a great guy. He swelled up his front tendon on his left fore and was relatively lame for three days (he loves to run around the field and bother other horses by chewing on their faces
)- but was just happy and outgoing as ever. I can’t be upset around him ever. He will untie knots and unclip double end clips- we had to get him a bucket frame because he started tipping his water buckets in the stall for attention. He is bursting with personality.
Btw- his barn name is George. Formally he is ‘Idlewild South’.
That bit of Perch in him could be the part that makes him so willing. I think of Klein, the Jumping Percheron, and how eager she is to work. And she KNOWS she’s the diva in any crowd, and works it like crazy too! He has a kind eye, and a GREAT build. And yay for bare feet!!!
Here he is licking my mom. He’s such a goof! I love it. And thanks for all your kind remarks!
I’m lucky he got big strong percheron hooves and hair instead of the appy brittle-ness that crops up. His mane/tail are so thick that I roach his mane into a mohawk all summer just so I don’t have to deal with combing it.
I bought this little POA mare in July from our barn owners who bought her @ a “Select Sale” a couple weeks before in Fresno CA. The mare is said to be 18 and trained to pull a cart. She has a ton of training, possibly western pleasure, she can jump. In all likelihood she was someone’s show pony – she will pack the little girls around without a problem. She didn’t come with a name so we’ve named her Pocahontas. We believe that when she was younger she was possibly a bay with a blanket but she’s graying and roaning out now it’s hard to tell what her color was though she does still have dark points on her ears, knees & hocks. There is a white patch on her top lip that looks like a bunch of mottling and not a distinct snip, no other white on her face or legs though she does have striped hooves. She’s an easy keeper – probably insulin resistant (see camel’s hump crest on her neck). When she came to the barn she had quite a thick coat and wasn’t used to the summer heat here so she may have come from up north or up in the mountains. Any help tracking down her info is greatly appreciated
http://picasaweb.google.com/indirandol/Poca#5527933196540671330
http://picasaweb.google.com/indirandol/Poca#5527933219045582258
http://picasaweb.google.com/indirandol/Poca#5527933259412315938
Maybe that will work
Poca is a cutie and when I first saw her I thought she looked a bit like a apre parts pony – long in the back and short in the legs with the camel’s hump crest. Oh, she’s got some arthritis in her right stifle and she was pretty sore after whatever they gave her @ the auction wore off.
Anyway, any help tracking her info is appreciated.
What I MEANT to say was “spare parts pony”! Doh.
I think i owned that pony. I got her as a child. She was a ticky roaning bay with a frost blanket. About 13.2 or so. Born in 1991 and registered “Dainty Lady” with POA. I sold her as a 5 year old. She had basic level dressage, schooled 2’6″ and had trail and swimming miles on her like crazy. I sold her to a woman named “Ute Geltz” in Oviedo, FL
I don’t know what ever happened to her. She didn’t have that crest back then. I called her “pixie”. Something is telling me that’s her. She was my first pony and I’ve looked for her for years. Last I heard she sold in 98 or 99 to a kid but didn’t get the details. It was supposed to be a show home.
Wow! If it’s her she’s come all the way across the country. Wonder if the POA registry has a DNA bank that we could provide a sample to confirm her identity? If you have any old pix I’d love to see them
My email is indirandol@gmail.com
I have a few! I need to find them. They need to be scanned lol It was a looooong time ago! I can see if Ute is still around and has some.
I don’t know if they DNA Type them or not. I was a kid. I wish wish wish I remembered the farm name. Maybe with help from google archived stuff I’ll run across it and it will ring a bell.
I’d LOVE to know if that was Pixie. Man, I put some miles on that pony!
Under all of that hair and dirt she has a star that’s up and to the left of between her eyes (looking at her face) and two short socks (top of pastern / bottom of fetlocks) on her rear legs. All this got me thinking (dangerous business!) and I’ve contacted the POA registry here in California and the lady I’ve been emailing is going to post a request for help on a couple POA message boards. Hopefully we’ll be able to patch together this pony’s history
Forgot to mention that she’s 13.1 and also has a white patch on her top lip and lots of mottling around it and onto the bottom lip.
Fugs – this was a great idea! FHOTD readers are the best
Lets put the Fugly, back into Fugly horse of the day: http://yakima.craigslist.org/grd/2005106331.html
Oddly enough, this stallion’s dam (the arab) is very well bred.
I like how they are SO proud of their Arab papers that they have to put it ALL IN CAPS!!!
He will make a decent enough little gelding.
Total long shot, it was sooo many years ago! Again a reverse find! I’d LOVE to find a pony I used to own as a young teenager when I lived in Alabama, before I moved up to WA. He was solid blue black – no markings – with the thickest, waviest mane and tail ever. He was VERY persnikety and the first time I met him I chased him for over 2 hours just to catch him. He was a TALENTED jumper (3-4′ with ease!) right around 14 hands. When I bought him I was told he had been used as a hunting pony – a father and son would go out hunting deer on horseback, and he was definitely not afraid of anything! He almost look lippit morgan or fell pony – a tad closer to the Fell as he had feathering on his lower legs. I loved that pony but had to get rid of him due to crazy circumstances. I know I’d probably never be able to get him back, but I’d LOVE to know that he’s OK, or that he at least lived out his life with a great family.
Durand Wi is 1746 miles from Enumclaw Wa, but they sure do look alike don’t they?
Great topic, its like the NCIS of the horse world, really enjoying reading all of the stories.
Distance does not mean much. We pulled a Standardbred out of the kill pen south of Portland, Oregon who got there from Michigan. A couple days on a trailer…easy enough especially if someone WANTS a horse to go poof.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xEMkZTnZzaM/TLc68nQvFLI/AAAAAAAAAts/QDdYqDFuyec/s1600/030620101602.jpg
Nell was born in Westphalia and has the regional firebrand on her left hindquarter. For those who don’t know it is a H with a W beneath it and a ^ above. She has the number 99 under the brand. She lives with us in the UK and was purchased from a cornish gypsy sales. We don’t know how she got there but know that she has been used as a broodmare at some point and was well broke when the previous owners got her from the sales. She has quite a few black Bend Or spots on her body, most noticable in summer with a particularly large one on her right shoulder. She has a sock on her right hind but is only visible when wet. I am searching for a pedigree for this mare as well as some general history on what she has done in the past. The Westfalen Association will not give me such info unless I pay 250 Euro for a DNA test despite her brand number being an identifier. Any UK residents who think they recognise her?
forgot to mention she stands at 14.2hh which is also quite a distinguishable height – she’s much more Horse than Pony.
About eight years ago, I also had to contact the Westfalen Verband to find information on a horse I had purchased. Unlike you, I did have my horse’s registration number; and got the information I needed. Have you researched her name? If Nell is the name she came with, while common, it may stem from her sire – they tend to follow the same letter. Also, see if you can find any breed testing results from 1999/2000. It sounds like you’ve examined the site pretty well. I’d look at other stallions who are licesned for Westfalen breeding; to me she looks a bit like a Haflinger! Good luck!
I think she is a Haflinger. They have a Haflinger studbook as well as the warmblood studbooks.
The brand you describe is that of a *Haflinger* registered in Westphalia. (Which you might know–it’s unclear from your post.
) See the graphic at the top of: http://www.westfalenpferde.de/english/form_research.pdf
On the plus side, they ask for pictures and €125 not DNA and €250.
Sorry I was in a rush when I typed it and forgot to mention she is indeed a haflinger! I came across her brand accidentally a year ago while browsing google and got help contacting the breed society from another fugly member. I sent pictures of all her markings and details (what I know of them anyway). they told me they had found a mare which looked very close but I would have to send 250 euro along with hairs with follicles to them in order to confirm identity. And I very much doubt her registered name was Nell. She is an older mare now and it wouldn’t surprise me if its been changed a few times. When we got her she was passported as a haflinger x so either someone thought she was a crossbreed because her papers had dissapeared and put that on the breed details or she is an edelblut haflinger and not registerable with haflingers GB.
CityDog – thankyou for finding that – I’ve been all over that site and not seen that. That is a much more reasonable price and sounds like quite a promising way of finding her true identity, thankyou!
No kidding, it sure can happen if they want them gone. Both are beautiful, and they would have been welcome to drop of the Durand horse at my place anytime.
OT: Wasn’t sure whether to email you or just comment here, reckoned you’d see this quicker here.
Got sent this over facebook, and thought I’d send it to the wider equestrian community – although it’s looking specifically for people based in Wales, UK, but also thought the documentary would be one fugly readers might be interested in once done, since it’s about people selling up due to financial climate, and hopefully they’re doing it before the horses are on death’s door, anyway, here’s what I was sent:
Hi Guys, just to let you all know that my friend at Horse Trader has been approached by ITV. They are looking to interview anyone who lives in Wales & who has had to sell their Horse due to financial difficulties
If anybody is interested or who knows anyone else please can you call Steve at Horse Trader Online on 0845 615 1366
The documentary is due for filming within the next few weeks
http://www.horsetraderonline.co.uk/
Her name is Dutchess. I do not know if she had a different name other than what the lady was calling her “Mama”. She was given to me about 2 months ago by a lady that knew nothing about horses and didn’t take care of her in Starke, FL. The lady said that she was registered but never got any paperwork from the previous owner. As far as I can tell she has been trained but, not professionally. She well not let anyone over a certain weight ride her. I can ride her just fine but when my friend(who is around 50lbs more than me) goes to get on her she will back up and slide her off. The lady I got her from insist that she is a quarter horse. But I see many thoroughbred qualities. I have owned both quarter horses and thoroughbreds. She may be a cross between the two but I do not believe she is full quarter.
The only marking is the blaze. I believe she is about 10 maybe a little older. Does not like to run with a rider on her back but loves to run in the field. Has never bucked or reared with me on her. Perfect trail rider. Loves to follow.
OMG! Dutchrse, I had to register to reply to you.
I think I owned this mare. If not she is a dead ringer.
I trader her to a friend of a friend for a yearling paint mare as the lady was getting into paints.
I can’t remember her exact registered name but it Sonny Te was part of it. She was purchased by this woman at auction totally starved with a young foal at her side. I seem to recall her being by Azure Te. I traded the mare only, but took the colt until he was weaned. He was a Peppy San Badger baby. The mare was bred very well which was what interested me, that and her story.
She was in the back at the auction, down. Donna (I will find out her last name) saw her and took her some water and made them get her up by making a huge stink. At the threat of calling in authorities, she bought the mare cheap without running her through. They didn’t think she would make it home alive. She was down in the trailer.
She had a massive kidney infection which was still being treated when she came to me. She continued to gain weight, although she was not a super easy keeper. The kidney infection recurred about three months after I got her. The vet suspected that it was never fully treated.
She was also a follower, she filled out well but still looked like a starved out broodmare.
I traded her to KDM farm as a broodmare in exchange for a gelding that she came across that I used to own in high school. The owners of KDM divorced, and both parties moved out of the area and I lost track of her.
Her face just jumped out at me off the page and my heart raced. I will look and see if I can come across any photos and try to contact Donna who is still here. She is a huge horse nerd and I would imagine would still recall her registered name and what became of the colt (who was a tank and a half).
Adrenaline rush, in the first line, I meant to say, I traded the paint for this mare.
That would be great! She is a great horse and we both love eachother to death! We clicked as soon as we saw eachother. They did tell me that she was a broodmare all her life and no one had any idea if she could be ridden. I took the chance and hopped on. lol Thankfully, she was fine with me. Also wondering if you know how old she is?
My little mare came from the Yakima feedlot in June 2009; she was thin. I don’t think she had been handled a lot although she did know how to lead. It’s unlikely that anyone knows her, but I’ll post just in case someone has seen her before; I’d love to know more about her. The vet guesses she is 7 now, and she’s about 14.3 hands. She’s a beautiful mover, extremely sensitive and smart.
Links to more recent photos of her.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2503913&l=6ee0ba72b7&id=1358832313
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2503916&l=3bdfded0e7&id=1358832313
PLS upgrade this mare from her stupid owners…
Yet another horse in need from the Craigslist
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/grd/2002355922.html
“19 year old saddlebred Mare – $150 (Northfield)
Date: 2010-10-12, 12:09PM CDT
Reply to: sale-vdwpa-2002355922@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
We have a very well broke mare, She is great with kids anyone can ride her Very good horse but a little under weight So if you would like her just call Travis 507-685-2675 thanks The only reason why we are selling her is cause she sometimes has mini siezers and I can’t afford the blood work to find out why she has them And its not all the time sometimes she does not have them for a week or longer I don’t know It will be sad to see her go she was are very first horse we have her for years rode her all over the place traffic safe GREAT HORSE PLEASE CALL ONLY NO EMAILS THANKS 507-685-2675 ask for TRAVIS thanks if not home please leave A MESSAGE thanks “
*head explodes*
I’ve got two:
Shilo is a 32″ miniature mare that was rescued from a kill pen in Oklahoma. Went to sale in Texas and was sold again and then sold her to us. She is currently heavy with foal. No history of age, breeding, bloodlines, etc. She is a very special mare that seems to have a good deal of halter/show training.
Okay, here are mine (all from CBER):
Raz – turns out he has a trakehner brand (ATA). I’ve been working with the ATA on both DNA and blood typing and we haven’t been able to ID him yet. Under that grey (and mud) he used to be bay and I don’t think he had any leg marking and probably no face markings (maybe star – hard to tell). He’s probably 15-20 years old, 16.1hh. Some dressage and probably jumping. Big cribber, sweet, mellow, something of a doofus. This pic is from January 2008. He arrived on the feedlot in Yakima in November 2007. He had shoes on and his mane had been pulled with a bridle path shaved probably 3 months earlier. I expect he was a beginner lesson horse for a while – lazy!
Web – probably 8 years old now, 15.2hh. Listed on CBER in November 2006. Didn’t seem to be halter broke, very flighty and spooky. I think he may be by Snowbound. Snowbound was bred to both TBs and QHs. The top 2 pics are Web, the lower pic is Snowbound.
Zephyr – mid-teens TB or appendix, no tattoo. Listed on CBER Feb 2007. The story was he was purchased at the Davenport Auction and came in with shoes. He has a faint star and a messed up hock (RH). From his behavior I believe that he was started well (lovely sidepass in hand, probably neck reins, leads, loads, ties, perfect ground manners, great with his feet, super responsive and loving). Then he fell into something bad (“cowboyed,” mexican rodeo, that sort of thing). If stressed he goes into shut-down mode, then explodes. Has these triggers that cause him panic. The top is his lot pic and next is later that spring:
Lastly in Manny (CBER Magicman, October 2006). He’s about 7yo now, 15.1hh. Came to the lot with 3 large wounds on his LH – on his pastern, cannon and gaskin. The one on his inner gaskin had been sutured (not by CBER) then split open again. He came with a mix of good and bad. Really fought/panicked being tied and having his feet done. Super sweet, green broke (walk trot). My feeling is that he was handled a lot as a young’un, maybe a well intentioned novice with some bad “help.” I think he was sold directly to Chuck Walker and didn’t go through an auction, but I don’t know that for sure. The top is the feed lot pic, bottom is a few months later:
Any help is appreciated!
Oops, sorry, I didn’t read the one pic rule and I can’t edit it!
The first horse, Raz, sounds a lot like my Riley boy who I had to sell back in 2005 when I lost my job. The vet thought he was around 17 then but we couldn’t tell. I’ll put up pics when I get home and you can see if they are the same (it’s hard to tell from just the side picture that you have). If so, I have a little info on him but not heaps.
OMG – really?!?!? Are you in Washington? Can’t wait to see pics!
I’m actually in So Cal but the people i sold him to told me they sent him up north to be a vaulting horse for a novice vaulting crew…i knew his personality would be perfect for the love and affection that prepubescent girls shower on gorgeous horses…but i didn’t think his gates were terribly suited for the work…so it wouldn’t surprise me if they moved him along the line and somehow he ended up at auction and then CBER (had nightmares about it for the longest time actually…not specifically CBER but bad situations and the like)
thats his filthy face after a good ol’ roll in the dirt…he seemed to hate the fact that he was white and would try to change to a pleasant dirt brown color whenever he could
he was trained as a jumper before i got him…but he decided one day that he really hated jumping and so never went over another one…they switched him to dressage after that and he seemed to love it…when i got him he had been a pasture pet up in Big Bear for a year…he didn’t get along with the herd so he was skinny and pretty beat up when i got him (for free because the owner’s daughter had finally gone off to college or something and she couldn’t stand to see him doing nothing with all that talent)
i fattened him up and did a little bit of dressage (on my own since i couldn’t afford board AND lessons) but my trainer was always there making sure i didn’t make a complete jack ass out of myself…she had helped me train another horse so that he could be sold a few years prior and was actually the one who contacted me when her old client wanted to get rid of him…^_^ good trainers are wonderful things…so i knew a little of what i was doing and managed to stay supervised
on alfalfa and a few supplements (which he hated) he bulked up to a very studly physique in less than a year (from the beanpole he had been)…he hated anything but alfalfa and would pick out anything he didn’t like…even in the most unlikely situations (even pelleted food was not safe from his discerning lips)…he also liked to dip his hay in his water…which meant i was constantly scrubbing the damned thing to keep it from being disgusting
his major “anti stall tactic” back then was kicking…when i sold him the barn owner actually confessed that they had been considering asking me to move him because of how destructive he was being…but the people i sold him to cured him of that bad habit by sitting out with a big rubber ball and chucking it at him when he was obnoxious
his favourite animal as far as i could tell was dogs…though he liked the pigs he was next to for a short while as well…people and horses weren’t as high on his list of favourites…but a peppermint would change his mind…
i really hope your guy was my guy…would help me sleep at night knowing he was at a good home ^_^
though apparently i can’t take a pic of the brand to save my life >.< lots of pics of his cute little face though over on my photobucket http://s953.photobucket.com/albums/ae20/Psyche133/Riley/
Darn! Not my guy – he doesn’t have a snip. I hope Riley is safe somewhere.
curses…i hope so too…maybe someone else on here has him and will see that pic and let me know ^_^
“Protege VE” 15-3 hh reg Arab, bay, white RF pastern, cresent star above swirl to left and snip.
Feedlot on the way to Canada for slaughter(CBER) Aug 2005. Came from Arizona (supposedly was endurance horse? he is the pokiest thing out there-so I doubt that) with registration papers signed over-did they not have a clue what was going to happen to him? I never sent in papers nor contacted previous owners-wonder if all that’s too late?
I have always wondered how he really ended up there and what his story is.
If you have his papers, send them in and get him in your name. You might also be able to get an owner history, as well as any competition history he may have. A competition history might be able to tell you quite a bit, and help you track down previous trainers in the area, because most competitions, including endurance, list what region they were held in. Give it a whack. You might also want to look into using Datasource.
At last, a match! From DataSource – his performance history. Looks a little wanky here, but just posting to let you know that he does have one, plus an owner history of sorts.
Yes, you should definitely get his registration in order. AHA does allow hardship transfers, and I think they have a special rate? approach? for rescues.
AERC ride data provided courtesy of the American Endurance Ride Conference. Copyright © 1985-2008 American Endurance Ride Conference.
Ride Summary
Season Miles Rides Completions BCs Overall Points Division Points
1999 80 2 2 0 50 0
2000 30 3 1 0 0 0
2002 105 3 2 0 121.5 149
2003 150 4 3 0 210 310
Recorded 365 12 8 0
Ride History
Season Ride Date Ride Rider Distance Placement BC Div Points Overall Points
1999 05/29/1999 June Moon I 30/50 Reddick, Gene 30 1st 0 0
1999 10/30/1999 Paso Del Norte 30/50/100 Reddick, Gene 50 18th 0 50
2000 01/16/2000 El Paso-las Cruces II 30/50 Reddick, Gene 30 Pulled: Rider Option 0 0
2000 02/11/2000 Cow Tanks 30/30/30 Reddick, Gene 30 13th 0 0
2000 11/24/2000 Silver State Point To Point Pioneer Eigenauer, Carla 50 Pulled: Metabolic 0 0
2002 05/11/2002 Mt Carmel I,II,III,Pioneer Eigenauer, Carla 50 Pulled: Rider Option 0 0
2002 06/01/2002 The New Ride Eigenauer, Carla 50 30th 50 50
2002 07/27/2002 Colfax Coal Rush Eigenauer, Carla 55 8th 99 71.5
2003 04/26/2003 Purple Passion Eigenauer, Carla 50 7th 100 70
2003 06/21/2003 Sunriver Endurance Ride CEI***/** Eigenauer, Carla 50 16th 100 50
2003 07/12/2003 Bandit Springs Eigenauer, Carla 50 5th 110 90
2003 08/30/2003 NW Labor Day Ride Eigenauer, Carla 50 Pulled: Lame 0 0
The endurance results originate from the AERC National Office. Updates can and do occur. The official record source is the AERC National Office.
Also wanted to say that it costs 9.95 to get a one day pass to DataSource – might be well worth it so that you can learn as much as AHA has on file re: your horse. For more info: http://www.arabianhorses.org.
Dang! I’m so excited I found somebody that I keep forgetting to put info in. He hasn’t had a recorded transfer since 1997, so that is one cold trail, although you could try to find his last recorded owner. However, since he pulled up lame in his last endurance ride, the skeptic in me wonders if she isn’t responsible for the first step on the path of doom for him. He is quite well bred, not that it matters for a gelding.
WOW-OK-so what does that all mean?? He really was an endurance horse? He is seriously the chillest horse ever-perfect for my hubby(or anybody that is clueless). I actually have his registration papers in hand-signed over by Carla J Eigenauer of Dewey AZ (not dated though) I just never did an official change of ownership-we just trail ride and he isn’t gonna be anybody’s show horse. And I’m not real interested in joining the Arabian Horse registry.
I really would like to know how he ended up in the slaughter pipeline esp all the way from AZ on way to Canada.
Allrighty-Apparently CJE is now living in Washington and still riding endurance-placed 3rd in a ride June 19th of this year. There are several refrences to where she works-maybe I will write her there and hopefully get some blanks filled in.
O.M.G
Ya know-this whole ‘internet thing’ -it’s pretty cool-it may just catch on.
Yes, he really was an endurance horse. He has a lifetime total of 365 miles, started 18 rides and finished 12. If you spread out the info to columns underneath the titles, you can figure it out. The first section has a summary by year of his rides and the second section tells you about every ride he was in and whether he finished, was DQ’d, or pulled by his owner.
From the sound of his papers, his last recorded owner signed them and then the papers were just passed along with him.
At least he has his papers and his heritage. So many Arabs that are so-called culls are never registered and just dumped at auctions or worse. Some of the big time breeding farms don’t want the world to know that their hotsy totsy stallions had a few less than perfect foals. EYE ROLL!
Whatever you decide to do, I hope you’ll spend the 9.95 and get his whole story.
Enjoy him – he sounds like fun!
I’m cheap-spent .44 on a stamp. Answers to a few questions would be nice. The kind of stuff I want to know isn’t going to be on record somewhere. We shall see-wish me luck.
Thanks again!
Whoops – he started 12 rides and finished 8. Anyhow, he did do them!
Here is the link to his page on the Arabian Data Source, with pedigree, owner’s name, breeders’ name, etc.
http://www.arabdatasource.com/HorseDisplay.asp?id=0400501143 Also if you click on Accomplishments in the little box VIEW SECTION it will give you his AERC ride record.
The gal that is the last owner of record, Carla Eigenauer, should have known better than to send him to auction, although it’s entirely possible that she sold him to someone else who sold him at auction, since she stopped riding endurance on him in 2003. She’s been doing endurance for a long time, she has over 5000 miles. She also has had about 17 Arabians over the years, but she has not bred any!
Just because he’s pokey now doesn’t mean that he wouldn’t get up and GO if you put a little conditioning on him. Some endurance horses just know when to cut loose.
I don’t have a clue if he went through an auction or what did happen to him after CE and he parted ways. I aquired him AT the feedlot of the slaughter buyer. Whether CE took him there herself or someone else did-I am hoping to find out. CBER did happen to say he’d been an endurance horse-now how they’d know that if he’d been through a bunch of hands is another question. I happen to not believe anything they’d said when the other truths about them came out.
We have a 32 year old mare with a LOT more get-up-and GO than him. She was also a former endurance horse, but my husband has had her almost 12 years now, and they bought her directly throuygh a private sale-no mysteries there. Him being pokey is perfect for my husband.
So my friend has this Appendix quarter horse named Ben. He’s a big chestnut with a blaze. His body type is a lot like the black quarter horse in the first post to be honest. We were just trying to dig a little of his past up. He apparently raced when he was younger. He also has a 3 leaf clover type brand on his left shoulder. Is anyone familiar with that brand? Or, know where I can go to find ranch brands? There’s gotta be a database for that stuff right? Just trying to figure out some holes in his history, see what his past training consists of etc…He does have a lip tattoo yet it’s barely legible and his registered name is somewhere along the lines of Ben Swift Treasure. If anyone knows anything please let me know! I’ll try to get a picture of him.
Which state are you in? Each state has its own brand book, and you may have to check several if he could have been taken across state lines. Some of them are online, but in most cases you will have to call your local brand inspector.
We live in Washington. Here is a photo of his brand if that helps. I really hope I put the correct link in for the pictures to show up!
And here’s a not very good picture of his face. His only marking is a blaze.
I bought this horse at the Round Mountain auction in Round Mountain Texas in May of this year. He was dropped off, and his Coggins said “Live Oak Rodeo Assocation, Rochelle, TX” but had no phone number and only a PO Box. I did my homework and found out that he was donated to the rodeo assocation as a 2yo stallion and they used him as bucking stock for 2 years. This horse appears to have good breeding behind him and when I asked about papers, the man who had dropped him off at auction (who was very nice to talk to, and seemed to be pretty fond of this little horse) said that “those weren’t available anymore.” I know he comes from registered stock. I’d like to know who bred him/owned him/donated him to the rodeo assocation. He’s gelded now and doing GREAT in his rehab training. Going to make a heck of a neat little horse.
He looks like a Morgan, of all things….
I agree he does in that pasture picture. LOL, he doesn’t in the felsh though. He’s definitely a QH, and the rodeo association guy confirmed that. His movement and conformation really scream cow/reining bred QH. I’d so love to know how he’s bred, even if I never do get papers on him (and I don’t expect to).
WOW.
You know how every once in awhile you come across a horse that just fills your eye? Well, your guy does it for me. He’s stunning— drop-dead GORGEOUS. He really couldn’t be any prettier, could he? Just… Wow. I think I’m drooling over here! You must be proud. What a find!
Wow thank you! The day we found him at the sale, we weren’t expecting to buy (isn’t that how it goes?) but I found him hiding in a back, corner pen. He really caught my eye. I went in the pen with him, and he was pretty wild, but within a few minutes, he was facing up, and allowing me to rub his forehead a bit. I knew NOTHING about him, but I bid on him, and got him for $250. We had to buy a halter from the tack trailer there, and all they had was a neon orange rope halter. LOL! I also paid someone to haul him to a friend’s (auction is 2 hours from me) so I could pick him up the following day. I wasn’t sure he was halter broke, and it took a minute, but once haltered, he wasn’t too bad, just very fearful and jumpy. He was in good flesh, and his haircoat looked great. Feet needed attention, but otherwise he looked good, just unkempt.
He’s been a project but he is one of the most sensible, willing and smart horses I’ve worked with, and he has SO MUCH heart. He’s still learning trust, but he has a lot of try. He’s so athletic too; I can’t wait to see the finished product in him.
Here he is the day I bought him:
Forgot to mention in first post, but he’s a 5yo, looks black most the time, but he’s brown. No white. 14.3h.
He’s good looking. He really looks Hancock-bred to me…good bone, nice big feet, nice shaped neck with that little head and fox ears. Turn him roan and he’d look like a mare I just finished. And there are Hancocks that really, really like to buck if they don’t have any other job to do 4 or 5 days a week…which could explain how he ended up as rodeo stock if maybe his first owners couldn’t ride him past that point or ride him enough…Athletic and smart is absolutely right!
I think I might know or at least may be able to give you a lead , as a previous poster had said he looks like a peponita hancock type horse My horse that i have is lil peponita hancock he was bred by paul wolter in Texas about 5-6 years ago the owners of peponita hawk sold sperm to him an he bred 3 horses for 1500 each out of that he got two males that were black and one female sorrel , I recently saw the female up for sale , I own the other black horse and there is one more that sorta fell off the map.( that might be him ) long story short paul couldn’t get the money he wanted for the un touched foals so he sent them to the sale . mine ended up in louisiana the other female some how made it to north dakota .. and that horse in that picture looks exactly like mine the head and all … same body everything. mine is 14 hands same coloring same … my horse is 93% foundation bred. And if it is the horse I think it might be , he is the last of the peoponita direct line that was bred before he died. … I have a funny feeling in my stomach that is who he is. if you want start here http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/peponita+hawk
I also want to add; he has a small hernia, and when I took him tot he vet to check it out, they found it was closed and that he had previously had surgery on it. Someone cared about him at one time. I’d like to know who they are.
WOW! He is STUNNING!
This was a horse I sold in 2001 due to lack of time, a grey fleabitten arabian gelding named Sabaz. I lived in Mikado,Michigan at the time and sold him to a younger girl whose parents bought him for her. They lived in southern Michigan, later on I was told they moved out to Vermont(I think). Since then I have lost contact with the people that purchased him. I would love to find out how he’s doing or if he’s stil alive. I still kick myself for selling him but he needed more attention than I could give.
Here’s his picture
Need markings!!! Do you know if he had any white on him – he looks like he had 4 white hooves.
There are about 100 geldings with “saba” as part of their name….
Pretty much what you see are all the markings he had…his right hind hoof was half black and half white.
He was 14.3 and born around 1989-1990 so he’d be older now, I used him for endurance and jumping.
Allbreedpedigree.com
1985 Arabian ‘Sabaz’
By Sabek, out of Azeme Bint Gleam
and
http://www.kutztownanimalhosp.vetsuite.com/Templates/ContentPages/Clinic_Info/OurStaff.aspx
Under ‘Nursing Staff’- Becca: “…She has an Arabian horse named Sabaz;…”
Hope this does help in your search!
Hm.. How old would he be now? He looks a LOT like one of my dear lesson horses/leases from when I was younger. Grey fleabitten Arab gelding – I was told he had been shown in English, Endurance and some Halter. That would have been 2006ish? and I was told he was 17-18. Here’s a picture…
We called him “Saber” but that sounds like “Sabaz”…. I’m curious. I haven’t seen him in a few years either since I switched barns. But he was absolutely wonderful!
Good luck everyone, I’ll check back a few more times to see if I recognize any of these horses. I was selling my mare, and her old owner (person who trained her/had her for seven years) contacted me. It was amazing, I got foal pictures and those gangily teen pics. She had a LONG tail too!
I hope some of you find the past of your horses, I was ecstatic when I was contacted by my mare’s ‘first’ owner. Now I have all the stages of her past except one. I hope to stay involved enough that she doesn’t go missing entirely.
I know this is totally OT, but did you all hear about what Suffolk County in New York State, which encompasses Staten Island is instituting? An online registry for convicted animal abusers, similar to sex offender registries. They’re also pushing for legislation so that anyone listed in the animal abuser registry cannot buy animals from a pet shop, breeder or animal shelter…Has a 30 day review by state officials before it gets into the books …hopefully it does and many other cities adopt this idea.
Minor correction: Suffolk County encompasses eastern Long Island- Staten Island is over by New York City (wrong side of the island!). (You might mean Shelter Island, which is in Suffolk!) I’m originally from that area and just heard that news as well, so happy! They’ve had some TERRIBLE abuse cases this year and I’m really glad some good legislation got through.
I have one I’d love info on.
I bought 2 ponies, a B/W Pinto mare (~11HH) and a Chocolate with Flaxen mane and tail gelding (just over 10HH) I bought them from a guy north of Guelph, Ontario for $50 each, he was obese and she was badly foundered. 3 years later both are doing well But I’d love more info on Rocky – the gelding – I think he has a story.
The vet puts him around 25-28 yrs old. He’s a frisky little bugger – maybe gelding late (my vet checked to make sure he was gelded when she first saw him…. she didn’t believe me LOL) But he is very well trained, super ground manners, loved to be clipped, trained to ride and drive and looks to be a Reg Shetland. I suspect he was once a show pony. We didn’t think he’d be the one to be my daughters lead line pony, but he’s fantastic with her – and I think he will make a great lead line pony next year.
These pics are from when we first got them… he’s a better weight now, never any soundness issues either.
hmmm I’ll try the pics again
Webshots addy if this doesn’t work
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2914024550053448765JEuggZ
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2138208950053448765dWXzau
http://eugene.craigslist.org/grd/2006237575.html
I had to post this. The kid is barefoot, and they have a tiny child riding a YEARLING. OMG I am so sick of seeing illiterate trailer park garbage move into the country and do this kind of thing to these babies. That horse already has a shank bit in its mouth at a year old!!!!
I think it’s ok in this instance. It clearly states he doesn’t “acked” like a stud!
I am hoping someone might recognize this gelding. I am trying to put together his past. I purchased him through a broker program in Pa. about Jan 2009. Here is what I was told. He was sent to auction with another horse, possibly a Tb and 2 welsh ponies. He was reported to have come from NJ, was at a lesson barn or a barn that went out of business. He was reported to have experience in the hunter ring. He is very sweet and people oriented. Is a fairly nice mover and is at least 16.3 hands. He might be in his mid teens according to the dentist. He of course did not look like he does in these recent photos , when he arrived he was thin and had not been groomed in quite some time, but I would imagine this is more of what he looked like if he had been showing.
If anyone recognizes him or has any information, I would love to hear from you.
Thanks in advance.
Karen
http://picasaweb.google.com/itsalwayssomething1/20100516#
This is going to sound weird… but does this horse have a habit of doing weird things with his tongue? Like, act like it’s a ball to throw around and catch? ’cause he looks familiar
I dont know that horse- however he looks like a Clevland Bay. There are not many breeders in the US- so you may have some luck with them.
That was my thought too, he looks like a Morgan, and he’s beautiful. He looks so well put together, and so well balanced.
Hey Fugs!!
I figured if you didn’t hear about this already, you would want to!
I think it is GREAT. Seriously, no other word but GREAT. Criminal history is already public and making it more searchable and less easy to duck will only make people’s pets and other animals safer.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39673470/ns/health-pet_health/
Going to email it to you too but I know you said that’s swamped c:
This is unrelated, but I had to bring it up here. In Suffolk County, NY, a law has been passed which requires people convicted of animal abuse to become enrolled in a searchable animal abuse registry with their name, current address, and photograph for a period of five years. John Cooper (majority leader) is in the process of drafting another bill which would require pet stores, rescues, and breeders to research the identity of prospective clients before allowing them to purchase/adopt an animal. I think this is such a HUGE step forward in stopping the kind of person who goes from pet store to pet store, breeder to breeder, leaving dead or tortured animals in their wake with no real penalty or way to stop them from continuing the same behavior. I know this is just one county and people can always move from one state to another, but I think this is such a great first step! You can provide your support by emailing John Cooper at john.cooper@co.suffolk.ny.us.
News article link:
http://huntington.patch.com/articles/suffolk-county-establishes-first-public-animal-abuser-registry-in-nation
Definitely just realized that someone already commented on this topic above. I also mistyped the email address. It’s Jon Cooper, jon.cooper@co.suffolk.ny.us.
my boy bo is a 24 year old standard bred. he is bay white by his feet(cornet markings? i think) and his front right leg has scattered white hairs kinda like roan but only on his right front. im not sure if his face has always had little white hairs or if they are just his age showing.he also has a freeze brand 300 on the right side of his neck under his mane. and he has a star that if you look at it right it really looks like a five point star just missing one point. his registered name is finaly praised hes in the standard bred registry and i have his paper but they only have one owner on there then after that not much. i can go three owners back but that’s it and it took three owners to remember his name. they guy i got him from called the older couple who gave him bo and they gave him the number of the guy they got him from. so the history i have goes from when he was like three or four to when he was like 19 20. id love to know what he did between then and now. maybe what he was trained for, id love to know what he was trained for. i cant imaging he went thorough his life with out being trained for something. his markings are unique and if you ever met him you’d probably remember. hes rude and stubborn and has the bumpiest trot Ive ever ridden in my life.
I have some reverse finds for you guys. I’d really like some info on a Standardbred I used to groom at the Montgomery County, Ohio fairgrounds. He raced in Lebanon, OH. This was about ten years ago and he was about 3 or 4 at the time. I believe his racing name was CeCe Big Guy Braxton but it could be a variation of that. Another horse I used to groom that I’d like info on is a mare by the name of Manhattan Madame. That was the same time period and she was a bit older than the gelding. I’d REALLY like info on a sorrel with bald face paint gelding. His name was Rocky (Justa Rapt N Rockin, I believe). He would be about 10 now. He was an incredible horse and I really miss him. I’m sorry I ever sold him. (getting all teary eyed just thinking about it). I sold him to some people for their daughter who tried a trade later on with my mom for her paint gelding. The trade didn’t work and it hurt even worse having to say goodbye the second time. He was incredibly laid back. I taught him how to bow and walk on a teeter tooter.
Here are some horses that I no longer own but would love to know what happened to them.
I know this picture sucks but this is Ricochet. He was sold to me as and Anglo Arab. He was my first horse. I got him when he was three years old about ten years ago. He was solid bay and about 15.2 hands when I sold him. I sold him to someone in Germantown, OH. He turned out to be a horse trader (I was 16 at the time). When I found out I tried to get him back but he had sold him by then. He said he sold him to someone who was boarding at Possum Creek Stables on Infirmary Rd in Germantown, OH. That was the last I heard of him.
This is Poncho. I sold him to some people who said they lived near Cincinnati Ohio. They promised me updates and sent some pictures but I moved a few times and didn’t hear anything from them since. He was registered Colorado Rangerbred and ApHC (?). I can’t for the life of me remember his registered. He was a beautiful varnish color. Turned solid bay in the winter and nearly white in the summer. My mom bought him when he was one and we had him for four years after. I sold him three years ago, I believe. And I think he was four when I sold him. His sire was a leopard appaloosa, who was for sale on dreamhorse when I was selling him. He was born solid bay with two white spots on his rump. His papers would reflect that.
This is Donte. He is a Paso Fino colt. I didn’t own him but I did work with him. He was out of Sultan De Casta and I believe a mare named Fortuna. I don’t know if he was ever registered but if he was it would be something like Sultan’s Fire or Sultan’s Promise. He was 1 about 8 or 9 years ago.
This is Rookie, he was my stepfather’s horse. He gave him away to some people a few years back because the horse wasn’t getting used. When someone did ride him he would back them into stuff. I was the only person who could stay on him. He was a sorrel Quarter Pony. I think he’d be about 8 or 9 years old.
Last is Jadie. I got her when she was two. She’d be about 12 or 13 now. The last I heard about her was she was sold to use as a little girl’s pony. She was well under 14 hands. She had a huge head. Was built like a thoroughbred but way smaller. I can’t remember if she had socks or anything. I just remembered that she would buck when you cantered her. I had her when I had Ricochet.
Sorry about the crappy photos they are all I have. Thanks.
About your Paso Donte…
The sire’s name was El Sultan de Casta. The only 10 year old male horse shown registered to him was HNH Encanto Capuchino, but he was a chestnut. There is a 14 year old bay gelding named Toroso Del Ray out of La Sevillana and a 13 year old HNH Espresso, also a chestnut but he is out of a mare named Fortuna La Estrella. That may not be the horse, but it could be the mare you are looking for. She had 8 offspring showing registered. This is the owner of the mare Shown now in the registry…it may not be current:
MARTIN, LARRY
1321 CLARK STATION ROAD
FISHERVILLE , KY 40023
(502) 244-7149
Good luck!!!
THat might be them. The lady who owned Sultan was lazy on the registering thing.
Thank you guys for giving me info. I think I’ve found Poncho thanks to the craigslist posting. The others are still MIA so far. Thanks though!
About Poncho, I saw this horse on craigslist… he’s in Lexington, KY, but has also been posted on Cincinnati craigslist.
http://lexington.craigslist.org/grd/1937620195.html
It doesn’t sound like your horse exactly from your description of his coloring, but I thought it would be worth posting for you to have a look, just in case.
About Poncho,
I owned a little appy gelding here in FLA, that, although my appy is a lot lighter in color (we all know they change color though) mine has the same face. Can you send me your email so I can send you pics or email me directly at Alishafl1@hotmail.com
Please get in touch with me. I currently (and will forever) own a bay gelding named Ricochet. I don’t know much about his history, other than he was bought by one of my clients from a boys ranch in Florida, and he was extremely dangerous so she gave him to me. I have pictures and I’d like to know if he may be the one you talk about.
Email me at Jenfarriersrvc@aol.com.
Thanks!
I bought a big gray BLM Mustang gelding at the August 2010 Enumclaw Auction. The gelding was ridden in and came through with a TB pack pony. As a gray it is difficult to tell his markings, but he appears to have had a thin blaze before he grayed out. He is about 15.1-15.2 hh and is 13 years old. His BLM number is 97-011411 and he was adopted from the BLM as a yearling in June of 1998 by some folks in Ravensdale, WA where he was later titled on March 28, 2000. This is a great horse who someone put a lot of time and training into. I would love to talk to his previous owners and would be more then willing to pay cash for his original Title paperwork from the BLM.
wow he sure is beautiful. way bigger then my mustang
It’s a long shot, but maybe someone recognizes this pony.
Welsh(?) mare, black with a white snip and a white heart on her forehead. Very small, about 11hands. About 7-8 years old. Good mover, lovely little mare. I bought her for cheap.
Feel free to email me at epona142 at gmail dot com
I guess I’m extremely late jumping on this band wagon, but if anybody knows anything about a Morab gelding named Tuff, he’s my mystery horse. If I try to post pics I know it won’t work, but if anybody still reads these old posts, say so and I’ll try to put some links up. Tuff is roughly 8 yrs old, a Morgan/Arab cross by word of mouth. 14.3hh. Also proud cut, according to word of mouth. He’s chestnut, with three white socks. Each foot has whatever you call those little spots on them, and the fourth foot has just a little bit of white on it, giving him four striped hooves. His hooves are peculiar in themwelves, my farrier says his front feet look like back feet. He has a blaze that’s a little off centered, and goes all the way down his muzzle, with a little brown spot on his chin. He loves to open up gates. And he’s very social. I think he was well-trained once, he did flying changes on the one count a few times while I was riding him – we were riding a pattern that was supposed to keep him from anticipating.
Also, I have a mare, Sociable Britt (QH) who was foaled in Oklahoma, according to her papers. I just wanted to know if anyone knew her. She’s a solid bay, no markings, 15.3, high withered, with white mane hairs on her withers. I’m not sure if those hairs were white or not when we bought her – i didn’t know what they meant then, by any means. I was told that she was a jumper, then trained for WP (I know the guy who trained her for WP), then sold to a couple who split up and was repossessed, then sold to me. She has an injury in her left fore, I’m not sure when it happened or what caused it.
Both Tuff and Britt live with me in south Louisiana.
This is Annabelle (aka Annie), a Dutch Warmblood/Thoroughbred mare I brought home nearly 4 years ago. She did come with the name, so hopefully someone out there recognizes it and her! I bought her from Macauley Arabian Sport Horses in Stanwood, WA, where she was a broodmare and lesson horse. I was told that her sire was Avalon von Zebonair (Dutch Warmblood) and her dam was Pay It Forward (Thoroughbred) but I’ve not been able to find anything about either horse. Before she was with the Macauley’s, she had been an eventer for years – I assume in the Pacific Northwest. Given her knowledge and training, she must have been quite successful. Jumping eventually blew out her hocks and she retired as a broodmare (one foal, who I’d love to hear about – don’t know the sire though), trail horse and schoolmaster, which is how I found her.
I’m told that, based on her teeth, she’s anywhere between 25 and 29 years old but I’m really hoping someone recognizes her and can tell me more about her. She’s around 16 hands (maybe 16.1 or 16.2? Haven’t sticked her lately) with an endearing question mark-shaped star on her forehead and two white hind stocks with ermine spots. She dapples up beautifully with the proper nutrition. She has the patience of a SAINT under saddle but will test people on the ground if she thinks she can get away with it. Someone spent a LOT of time teaching this horse dressage – she knows her stuff well and knows much more dressage than the average eventer. I’d love to find out who trained her so I can thank her/him. ANY information about her, her sire, her dam or her foal would be GREATLY appreciated!
This is my mystery horse. I know she was registered at some point, the person I bought her from didn’t get them from who she bought the horse from.
Her name is “Mercedes” according to her previous owner, and I suspect that is part of whatever her registered name is. There is a an AQHA stallion with that name. If anyone can tell me how I might track down her papers with AQHA I would love some help with that. She’s 9 years old, and has some trust issues thanks to poor treatment by previous owners. Carrots have worked wonders in that department.:D
I was told she was also a barrel horse. This was taken right before I had the farrier out.
Here is a shot in the dark…
My horse Jaina is a 6 year old (we think) QH-type mare, currently in San Diego, CA. She is about 15.1 hands, sorrel, 4 uneven white socks, a chip in her ear, and an interesting disconnected face marking. Before I got her, she was owned by a girl named Danya in San Diego, who got her from Casey Jo Billings in Orland, CA. I reached out to Casey, and she said that she purchased “Chip” (as she called her) from a local sale yard (near Orland, CA) and started her under saddle but only owned her a couple months. She is not sure who owned her before, or whether she was registered, or what her breeding is. I’d love to hear if she’s purebred, and find out more about her story.
Here is a photo from Casey Jo from when she was first started under saddle:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4323860934_f7d1eb8f83_z.jpg?zz=1
Oops, here is the correct URL:
That is an unusual marking! Someone should remember that.
I agree! Also, if anyone knows this horse – feel free to email me at zodihorse at gmail dot com. Thanks!
This is a Reverse find
First is my first miniature horse gelding, that we sold 5 or 6 years ago to a man down the street as a pasture buddy to a LARGE older Appy Gelding named Aristocrat (Aristo). The mini’s name is/was Mystic, he’s a silver dapple. He was almost white when we got him and got darker with age, when he was sold by the man about 2 years after we sold him, he was almost black with a mixed mane and white tail. He has a star on his forehead. Usually dappled out in summer, and got a real brown shaggy winter coat. He also developed some nasty nipping, and pulling habits. He would be about 12 years old now, was ONLY 28 inches tall, TINY little guy, and about 100lbs overweight. Mystic is the one i’d love to find, we got him through some rough times and he was my little brother’s first horse. When we had him he developed a Liver Deficiency and had to be kept on a low protein diet otherwise he would lose weight and get extremely sick, the man we sold him to knew that and he was close enough we kept an eye on him…then one day the 2 horses disappeared, turns out Aristocrat’s original owner had bought both of them. Aristo had a reputation as being a lone gelding because he had killed another horse, but him and Mystic were inseparable.
(idk if it’ll work)
Next isn’t my horse, but one i was interested in about 6 years ago. His name was MOOSE or MOUSSE, he was a yearling/2 year old Miniature horse. about 33/34 inches tall. Also had a nasty biting problem (see a trend). He was a funky brown/gold color all the time. Lady sold him to someone in Idaho? as a childrens horse or starter horse…He was my project horse for a summer at her farm, and i spent 3 months halter breaking and trying to cure his nipping. I loved him a lot, would just like to know how he is and whatever happened to him. he would be about 7 now…no distinguishing markings.
If anyone can give me any info on either horse, I would greatly appreciate it. You can Email me @ majorhorsepower@aol.com
please put FHOTD or one of the horse’s names in the subject line or i’ll delete it 
OH Mystic is horse * HRS-960 on that horse reunion site.
Good luck to everyone with their searches as well
(Updated) Sorry FHOTD – can you please try this link?
This is SUCH a Godsend. I’ve been searching for three years for info on my mare – thanks Fugly.
(FHOTD in: I tried but it wouldn’t link up. Probably clickable though!)
She is 15 hands – a bay with a star and a couple of white socks. Her left ribcage has an unusual scar – about 12″ long that runs in a crescent. I got her three years ago from a woman named Rhonda in Yelm/Rainier, Washington. She didn’t know much about horse’s history or even her name.
Advertised as 12-13 years old at the time – arab saddlebred cross. I’m betting she’s NSH, because someone put some serious time and money into her. She’s got some dressage/jumping skills and was sold to me because she was absolutely uninterested in gaming.
Obviously well-trained with voice commands and longeing, someone took the time to train her right. I get the sense that she was someone’s barn baby until that injury that caused the scar. Would love for any history on her – she is an unbelievable horse and takes care of her deaf rider.
Hopefully you can see the unusual scar on her ribcage – I can’t help thinking that injury had something to do with why she was ultimately let go. Thanks so much!
Because I like to geek out on Arabian DataSource, I took a shot at looking for her. Searched for bay partbred mares born between 1993 and 1999 who were owned by Washington state people. Her markings are pretty distinctive so I thought I might be in luck. Well, according to AHA records, there’s not a match. Of course this leaves 49 other states, take out Alaska and Hawaii, and you would probably only have thousands of bay mares to look through.
Unfortunately, DataSource doesn’t let you search on markings like the saddlebred data base does. You have to go thru one record at a time – booo!
She’s a nice mare and I wish I had more news about her. As I mentioned to someone above – you can get a one day pass and search to your heart’s content for 9.95. Maybe you could start with other western states, like CA, and go from there.
Thanks so much MHQ! It’s been rotten luck trying to find more info on her – I’m excited to have another source to try.
here’s the most recent pics of Mystic i have
He’s the little one with the boy
and the rest are of Moose
’d love info on the only two horses I have ever owned:
The first is a APHA Breeding Stock paint stallion (eep!) that my parents bought me when I was a kid to be my first horse. He wasn’t even halter broken (at 4 years old), and although he never hurt me, the adults were so scared of him that he was eventually sold on to a breeder in the Hillsboro ohio area-I know he was bred at least once, but I’ve lost track of him since growing up. His registered name was Jet White Stockins. We called him Toby. Black with a blaze and star, he faded out bay every summer. I’d love to know what happened to him and/or his foals.
The other is my current mare Bonnie. I got her from an in-law who picked her up in a free horse ad on craigslist. The rescue that posted the ad had only had her a couple weeks, and it’s website is now gone. It was Ramblin Bob’s Rescue in Hillsboro Ohio. They called her Blossom. They picked her up with a mini horse half starved to death. She is supposed to turn 4 in march. The story changes a lot-supposedly she had professional training, but no one knows when or where, and she didn’t know much of anything when the in-laws got her. She is smart, smart, smart. I don’t even know what breed(s) she is. She is 15 hh, very petite. She is not gaited. Here are pics: the first is her CL ad from Dec 2009, then faded out in the summer, and now.
email at shayaalliard at hotmail.com
I’d like to see if anyone can add any information to what I know about my pony.
I had been trying to help a friend find a suitable pony for her young daughter and we had been looking for over a year.
This past winter, I found an ad on the local CL for a “13 year old Welsh gelding” and went to look at him. He was not in a good place. He was hock deep in muck and manure in an small outside pen with two horses. He was a little surly when I lifted his hooves, which had clearly not been seen by a farrier for at least a year. He may have been a bit cranky, but something in his eyes said, “get me the hell out of here” so I bought him. For a song.
The story I got from the guy who had him was that his owner had stopped coming out to the barn and stopped paying his board, so the court awarded the pony to him. He was allegedly some show pony “from Tennessee” and that he could toss his nieces and nephews on him and he’d pack them around quietly. He did give me the name of the former owner.
I googled her name and “pony” and what came up was a pony named Ice Capade. I found several links to show results as well as results from Pony Finals. I tried to contact the owner via FB but messages were ignored. When I posted on COTH to see if anyone could tell me anything, I found someone who knew him from his show days. I was told he was offered for sale to this person but was too hot for his/her student. I was given the info that Ice Capade was not 13 but foaled in 1989, so actually 21.
After I’d had him for a couple of weeks, my friend came out with her daughter to try him. He was wonderful for her, as she was planning to use him for a walk/trot pony, so we agreed to a lease for the next year. Her trainer says he’s still a little strong at the canter, but he’s been a great w/t pony and was even used for a handicapped rider.
I’d like to see if anyone can fill in any details on him. I’d really love to know something about his bloodlines if anyone might know that. Here’s a video of him from last week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6xKDPe4VAE
Ice Capade- black 1988 Hackney out of Ultra Suede by Cherry’s Dream Boy? Deceased?
http://hackney.select.net/registry.php?reg=0000015070&name=Ice%20Capade
Nice horse, If what I read is the right horse!
I like horsy genealogy…!
Oops sorry wrong horsy- I saw mare- not gelding- whoops!
This is Indi. I purchased him 2 years ago as a 2 year old at the October 2008 Woodburn auction. He was about 14.3 hands then. He is mischievous and a goof. My best guess is that he played Houdini one too many times out of a pasture and ended up at the auction. He has a scar around his right hind fetlock that doesn’t affect his soundness. I will NEVER sell this horse but would like to know if anyone knows him. He has been to shows in the Portland Oregon area the past 2 years with me.
OT but heres some horses needing help
http://www.buysellcommunity.com/sale/YCPRPAOL/
Black gelding I purchased in Lincoln, NE on New Year’s Day of 2008. Probably QH/Paint breeding (note the “paint” eye on his right side). We guess his age to be around 7. An even 15 HH.
This pic shows his “Y” brand and part of the “38″ brand on his back (most of the 8 is under the saddle)
This pic shows his facial markings up close
My e-mail is juleskelworan@gmail.com
Hopefully these show up as images rather than links once they’ve been edited? If I understand correctly, the post has to be edited before the images show up?
Darn it, I mean this one shows his face markings:
LOL…I love the naughty one trying to untie him.
-That- is Sadie, who often seems like the most ordinary, not overly bright mare – until she does something like the limbo under the hot tape strip while you’ve got the aluminum gate open to check her water. She was clearly -so- pleased with herself on that one.
Please someone help me ID my dear TB friend.
Any help greaetly appreciated hollycampbe@gmail.com
THANK YOU.
Partial Tattoo Number: Y283__
Foaling Year: 1995
Color: Chestnut
Sex: Gelding
He is the cutest! I bet that snip on his nose gets kissed a lot!
he’s a complete doll and a lapdog. has been there almost every step as i learned to ride and has been very forgiving. i love him to bits and he has taught me to ignore all the bad stereotypes about OTTBs. I have made inquiries with the Jockey club but haven’t managed to get good quality photo of the tattoo. i feel i owe it to him to find out about his past. based on his aches and pains (and prior knee surgery to remove bone chips) we’re working on an assumption that he did race. bounced around a bit but he has found his forever person and thanks to your blog his weight never a problem.
THANK YOU
Have you tried registering at equineline.com and doing a tattoo search there? I know there’s folks over on Chronicle of the Horse that have a lot of luck finding IDs with about the same amount of info you’ve given here using that site, and it looks like creating an account is free.
Heres a good one!
This GELDING is said to be about 10-15 years old. he is supposidly an AQHA. a friend aqquired him through a good rescue . they didnt have much info on im other then, he had come from the Hi-Desert, where he sounded like he had been mostly used as one bad ass trail horse.
after getting to know this horse, we have comee to the realization that he isnt JUST a trail horse, but a PROFFESIONALLY TRAINED REINING HORSE. great spins, great sliding stops, flying lead changes. someone put money into this horse, and alot of it at one time- and it would be hard to believe that they would put it on an unregistered gelding. naturally wants to carry a high headset, but with bending and flexing, not sure if he has cut cows- but wouldnt surprise us, he is very willing, and smart. clearly has done alot of reining at some point in his life, due to some potential soundness issues that are similiar with other reiners. hes got a great home- would love to know his history. was located in the Hi Desert of california for maany years
Pics? I’d love to know, too. But what a cool find for your friend!
This is Whiskey. He’s 12-13 years old, 15hh, quarter horse. We bought him off Craigslist in May 2009 from an older man named Sonny in Fall City, WA. Sonny also owned a mule named Seven (Whiskey and Seven, get it?) and used them for back country riding in the Cascades. Sonny owned him for 2-3 years and changed his name – he couldn’t remember what his previous name was. Sonny paid ~$3800 for him and apparently Whiskey spent some time on a trail riding or outfitter string before Sonny got him. He’s well trained – w/t/c, neck reins, may have spent some time with cows. No papers, but the best guess is either pure QH or QH/Morgan cross.
He has 4 white hooves, with varying heights of socks on all 4 feet – right hind is just a thin white line above the coronet band. He has a pretty white blaze. He’s got a very short back and BIG shoulders. He’s got a wide barbwire scar around his left front heel bulb/fetlock and into the coronet band that didn’t very pretty. He’s got several small white pack saddle (I assume) marks on both sides of his back. He’s also got a right bad stifle (lots of arthritis) from a ligament injury when he was younger (vet is guessing quite young).
I’d love to know where he came from and what he did before going to live with Sonny. He’s a mess, but we love him and he has a home for as long as we can keep him comfortable. Altho, lesson learned about buying with your heart rather than a PPE…
Hey, I know its a little late to post a comment on here now because most people have moved on to the next post but I figured it was worth a shot. Out of the 4 horses we own, we only know ones history & are searching for the rest.
We got this horse last year, but I’ve known him since 2005. He was a camp horse in Upstate, NY. He has the brand of Ray & Louise Ely from Missouri on his left flank & a “55″ brand on his left shoulder. I was told that at one time he was a carriage horse & was broke to drive. He is blind in his right eye. He is early to mid 20s right now. He has a pink snip on his nose.
This horse didn’t have a name when he came to us. We think he came off a ranch in CO. We’ve been told he’s 8. He was bought from a guy in south central kansas who for medical reasons couldn’t cowboy anymore. This horse has a TON of cow sense but is TERRIFIED of ropes. He’s got a white crooked blaze & 2 black nostrils.
This is the last one. He is an 8 or 9 year old Appaloosa that we bought 3 years ago from a older women in Southern Nebraska. She called him “B”. She had just kept him as a pasture pet but at some point in his life he has had roping training. We no nothing more about him that that. He does get very trippy & may have been sold due to lameness or conformation issues.
Thanks!
Hi – I don’t have photobucket and I don’ know how to use facebook. I have a grade Percheron gelding about 18 years old that I had to agree to take last November in order to be able to buy a carriage that was for sale. There is a whole page of photos of him on my website: elysian-fields-farm.net. He has his own page with lots of photos. Please tell me how to make one of them appear here. He was in pretty rough shape, and most of the pictures on my page were taken the day after he arrived here. He has been diagnosed as having ESPM or EPSM- or whatever it is called. He is retired and now on a special draft horse diet that is high fat, low sugar and carbs– vet says only time will tell how much of the damage may be reversable – if at all – with proper diet. He is not lame, but he is a very hard keeper.
He is about 18 hands. He was bought from a horse dealer DBA Southwest Livestock Company by his previous owners in 2005. They were told at the time that he was 13 years old. He has some distinctive markings including a faint circle of white hairs around his right eye and a large patch of white on his belly almost between his hind legs. He has a long white star. His sale paper and original coggins from when he arrived in Louisiana list his name as “Barney.” His tail is docked extremely short. He was sold as a “grade Percheron gelding.”
Previous owner was told by the horse dealer that he came from Minnesota where he had been a carriage horse all his life, and had been bred for that purpose by a large livery company that breeds its own stock– but they were also told that he had been “Amish broke.” He is very afraid of anything that resembles a whip– including sticks of any kind — even if you have just picked one up out of the pasture to put it on a burn pile. He will accept treats, but is very nervous if you don’t approach him from the front, and touch his front shoulder before moving around to his hindquarters.
I would love to find out anything about his “past life.” He, like the rest of the older horses here, has a home for life now.
Jangle came off the CBER feedlot in December 2006. Listed as a 12 year old that was blind in his right eye and he rode good. Vet said his eye was still healing from trauma, would love to know about this big beautiful boy and what happened with his eye. He has a black heart on his upper lip and lots of white on his face, he also has a brand but still trying to make it out.
This is El Vira she also came off CBER feedlot would have arrived in Oct 2006 came down with strangles and was finally well enough in Dec to be relisted. Was listed as a 2-3 year old that wouldn’t pick up feet very well, she has a white star on her forehead and that’s all the white, she also had a hernia (not listed) Would love to know about this beautiful girl and why anyone would want to do that to her…p.s she grew up and filled out absolutely beautiful so majorly YOUR loss!!
This pony was used for lessons at Columbia Horse Center in Maryland until either 2001-2002.
I’m not sure what color he is. I’m guessing cremello? He had pink skin, blue eyes, and a ridiculously thick mane and tail.
His name was Iceman. I’m guessing that he was around 13.1-13.2. He would only pick up the left lead and hated jumping.
I was told that he was bought by a trainer to be a lesson horse for a little girl somewhere out in Westminster, MD, but of course the people at the barn wouldn’t tell me who or what farm bought him because they might lose out on lesson money.
I’d love to find out what happened to him. He’d have to be in his late teens, if not early 20′s by now if he’s still alive.
I used own Iceman! Columbia HC told me he had been sold to a trainer in CT!! I had a buy back clause in the paperwork (lot of good that did) and I contacted them regularly, and visited him. I had to sell him because of a divorce, but after a couple years I was back on my feet and tried to buy him back. they kept refusing, saying ‘They loved Iceman.’ Last time I called them I got the ‘Trainer in CT’ story, and like you, no one would give me any details. I have been heartsick ever since worrying they dumped him at an auction.
I bought Iceman in 94 as a long yearling stud, totally unhandled, and gelded and trained him. I trained him myself. He may be ring sour now, but when I had him he was fabulous. He was a versatility champ, a great lesson horse and the best pony I ever owned. I sold him to CHC in fall 2000. He is 13.2, would be 17 now. His color is Champagne (pale gold), with white mane and tail, back socks and a blaze. His eyes are a clear blue – gray. He turns white in the winter, and gets a thick coat. He has a small scar right at the girth on his off side where I had a tumor removed.
Do you know when he was sold? I can’t even get that info.
Wow, I can’t believe this! What a small world. He was sold on or around February 26th, 2002.
CHC used to be a good place to ride when it was run by the Columbia Association, but it was losing money. They basically auctioned it off on a 10 year lease and some shithead ended up with it. I can’t remember his name, but he owns 3 or 4 riding stables in Maryland. Prior to him, lesson horses were rarely sold, and when they were, it was to students. Once he took over, he decided that all of the horses are for sale all of the time.
I was in love with that pony and would have done anything to get him, but my mom just couldn’t afford to board a horse in that area. One day I noticed a notice on the board saying to groom and clip Iceman and 2 other horses because somebody was coming to look at them. I freaked out and my trainer told me not to worry, that they would probably buy one of the other 2 horses because they were better quality horses.
On February 26th, my mom picked me up from school early and said she had some bad news, but wouldn’t tell me what it was. She took me to CHC and they told me that Iceman had been sold and was leaving. They let me take him out on the trails and I rode him one last time. The next time I went there, he was gone. I stopped riding shortly after that.
They said that they would tell me where he went, then that they would have the trainer call me once he got settled in, but all I ever got from them was that he was somewhere in or near Westminster, MD.
I can tell you for sure that they didn’t send him to the auction. I have no idea what happened to him after he left CHC, though.
Do you know what breed he was?
He was an Icelandic, full or part, I don’t know. I always considered him a cross since he didn’t Tolt unless you collected him correctly. Well, if he is still in MD I may find him yet. Thanks for the info. As long as he is well taken care of and happy I am ok, but if there is any doubt, or he ends up for sale again, I will take him back. (and you can come ride him!)
Are you still in the Columbia area? e-mail me off the list.
Here are some pictures of him from when I used to ride him. Sorry about the quality, I don’t have a scanner so I had to take pictures of the pictures with my phone.
I had a broken should in that last picture from falling off of him the day before.
About the Ice man pony- I found this on our local dreamhorse, sounds very very similar?
Go check him out!
Dream horse ID-1615278
Oh my god, thank you! I think that’s him. I just emailed the lady. Thank you so much!
I e-mailed asking for photos, but I haven’t heard back. Did you get photos from her?
Thanks for the info, that is the man I tracked down, however he refused to give me her name, all he said she is a dash for cash mare. I was hoping someone remembers her.
I didn’t get to check FHOTD until the day after this post, but I’m still desperate to know more about my horse!
Here is her picture:
All I know is that she was abandoned in a yard as a youngster. She’s most likely a Quarter Horse. She’s 10 years old now, and I would guess she was only 2-4 years old when she was rescued. She has a black dot, about the size of a quarter, on the left side of her rump. Those white spots on her chest are only during summer, and her winter coat is much lighter. She has a TINY sock on her left hind coronet; it’s on her heel and a tiny bit of her coronet. She has a bump on the inside of her left front cannon bone that suggests a break, sprain, or splints a long time ago. It was much bigger when I got her and she couldn’t pick up the left lead because of it.
Please help, if you know her!!
Thanks. but I believe this Grulla’s early years as a colt(1998-2004) have him in Missori, owned by Sue Bannister who has his papers?
Anybody from MO know her?
Does anybody out there seen a W+ Brand? I am sure whoever had that brand branded other horses.
Thanks.
I have this gelding. He’s a new addition to our family.
From what I know, he was given to the FL Sherrif’s Boys ranch in Live Oak, Fl at the age of 2, approx 3 years ago. From there he was sold through the Big Horse Ranch in Palatka, FL a year later. Then he was purchesd a short time later by a woman in Callahan, FL… who I bought him from. He didn’t come with any paperwork, other than the vet exam work and coggins that were pulled on him since he was owned by Boys Ranch. Teeth show him to be 5years old. Other than the small star, distinguishing features are he is quite ‘hip high’, has a very thick mane that lays on both sides of his neck with a very frizzy forelock. Left rear foot has white at coronary band. His eyes are a little on the small side and he has a scar above his right eye on the whisker/eyebrow. He came with the name “Joey”… don’t know who gave him that name. We call him “Beau”‘.
I would love help figuring out my Newest Addition.
This is Sherlock Holmes – he’s a 20 year old (at least) TWH horse gelding who looks like he’s got a lot of Pusher in him. We sticked him at 15.2 but he looks to be larger than that. He came from the Burrell Horse Auction in Cleveland, TN about a month ago. He’s got 4 chromed up legs, a huge white blaze, a belly splash and he’s red roan.
This boy knows something. He’ll park out to a crazy degree and bows his head in and really lifts his legs while racking. We’ve been told it’s very possible he was padded up at some point in life. He’s very sweet and gentle on the ground but it’s possible he’s a lot of horse to handle in the saddle. I’ve ridden him twice (the day we got him and once last week) and he is FAST. I’ve never seen a speed racker so I’m not sure if he is one but he will leave our other racking horses far in the dust.
Hi- The TWHBEA has been requiring DNA, I think, on all registered horses. They used to just require blood-typing. I’m wondering if there is a way to do a DNA test on this guy without spending a fortune. If you are wondering about him having been shown padded or worked with chains, check the hair on his front pasterns. If it is of a noticably different texture– nore coarse and stiff that the hair farther up his legs, then he probably was worked with chains, etc.
If he was “touched” on a regular basis, the hair usually grows back more coarse and stiff. “Touched” is a code word for “sored.” If he was sored using chemical agents for any length of time his hair on his front pasterns will feel different. Also it may grow in several different directions and be wavy.
If he parks out, he probably was shown, unless he just had a quirky former owner or a short former owner. He is lit up like a Pusher-bred horse, but some of the older bloodlines will also produce that pattern. In the 1980s lit up horses and spotted horses were all the rage in the walking horse and racking horse circles.
He looks like a fine horse. I hope you enjoy him. I have a Pusher-bred mare but she is a blue sabino while your horse is a red or chestnut sabino.
Sherlock Holmes looks a lot like my mare – Miss Perfect Senator. She is definitely NOT Pusher bred. She is linebred Ebony Masterpiece. Her color (sorrel sabino) comes from the Sun Dust line of horses. She also racks faster than a non-gaited horse can canter and was the best trail horse in the entire world! She’s fully retired now (age 24).
Have fun with your new guy!
Thanks guys – I’m going to email TWHBEA and see if they have any ideas. I’m not sure I quite understand the course hair around his legs but I really do think he was a show horse at some point. He did something, that’s for sure, and he really knows a lot (if only I knew more!) The mare does look a lot like Sherlock! That gives me somewhere else to look.
Meanwhile, I’ll keep hoping that someone here knows his story.
I’d really like to know how he went from wherever he was to looking like this:
Just got the email back from TWHBEA. They said that the only thing I could do was to ask at the auction (which I’ve already done, silly them.) The only thing the guy at the auction told me was that he was “a real nice horse.” I have a feeling that he knew more but was reluctant to tell me due to this guy’s condition. x.x
However, I do know that this horse’s name was “Blaze” at his previous owner’s house. I do believe it was an older gentlemen and he lived at the guy’s house and was not boarded.
Unfortunately, about two weeks ago, Sherlock Holmes passed away.
Fed him dinner, went out two hours later and he had already passed. It was old age and he was likely older than we thought.
My goal had been to give him a good retirement home and I feel like I did just that.
But a second look at his coggins reveals more information. “Singlefoot TWH.”
This boy was a speed racker! So may or may not have been registered with TWHBEA afterall.
This is my recent Camelot auction purchase from 8/25 I have named “Gunnar”. He’s about 9 years old, and obviously an Appaloosa.
His feet are good, but he had too different shoes on and they were a little long when I got him. He really turned out to be a wonderful little horse though. I’ve ridden him English and Western. I just took him to the Bucks County Horse Park Spookarama this weekend, and he did it like an old pro. Completely calm throughout the whole hunter pace/scavenger hunt even with SO much going on. He rode right through water, over bridges, anything. He even took some cross country jumps. He does have some separation anxiety issues though, and he gets rather upset when I bring him in from the pasture for a ride all alone. He calms right down once I get on though. He’s had some work put into him by someone. I’d really love to know his past. He has a big wide blaze on his face, and a snowflake blanket. He’s probably roaned out and become lighter with age. No brands or major scars. I bought him for $650, but this guy really is priceless! I can’t believe someone took him to auction.
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Word back from previous owner-when X-rays showed changes in his foot rendering him unable to continue endurance-(she didn’t elaborate on that yet)the Vet apparently promised a “forever home with him” -trying to figure out now how/when he went from there to the feedlot.
…the VET?
Uh yeah. I’d love to hear this story. If people can’t even trust their vet, that is pretty sad.
Still working on our “Paul Harvey ending” She is freaked out. Aforementioned vet was supposed to call her back if he couldn’t keep him for any reason. CBER knew his nickname, previous career and had signed registration papers. Wonder how many degrees of seperation it was from a ‘forever home’ with the vet to the slaughter pipeline. Of my 3 CBER survivors-this is the least likely to be thought of as most likely slaughterbound.
I’ve been searching for my mare for many years now. She is an Arab/Welsh cross, about 14hh, Flea Bitten Grey Mare, with an adorably kissable snip. She was around 7 yrs old in these photo’s and had lightened up a lot by the time she was sold at around 14yrs old in about 2000 to a family in or around Folsom, CA. She had a blue halter and lead that went with her. I could hop on her bareback in the pasture and ride her with nothing other then my legs. Being a kid..I did everything on her…from standing on her from running and jumping on to her rump from behind in order to mount or from the side. She was very patient and a great kids horse. She was never used for jumping but she would jump over logs and such on trail rides. She neck reined and was ridden in a bitless bridal / Hackamore.
She ran AAA times in Poles and Barrels…a great Gymkhana horse. She was dead broke, stood for farrier, clipping, baths, grooming, etc. She was a great trail horse and would cross water and bridges fine. She was very hot and forward…she had a lot of go. She loved to run but would only do so if asked. She was a little arena sour and would have to be backed in on occasions depending on her mood. : ) She came to me with the name Amanda but I called her Mandy. She came when called and loved people. I’m really hoping that she is fat happy and spoiled with a great family…she would be in her mid 20′s now.
My fingers are crossed that someone might recognize her!
These are the only photo’s I could find at this time…sorry for the low quality.
hoping someone may be able to help me identify my appaloosa, “Chief”. We got him in Nov ’06 and then he was supposedly 8, making him about 12 now. He was really… rough, those first two years, he was a greenie and so was I. Early last year we switched trainers and both improved DRAMATICALLY. We went to ‘boot camp’ this spring and everything just sort of clicked, since then he has been a PHENOMENAL show horse, not just English, but trail, jumping, western, contesting, equitation… you get it. He learns VERY quickly, he has a great, calm mind although he is sensitive to cues and needs an advanced rider to tell him what to do and get him framed up.
Name: “Chiefâ€
Age: supposedly 12
Gender: Gelding
Height: 14.2-14.3
Color: Blue roan
Markings: Star, stripe, snip, spotted blanket, socks on front right and left rear
Registered: NA
We bought him from a horse dealer in Valparaiso, Indiana four years ago. I would LOVE any possible info you guys could have on him!(:
I meant we got him in DANVILLE, not valperaso.(:
He looks like an overheight POA to me, and Indiana is smack in the middle of POA country. You can google the IN POA club and post pictures with them and see if anyone recognizes him.
I didn’t think of that! I posted info and pics on the appaloosa horse club and poa youth club on facebook, and I’m looking at more horse forums. However, the Indiana Horse Club website won’t show up for me. :/ But thank you for the suggestion!
This is a long shot, but I’ve come up to dead ends everytime I’ve tried to find more information on my gelding, Zeus.
I bought him from a guy in Isanti, MN who did mounted shooting (as in bird hunting on horseback), in November 2001. The guy told me that he was 12, 16.2hh, a TWH, and that he was selling him for some friends that were getting divorced. At the time I could care less about papers, which was good because he didn’t have any. The seller told me that they were “lost in a house fire.” When I contacted him several years later to see if he had anymore info on the horse or a registered name, he said he “thinks” he remembers that horse, but he sells so many he doesn’t really know, and that “horses in the mounted shooting circles rarely have papers.”
Shady much?
Anyway, when I bought him his name was “Dean.” He has 1 large girth scar on each of his sides that never grow hair, a dent/scar on his chest, and a tiny white star – otherwise no markings. He is actually 15.2 and was older than what he was sold to me for – the vet approximates that he’s now 24-25 by his teeth. Running walk, rocking horse canter, but in his old age/arthritis/etc he’s taken to pacing sometimes, trotting others. When I first got him he never broke his gaits. I’ve had someone tell me that he looks like he was big lick back in the day – and while I’m not sure I believe that, a show history wouldn’t surprise me. He lights up on the trail, nothing phases him (we’ve flushed out pheasants and he acted like he didn’t even notice) and he has more get up and go than my 8 year old mare in his old age. Incredibly hard mouthed, acts like he’s been mistreated on the ground (he’s especially wary of males). He really doesn’t care for being ridden in the arena. He gets a hugely thick winter coat and it doesn’t completely shed out until June (no, he doesn’t have Cushings).
I’m guessing he was a stallion for part of his life, as he gets studdy around mares and tries to “prove” himself to other stallions. He’s never mounted anything, but he’s fought with a stud over a fence for *his* mares.
This doesn’t show his tiny star, but you can see the shape of his head the best!
Feel free to email me at sawyerjessica at gmail dot com if you have any info on him!
Does anyone recognize this mare? She was sent to the New Holland auction with the name “Go Go Girl”. I bailed her out of the PA Kill Pen. They say she was used in barrels and poles. About 10-15yrs old. I would like to know why she was sent there, and what all her issues are. I have discovered she gets really nervous when it comes to the saddle, and even has flipped herself over in the crossties. I do not plan on getting rid of her, but the more information I have on what exactly she has been through may help me help her. She has a blaze, 3 socks, and a spot under her belly.
Please contact me at nicolembeatty@gmail.com
I have a horse history request, especially for someone with access to the arab databases.
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This is BJ, registered name Marah Ben Jaguar
My family got him in the early 1990′s for free after he’d crow-hopped and the girl on him had fallen off and wouldn’t get back on. We were his forever home, he helped me through 9 years of 4-H horse, put up with me trying out western, english, jumping, and games on him, and lived to a ripe old age of 39. He was patient, forgiving, and unexpectedly stubborn on some things. I would love to know anything about his history before we got him. We never were able to get papers on him, but I do know he was foaled in 1971, and we were told he was gelded when he was 8. I think he originally came from California, but I would love to know any other information on him.
Marah Ben Jaguar — born March 20th, 1971 Chestnut stallion. Bred by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lee, Delhi CA
He was sold (at least his papers changed hands) six times between 1971 and 1977. His last registered owner was a David M. Dennis, Newhall CA.
His sire was Jaguar an Indy son bred by the famous Mekeel ranch. Indy was one of the better sons of Raffles. Jaguar’s dam was an Antez daughter. Antez is a rather famous stallion in his own right. He was owned by Kellog and then purchased by Dickinson.
His dam was Lorelei (Asil Pegasus X Tezinda) Lorelei was bred by Charles Lee. Asil Pegasus (Rafferty x Trity) was line bred to Raffles as was Tezinda (Indy X Tezzi) Though Tezzi also goes back to Antez on both top and bottom.
CMK bloodlines, as I read them, though I am no expert. With Antez & Raffles such a heavy influence he should have been stout, short, and tough.
This is a link to a photo of Jaguar http://public.fotki.com/hypoint/arabians/arabian_album_cmk/jaguar8110indyxzamm.html
Indy, Antez and Raffles photos are pretty easy to run down.
Best of luck
Thank you!
He wasn’t too stocky, but he was indeed short and tough. The shortness was nice as a kid-I didn’t need a mounting block to get on him.
This is another reverse find… I used to own this horse, and his AMHA papers are probably still in my name. His registered name is Magic Mountain Imperial Scotsman, and he went by Scottie. I sold him and another mini (solid black, but appy bred, named Del, also AMHA registered) to a mexican gentleman named Samuel, who lived somewhere in the bay area. They were for his kids. They would be 7 now (going on 8), and I’ve since lost track of them. Scottie was very special to me, I got him from his breeder in a rather neglected state. He is a bright sorrel, with a large blaze, 2 bright blue eyes, a very small and hard to see belly spot, and short socks all around. He was a really nice mover, and is quite a looker. I do have many more pictures of Scottie. I got him at 5 months, and sold him at 2 years against my better judgement, to appease my dad (who decided we had too many minis at the time >.<). I would be eternally thankful if anyone has ever seen him, or Del, and can point me in their direction. Both were very sweet, altho Del tended to be very shy. I've regreted selling my Scottie since the moment the money was handed over. The picture is Scottie at 2, shortly before he was sold.
I got Jigs 2 years ago last February from a Farm in Uxbridge, Mass where he was being trained as a hunter pony. The told me he came through an auction and knew Western Spins when they got him. Last Summer the hay guy at the barn where I board recognized him as a horse he had picked up at Crowley’s Auction in Agawam, Ma. He remember him because he was so well broke and has a split right ear. He said he thought he’d make someone a great horse and really like him.
He did not come with papers. I was told he would be 7 October (if so, then he just turned 8). At that time his name was Chase. They changed it to Jigsy. But I call him Jigs. He is a sorrel/chestnut with a bolt shaped strip and roaning on his face. He has 3 of his legs have white- socks on the hind and a strip on the front. He’s 14.3 hands and 986 lbs.
I’m really hoping someone recognizes him. I’d love to know where he came from what his breed is. He looks like he has some quarter horse in him but he’s got a really big trot so there’s something else there too. (At shows/barn I’ve heard, Standardbred, Paint, Morgan). He’s got roaning a few places on his boy.
Jigs is a character and he has his forever home with me.
From Jigsy
From gibsons fun day
Thanks,
Heccate
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We have a spotted saddle mare that we recently upgraded to our home. We live in Florida, a this mare was bought from Kentucky site unseen by a lady here in Florida who had her delivered. Her name was Liz, but we call her Lily. She is a liver chestnut,white paint, black and white mane and tail. Supposedly she was a show horse in Kentucky, and I’d really like to find out what she did if anything, and any history on her.
She is approximately fifteen years old, in overall decent health besides being thin from the lack of care. She has some sort of old injury to her nose/nasal area/or soft palate? Her breathing is a little rough, not heaves, and if she eats to quickly or drinks too quickly feed/water falls out of her nose. She checks out fine with the vets, it is not a big problem to her. Though she cannot be ridden with a bit unless it’s a grazing bit or a light hackamore. Anything else seems to irritate her. She is a pretty level headed easy riding mare, and calm around everything but feed aggressive with other horses.
I have pictures that I can email, contact me at jenfarriersrvc@aol.com
Thanks!
I know I’m late getting in on the game, and it’s a long shot. I’m looking for a horse I had in 2006 that an acquaintance sent to me to put some riding on. She took him back when he went lame and it turned out he had an OCD chip, and wouldn’t sell him to me. I would give anything to find him again.
Info: 17-ish hh Shire gelding named Ferdinand, would be about 10 years old now. He was in NJ, would probably still be in the area – belonged to a woman named Joy-Lynn when I knew him. Had high whites, roaning in his black, and distinctive lip markings as well as a white patch on the left side of his belly right about where the girth sits. The right side of his upper lip had a splotch of black in the white. He was very, very shy but tried to please – would probably still be terrified of clippers, and was bit-shy when I first got him. Story was he was Amish broke as a 3yo, and sat in a field for 3 years with almost no handling.
Here’s a photo of the day he arrived, practically fell off the trailer, but you can get a sense of his color and see the lip marking:
Many more photos can be found in this album.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Whyevernot55/Horses/Ferdinand/
Please please please, if you know where this horse is, email me.
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Looking for this 3yo gelding, part Arab. he was sold in the North GA, Blairville area… I want to buy him and bring him home!!!
I would love to find out about a mare I rode about 15-16 years ago. She was a lesson horse for a kids riding group in Tucson AZ. Her name was Ta Wacin(e?). I believe she was a chestnut mare with a star, and she was part or full arab. I saw her dam not too long ago but her dam’s owner no longer had Ta. I would love to know what happened to her. She was the horse responsible for getting me bit by the horsey bug
Any info would be appreciated, thanks.
1987 1/2 arab Chestnut mare Tawacin (Echos Fire X Wacin (grade mare) ) bred and owned by Emile and Joanne Moses in Tucson AZ She is listed as having a star, stripe and snip, and three white feet (one stocking and two partials). If this is her, her change of ownership was not recorded. She would be 23.
Yes that is definitely her, thank you. Where did you get that info, was there a picture? They must not have changed the papers over when she was sold…darn. I spoke to Joanne about a year ago but she no longer had Ta (because of the circumstances I couldn’t ask her much). She did still have her mother though. I would love to find out if she is alive and well and maybe see a pic of her or visit her if she is still in AZ.
The Arabian Horse Association has a website http://www.arabianhorses.org/ On which they have a Datasource link you can subscribe to. I think a single day is $9.95 — and a full year is around $100. I have Arabs and am breeding a few — (Not Fuglies) so I subscribed.
Some horses do have photos up — but mostly only if their owners upload them. When they sold her, whoever bought her did not transfer her ownership papers as she is still listed as owned by her breeders. I did look for photos of her sire Echos Fire, and didn’t come up with anything. His sire, is an Aladdinn son, and very famous. He has a nice photo on all breed.
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/ALADDINN+ECHO He is most famous as the sire of Echo Magnificoo.
I own a mare named Simply Red Dee. I didn’t get her through a rescue, a slaughter house, or anything like that. I know her bloodlines and the regular stuff like that, but I would love to know a little more of her history. I have contacted an old owner and gotten some information, but I would really like to know more about her from ages 6-10 or as a youngster. If anyone knows about her feel free to email me at painthorselover.nb@gmail.com.
http://www.circlemtrainingcenter.com/deedee.htm
I used to work at an Equine Hospital and in TB rehab, and fell in love with and then lost track of a few special horses. Looking to find info on “J and J Express” a 2004 TB Gelding, very dark brown- was a dud on the track, retired and I did some basic retraining on him, then owners decided to take him back to the track- I lost track of him after that, but he was an awesome horse, with a great mind (was still a stallion when I was working with him, and was always a perfect gentleman). I really hope he became someone’s fancy riding horse.
Also, seeking info about “Dancing Warrior” a 2000 TB Gelding- survived an extremley bad surgery shortly after being imported to the US, owned by a very wealthy person, he raced for about 18 months before fracturing sesmoids- the last information I was able to find said that he had surgery for the fracture, but I was never able to track down what happened to him next.
Also, trying to find out if anyone knows anyone at either Yapavi Downs or Turf Paradise- there are two fillies running there in what I would consider pretty high risk for winding up in a bad situation (one is running pretty consistently badly in maiden claiming races, the other is doing a little better, but still in claiming races). Both are out of the same mare, and I own one of their full sisters- and I would take either one if their situation warranted it, but don’t know how to be aware of if/when they get into danger… any suggestions? They are named “Venadita”, last known trainer was Tracie Aker last raced at Yapavi on 9/6/10, and “Shezafirestarter”, last raced 10/22/10 at Turf Paradise.
I have a Arabian gelding I would like to identify. I got him in April 2010 from Craigslist. The story I got was that he was a family horse, they had seen pictures of children riding him, but he was very thin (around Dec 2009) and the woman I got him from paid the previous owner to take him. She fed him and tells me she put a lot of weight on him. However, she kept him in a stall 24/7, which means that he was high as a kite when I saw him, and I couldn’t properly evaluate him at the time. But he’s so stinkin cute, I just had to take him. Never got papers, though he’s supposedly purebred and registered. He’s supposed to be 10 years old. Supposedly was getting rid of him because she was a TWH person. Also supposedly had him vetted, but I’m suspicious that either that was a lie, or she got rid of him because the vet found the murmur.
He’s a sweet horse, shy at first. LONG legs in proportion to his body. Has sidebone on one of his front feet (I forget which) but is sound. Has severe exercise intolerance due to a heart murmur that was grade 4/6 when I initially found it shortly after getting him, and has progressed to a grade 5/6. Has white marks on his back from an ill fitting saddle (LOTS of them!), but does not seem to ever have been well broke to ride. Very nice disposition, doesn’t fuss much, but someone taught him that he could get out of work by walking to the gate of the arena and planting like a mule! Not spooky, SMOOTH and long strided trot (his heart murmur makes me cry, as he’d have been a great riding horse).
Lightly flea bitten grey, very dished face. Beautiful horse. Fairly aggressive in the pasture with other horses. Very unique white markings when you hose him down – does AHA have a markings search?? He has a blaze, which is crooked at the top to the left, with two whorls between his eyes. The blaze is crooked at the bottom to the right nostril, with a spot of black skin at the center of the nose. The left front has a pastern marking on the lateral side, with only a coronet on the medial side. Right front has no markings. Left hind has a low sock with a high spike on the medial aspect. Right hind has a small sock with a small spike on the medial side and a higher spike on the caudal aspect. His name was supposedly Charlie, and the lady I got him from thinks that the former owner’s name was Andrea Knipple in Dayton TX on County Rd 604.
Unfortunately, his days are numbered due to the heart murmur, but I would really like to know who this guy is. He just looks like a well bred horse to me.
Ok, I guess I’ll add my gelding in hopes I can possibly find more information. Here’s his story….
In 2003, I found this guy in the backyard of a guy in Louisville, Kentucky. The story goes that he was dumped at a goat auction on the Kentucky/Indiana boarder and the guy I got him from had bought him for $50 and traded a goat to have him hauled to his house in November 2002. He was in terrible shape, starving and dehydrated. He also had a broken right jaw (healed at that time), his right eye had some vision loss, and he had sinusitis when he was purchased from auction. I unfortunately don’t know anymore than that. At the time he was probably a coming two year old and still intact. I don’t know anymore than that, but I would love to find out more about him and if he is possibly registered. He has pretty good conformation and appears to have been bred to be more of the hunter type. We believe he’s a QH X TB. Below are pictures of him from then and now, please let me know if someone recognizes him!
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And Now:
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A couple years ago because I don’t have any recent not under saddle shots:
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Alrighty, I’m gonna give this a shot. This is my off the track appendix horse, registered name Bullets Bad Boy. Sired by Zealous and out of Bullet Easy Lady. 3/4 QH 1/4 TB. He has a small white spot on his forehead, sock on the LF and RH, plus a TINY white spot on the heel of his RF. He has a finger deep scar on his neck on the right side almost right across the jugular. He has a shark fin for withers and is WICKED fast. He used to be a barrel horse and was turned into a speed and flag horse. I live in AR right by Memphis and rumor has it he came off the track in MS.
The second picture is us running flags at state this year. This pic was taken a couple of seconds before I crashed into the gate so hard i shattered my right arm that required a plate and 10 screws to fix, a laceration on my head down to the skull that required 5 staples, and a laceration on my face down to the skull that took over 200 stitches.
Holy crap…
Tell me about it…went to the hospital on Labor Day, a Monday, had surgery on Tuesday, went home on Wednesday and was back at college in Jonesboro the next Monday. Its been almost 8 weeks and I’m almost completely healed. I’m still castrating pigs, palpitating cows, and trying to convince huge sheep they need to sit down and take their medicine.
All I have to say to that is YOU have earned the right to call yourself a cowgirl!
Are you ok? Healing up all right? Back to rideing yet?
Thanks Fugs, I’ve endured a lot of criticism for my choice to not sit around and do nothing. I even had a girl have the balls to tell me “Don’t be such a drama queen, it wasn’t a big deal b/c it could have been a lot worse.” I realize it could have been worse but that was cold and insensitive given I WAS NOT a drama queen at all! I only took my pain pills for a week after I came home. They made me feel like crap and I couldn’t eat and was sick all the time on them.
I have to say I would ride A LOT more if I had free access to horses up here. Board is crazy expensive and after I’ve kept horses at home since I’ve had them I can’t convince the parents is worth $275 a month for me to have him with me, and since I’m a pre-vet major when I’m not in class I’m at one of the clinics shadowing. Which reminds me, after I got hurt my horse would not look at me, wouldn’t come to me, wouldn’t let me touch him. Its like he was ashamed and embarrassed. We’ve always been so close it about killed me. A couple of weeks later I let a friend take him to a weekend show and he let me load him in the trailer and even nuzzled me but when he figured out I wasn’t getting in the car to go he screamed all the way down the driveway and up the street and tried to rip the trailer apart when she stopped. I’ve ridden him and my 3 year old a few times since and its pain free exercise that I love. I hope one day I can ride him everyday and maybe teach him a lower impact discipline, HUS maybe…
I think you ought to invite the hag to take a little spin around the barrels herself
That’s the strange part! She’s a barrel racer. Of course I must also add she rides a VERY fine boned Appendix mare, Special Effort bred. She’s a very large and unfit woman. She’s already broke her wind, thrown her away, and is moving on to another. I should have gone after her with a barbed wire wrapped baseball bat. That would have equalized things REALLY quick!
I’m hoping someone can help me find an old lesson horse. His name is Hallelujah Sizzle, he’s called Hal. I believe he is an american quarter horse, or an american quarter horse cross, he’s a gelding. Hal is about 16 hh, he has a lightening bolt shaped stripe, he’s red dun, and he may have some white on his legs. When I rode him eight years ago, I believe he was in his twenties. Hal was very responsive and very protective of young riders. The barn he was at is located in East Northport. It was sold, and he went with it. I’d really like to find him and thank him for giving me my confidence back after the first time I fell off a horse.
I know this is a total long shot but I really want to try to find out something about his history. I bought him (a gelding) from a slaughter auction at New Holland, Pennsylvania on August 9th. The seller told us he was 7 years old, but he acts like a baby, so we are guessing (and the vet agreed) that he is closer to 5. The seller said he just got him and didn’t know anything about his history. He is so sweet and loves people, so I am trying to figure out why such an amazing, beautiful horse was almost sent to slaughter. Anything you know would be great! Thanks!
Long-time reader, first time poster. Here is the horse I’d like to know about:
His barn name is “Tuffy”, show name “Tuff Stuff”, registered name “King’s Tuff Stuff”. He’s an Appaloosa/QH cross born March 17th, 1989. He would be 21 now. 14.1hh gelding, has EPSM. Had no white on his legs except possibly the tiniest coronet marking, and I can’t even remember which leg it would have been on. He has a large blaze. He is registered, and I believe his papers said he was born in Georgia. Bombproof, never spooked with me in the 5-6 years I shareboarded-then-owned him.
We live in Central PA.
I believe we got him in 2001. We bought him from a girl who I *think* was named Maurisa. We sold him in August 2004 to a just-out-of-college girl who boarded at Swamp Fox Farm. This farm is about an hour away from where we live, and unfortunately they have no website. He was 15 when we sold him. I did a few local H/J shows with him. He has been ridden both English and Western.
Here is a better photo of his face/markings in case anyone recognizes him.
He was never a rescue-case, was never abused, always had a good home. I’m just curious about where he could be nowadays because he was the greatest pony, despite him biting me and bucking me off at my first show. I learned a lot from him.
This seems too weird to be true but I also have an 18 year old Appendix Gelding named Jax, who came from Washington about 9 years ago.
He even looks exactly like the featured horse:
I don’t know much about my guy’s history at all, but he was definitely broke as a western horse, before becoming an eventer. I’ve been trying to find out more about his history but I’ve had him for more than 8 years so everyone else’s memories have faded. Wonder if there’s any relation or if anyone on here recognizes my Jax in general?
I forgot to add that he’s also 15hh. And he’s got a big scar/dent in his left front shoulder, I wonder if it’s related to a really old injury as he’s technically never been sound on that leg either.
I’m still on a quest to find this old girl. I’ve put her up on Horse Reunions but I haven’t heard anything. Anyone with more information as to where she is now, I would love to know she is fat and happy! If she is in need of a home, I will do whatever to take her in.
I apologize for the bad picture its a recovery of a photo that was scanned years ago.
This is Royals Royalty barn name Diamond, a (I’m pretty sure anyway) registered AQH mare. I don’t really recall her age, it was anywhere between 8 and 13 when I was riding her. She has a very clear diamond on her forehead with three distinct hairless halter rubs on her face as you can see in the picture. She had some white most lower markings with the exception of the stocking in the photo. She suffered from some arthritis but with cortisone shots she was completely useable.
She rode western and english, neck reined etc. Good all around riding horse. Good on the trails, good mover. Exactly the kind of horse I wanted, I didn’t need a fancy show horse.
She was ornery as hell, moody, and if she sensed even an ounce of hesitation in you she would trample all over you. She was lazy and would make a few attempts to get you off with little cow hops but she would eventually work through it. She wasn’t used by the trainers too often because of her ornery nature and the fact that she was so much more a western horse (it was an english barn) However, she really was a one-owner horse and was not meant for the lesson circuit, which is what the owners told me when she was sold off.
I rode her for about 2 years back in 2002-2005 area in time. I was taking lessons at Ponemah Acres Farm in Amherst NH. She was owned by Ponemah Acres Farm. She was sold probably in 2004-2005, to what the owners called a “nice lady”. I was so heartbroken that I stopped riding soon after and never went back. Since then the former owners have sold the business and I have lost touch, I have no idea where she was sold to.
Any information would be greatly appreciated. I think about this horse often and whenever I talk horses you bet she comes up. I guess you never forget your first horse love.
OK, so I am trying to find more info on our old broodmare Satin. She is registered APHA as Solid Satin Sheets. She has had two foals for us, and at least 3 prior. Would love to know more about any of the three foals she has had prior to us owning her.
We bought her in 2003 from the Enumclaw auction. I believe we bought her from a dealer, although he claimed to be dumping his two mares because they couldn’t afford them anymore. She was in foal, and we were able to track down who she was bred to a PB arab stallion in OR K A Serabba owned by Diane Kiesler.
She seemed really broke when they rode her through the auction, but she is not sound enough to ride. She has massive ringbone/sidebone and pretty bad arthritis behind. Vet thinks it is due to some sort of injury, or perhaps being ridden a LOT on concrete or hard packed ground (worked a feedlot maybe?). She was never shown, nor have any of her foals besides Tango. Anyone ever know her, or know of her?
Solid Satin Sheets- 1994 mare by Street Legal out of Sonnys Satin Lady
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/solid+satin+sheets
Has Impressive in her lines (HYPP neg?)
Hello, I happen to have a mare foaled in 2001 out of Solid Satin Sheets and sired by Whitebird Hill. Her name is Legal Alibi. She is an Sorrel Ovvero and is mostly white with sorrel patches and a sorrel bonnet and sorrel eye patches with eyeliner eyes. Her eyes are dark brown. She is georgeous!
This is ‘Hokie’. He appears to be a 12-14 year old bay warmblood gelding with three socks, a thin blaze and a VT freeze brand on the crest of his neck on the right side. I got him through Another Chance 4 Horses’ broker program and did some emailing to the Equine Scince people at Virginia Tech. He may likely be a 1995 foal by Beoskoolboy, VT Festus, but thier records don’t have any photographs of him. I’d like to find out for sure, or even find out who owned him in the past. He has navicular, and came to me with front shoes. His ground manners are impeccable, and he is as sweet as can be. I’d like to find out his history and if any former owners would like him back home safe. I got him in March of 2009 and he was in PA at the time.
FYI – Jax has been ID’d as Kerry Kid!!
FOR SURE??? OMG!
See, we all KNEW that was a well bred horse, and we were right!
In addition to my red tb mare earlier in the thread, I also have a paint mare I’d like to ID. She came into my life when she was two years old. She is a foal of 2004, but probably a very late foal. She was purchased from a man near Devil’s Fork State Park in South Carolina, who in turn bought her from a horse trader. That’s where the trail runs cold. I’d be very surprised if she wasn’t a purebred APHA, and I’d like very much to know if she was registered.
She is 15.1 1/2 hands, and weighs nearly 1,200 lbs, even at her fightin’ weight. I’ve wondered if maybe she was halter bred.
Oh important detail about the paint mare I forgot to mention – she has a significant dent in her skull, with accompanying scar. The dent runs vertically along the center of her face, beginning between her eyes and stretching halfway to her nose. She’s a really awesome mare, who is owned by a wonderful friend of mine, and she’s really keen to find out about her breeding. If anybody knows anything it would be so appreciated!
I have to say this one looks like a Hall of Fame baby by her markings, or maybe State of the Art (both by Art Deco) they were stood at Silverwood Farm in Purcellville, VA. I have a 1996 solid chestnut baby by Hall of Fame. Best wishes.
Anyone from the University of Connecticut? I have a gelding who is claimed to be an Appendix that was donated to UConn in about 2002 or 2003. He would have been about two or three years old then. You can’t see his feet in the pic, but he has one white hind and one white front. His name is Beamer (the name he came with). He was bought from UConn by a student when she left and became the barn manager at my barn in Durham, CT, in 2004 ish.. After a series of events I ended up buying him. I would love to know where he originally came from and why he was donated! I may not have time to check back here, so please e-mail me at jcshiers @ gmail . com
Thanks.
I don’t know how many people from New Zealand read this blog, but I guess it’s worth a shot!
Rose is a black TB mare with no markings, but if she’s uncovered over summer she gets rich, dark mahogany highlights. Her brands are JD on the left shoulder, 22 over 8 on the right shoulder. Her registered name is Super Crown and she is Super Roo (sire) x Crown Reine (dam). She was named Rose when I purchased her. She was born in 1988 and is now 21 years old. She is a teensy tiny bit taller than 15.3hh (160.5cm) She was bred by ‘Miss S G Godfrey’ somewhere in Wellington and owned as a racehorse by ‘L & Mrs M A Benton & Miss J D Telford’ but as I understand it she only trialled and never raced. I bought her in 1999 from a farrier in Whangarei who told me he received her as payment for a debt gone bad. She was quite badly neglected at that time, but when I tried her out, and later when I started to work her, it was obvious that someone at some point had cared for her and trained her well, at least for flat work, but on the ground she was totally obnoxious and would walk all over you, and she used to fear-jump until we trained her out of it. She had a caslick when we bought her.
Basically I’d like to know her background, where she came from and if anyone used to own her or know her! We’ve owned her for 11 years now, she’s a registered hanoverian broodmare with three stunning foals, the eldest of which is doing VERY well on the dressage scene here, a champion in the show ring herself, and currently getting back into work after overcoming the initial panicking onset of Cushings.
If anyone can help me find the owner of the Appaloosa stallion This Mr S Obvious. I recently received a 2009 gelding by him and the owner failed to file a breeder’s report. Which apparently is the case with all of the stallion’s foals since he was sold to Jason Adams of Convoy Ohio. The previous owner of Mr S told me that she had retained breedings to the stallion and Mr. Adams will not answer his phone or e-mails. She is also searching for the stallion and his owner.
The person that I got the new guy from won the breeding on here:
http://www.indaphc.com/ssa/2008/stallion_service_sale_2008.htm
I have tried both the e-mail and phone listed with no reply. I am going to call ApHC tomorrow to see if they have DNA on file but was told by the person I got this horse from that he was told it was not. Here is a photo of the stallion. If anyone has any information on his whereabouts I’d like to know. You can e-mail me at dillwithit124@aol.com. Thanks
http://mcgregorranch.com/this.html
I hope that works. This is my Thoroughbred gelding K. He has a tattoo however it is unreadable and my best estimate is that he is about 25 yrs old. I was told two registered names for him: Foreveruk and Ksar. I tried to research these names and either came up with nothing or horses that are dead which he is most certainly not. I got him from a woman in NJ where the barn she was boarding him at was closing. She never gave me his papers. I would really like some history on him and to know how exactly how old he is and when his actual birthday is. He is chestnut and has white hairs (not really a true sock) around his right and left front hooves. He also has a wide blaze going from between his eyes down to his lip and pin firing marks on both front legs.
Ksar 1970 Thoroughbred out of Castle Mona by Kalydon?
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/ksar2
Another one.
This is Socrates. He’s about 7/8 years old and is a wild blood bay. I bought him back in August from the Burrell Horse Auction in Tennessee. His coggins says Quarter Horse on it (though this auction pretty much lists anything that doesn’t gait a Quarter) though I’ve got an opinion from a very educated source that he’s probably at least part Standardbred.
He was at Trackrock Riding Academy before we bought him and I have contact the old owner who was able to tell me they got him from a horse trader and he pretty much hung out at their place. He was ridden by the husband until Socrates got swelling on his back. He had a few months off and was sent back to the horse trainer.
But I’d like to know more about him. Nothing bothers him. I’ve taken him on trail rides and he’s a dream. He’ll cross bridges, water, no problem. He loads, is great about his feet and the clippers and takes his wormer like a champ. He’s dominant in the pasture but not nasty about it. He neck reins and W/T/C but isn’t at all finished. He’s a very in your pocket type of horse and is a very easy keeper. He also may drive. The first time we ground drove him he responded like he knew what he was doing. Nothing scares him – not even me accidentally smacking him in the face with a lunge whip. His response to that was just to stare at me.
The only marks of white on him are five white hairs on his nose that could be caused by an injury.
I forgot to mention – he’s 15.1 hands high.
I am looking for information on this Leopard Appy. She is approximately 12 years old and 14.3 hands. She has foaled in the past. She’s been trained as an English mount with what appears to be a focus as a Hunter/Jumper. She was purchased 11/12/10 at the Shipshewana Horse Auction but does not appear to be from the Northern Indiana area as she did not have any kind of winter coat at all. She was in the kill pen with approximately 10 other horses from the same seller, one that was pulled from the auction for being stolen. If you have any information on her, please contact me!
I bought this guy from a woman who had him a year – prior to that he had been through the Sugar Creek Sales Barn in Ohio (in either 2007 or 2008). I’m looking for anyone who has info on him, as he is a quirky little guy. He is gaited, about 13.3 hands, and between 8 – 10 years of age according to my vet. He seems to have had some rough handling at some point but once he warms up and trusts, there is nothing he won’t do for his rider on the trail. He ain’t purty but he has a big heart and I would love more information on him.
The second horse came from a family in Michigan who told me he originally came from Kentucky. He has 1 and a half blue eyes, is about 14 hands, gaited, and built somewhat like a bassett hound – low to the ground and stocky. He is a major clown and I’m sure he was well loved by everyone he’s encountered in life – he loves everyone! I’d love background history on him as well.
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I know this is late, but I was wondering if anyone knew the history of my horse, Buddy. The first picture here is when he was rescued in 2005. He is a 16.1 hand, chestnut thoroughbred, approx. year of birth 1985. He is registered with the jockey club but the tattoo is not legible. He was rescued from southern maryland or northern virginia but may be originally from Pennsylvania. Buddy was the name given to him when he was rescued but his prior name may have been Dodger. He has really unique markings as you can see from the second picture. After racing, we believe he was used for a bit of everything but he loves to jump. If you have any information on him please email me at emmafeeney12@gmail.com. Thanks!
Sorry but you have to upload your pictures somewhere like Photobucket for them to show up. This is just the path to where the pic is on your computer.
Very late here, but I know new comments show up on the comment feed.
Three reverse finds for y’all, and unfortunately no photos. A lot of these first two cases is hearsay, because I’ve been (unsurprisingly) unable to get a straight story out of anyone … but here’s some shots in the dark.
1. A lesson horse I knew in 2000 in Erie, Pennsylvania, at Willows Equestrian Center (now defunct). This was a BIG horse, a gelding, at least 17hh. He was a bright bay with a small star, possibly other markings (I can’t remember …), and he was very thin. He should not have been used as a lesson horse, but this facility was A-rated, really into making $$$, and I was a thirteen-year-old girl at the time — couldn’t go against the BOs or trainers and had no credibility with the authorities.
His name was Lexus, sometimes spelled Lexxus. He was a TB or Warmblood, possibly a cross, and would have been around 10 years old at the time (give or take — the BOs were very recalcitrant to talk about his history, and I’ll explain why in a minute). He had a terrible attitude and was very shy, until someone won his trust. Of all the people at the barn, he warmed to me and to a thirtysomething woman who rode him for lessons; she said he appeared to have a fair amount of training on him, probably in the jumper ring, but something had soured him to the point that he’d go so far, then mentally shut down and freak out.
From what I heard, this horse had been a show horse, possibly also on a college equestrian team, and had flipped on a rider. The person who related this tale said he had broken his wither and croup, which was hopefully was not true … otherwise I need to track down the trainers who used him afterwards and have A Few Words.
But he did have a very prominent wither, and an extremely prominent ‘hunter’s bump’ as well. He definitely had some back soreness issues, whether anything ever got ‘broken’ or not.
I always thought he was a big sweetie underneath his gruff exterior (I would be gruff too, if my back hurt and no one listened to me!), and I liked to feed him apples and give him scratchies. His ‘lady’ offered to buy him as a forever horse, but then he reportedly flipped on another rider and was quickly shipped off, I heard to Lake Erie College as a lesson horse.
I still think of him a fair amount, and wish I would have at least spent more time with him than I did. But I was a kid, and the barn was extremely unethical. All I can hope is that somebody at LEC spoke up and got him out of there.
He was a BIG boy — between that, the hunter’s bump, and his personality quirks, I’m certain someone has to know him or what happened to him.
2. This one doesn’t have a lot of hope in my book, but she was another big bright bay with a star — a Hannoverian-TB mare named Annah (definitely spelled with the H at the end), sometimes Hannah. She stood 16hh2-16hh3 and would be 12 years old now — I knew her in Erie, PA, in 2008. She was another flipper; she’d been trained in dressage and eventing, but flipped in a trailer at some point and fractured her skull. The vet put her back together, and her owner at the time (not her original owner) sold her to some very credulous people for $10,000.
She had major, MAJOR trust issues in every single aspect. She would patiently stand in cross ties, but could barely be brushed and would freak out if saddled or ridden. Even standing in a stall, she’d often suddenly cringe and start flinging her head. Part of it was probably neurological from her injury, but someone suggested she might have a hormonal imbalance, and when we fed her Mare Magic some of the symptoms were alleviated. Maybe she had the equine equivalent of dysmenorrhea (painful periods) or uterine fibroids?
Her credulous new owners boarded her at the barn where I worked, and tried a number of different yahoo cowboy ‘miracle trainers’ to no avail. She flipped on every single one of them, and was generally a nervous wreck for the entire time. Finally the BO (a part-time pleasure-riding trainer) and I stepped in and offered to do some work on her. We got her to the point that she could be brushed if she was standing in the indoor arena with the lead rope resting over (but not tied to) the gate, and she stopped freaking out in her stall. (My boyfriend brought his guitar to the barn and played to this mare, which seemed to soothe her! We made a tape and would play it if she got stressed, and between that and the Mare Magic, she showed a great decrease in the thrashing and head-tossing.)
Eventually she started to emerge from her shell, and seemed like a very sweet and loving mare. I’m not sure if she ever would have been rideable, but she free-lunged beautifully. One of the most beautifully moving, responsive, sensitive and even -thoughtful- animals I’ve ever worked with (and usually I only say that about my own horse!)
However, owners decided they were not getting a sufficient return on their investment, and put her up for sale. For (I heard) $12,000. Eventually they -donated- her, without telling anyone first, to a university in New York state, where I heard she almost immediately flipped over on a seventeen-year-old girl.
I’d be incredibly surprised if she wasn’t either dead or neglected in a pasture somewhere, but hey, there’s a slim chance that someone rescued her. Possibly from an auction. She deserves to either be someone’s pasture princess, or die humanely in someone’s gentle arms. I really wish I could have done more for this mare. The owners are named Swanson. Please never sell a horse to them, if you’re in the business of selling horses.
Third horse — this one I know about!
3.) Aldous — http://www.pedigreequery.com/aldous
I’ve tried to track this horse on here before, and was able to get a few good leads that unfortunately went dry. Have been unable to contact the owners, but could try again.
I worked with this horse at Presque Isle Downs in 2008, when he was running for Steve Asmussen. He was an absolute doll, very energetic (hey, 3-yo racing TB!), but never aggressive or mean. Unlike a lot of the horses at the track, he liked people to come into his stall and fuss over him. Most of the horses would chase me out if I had to come in for any reason, but Aldous even tried to keep me there to chat over his dinner.
He was a big chestnut, at least 16h2 and possibly still growing. He had a small white star on his forehead. I’ve found some win photos and traced him out to Oklahoma, where as of last April (the last time I had my own working computer) the trail went cold. He won a fair amount of money on the track — I suspect he either broke down suddenly, or simply stopped winning. It did seem like he was following the good old West-and-down (or maybe West-and-north, to Canada) track to his eventual death.
If anyone rescued this horse from auction or purchased him in a claims race, I badly want to know that at least he didn’t die on a double-decker or in a slaughterhouse.
If he retired sound, by some off chance (go CANTER!), he would have made a really good jumper or event prospect. He had such a good personality and was a real trier.
If he came off crippled, I’m sure he’s a lovely pasture pet and a complete clown.
If you have information about his death … call me sentimental, but I’d really like to know where he’s buried.
Post here or email me at edj.uv.reason -at- gmail.com. My name’s Joy, and I think this is one of the best equine websites online. The community here is great.
I know this is late but I figured it would be worth a shot. It would be great if we could see a reboot of this “mystery horse” idea since it’s not likely many people still check this!
I purchased this gelding from the Cleveland, Tennessee auction somewhere around a month ago. He’s about 14.2hh and seven years old. Sorrel overo with two blue eyes, pink hooves, 4 high whites a bald face. He’s got a huge lump on his neck where we were told a stud bit him, as well as a bald patch that’s got dry, flaky skin. He’s a fairly hot horse and I’ve been told it’s a very good chance he’s had some sort of speed horse training though if he’s run barrels, he’s not been run on them recently. He was shiny, well clipped and had a pulled mane at the auction. He was bought by a dealer outside so we were unable to talk to his previous owners (we then bought him off the dealer.)
I forgot to say – you can email me at canispictus @ gmail .com (no spaces) if you have any information!
This is Diesel, we saved him from the killpen at Sugarcreek Auction in Sugarcreek, Ohio. At the killpen he had one front shoe on, and appeared to be friendly and well taken care of. He was a very good weight and as you can see hes pretty well muscled. Has those tiny toothpick legs though!
We think he is a Quarter horse, probably has papers somewhere. Hes estimated to be around 4-5 years old, about 15 hands. Were thinking he probably came from out came from out West, maybe a ranch, because Leroy Baker, the auction house owner, even told us alot of horses come from out West in truckloads. He didnt have a thick coat either like the other horses. We have had him about 2 months.Hes very well broke, we are really thinking he was used on a ranch or something, maybe on cows? He walks, trots, canters, tucks his head and backs, pivots, sidepasses, has a nice lope. Hes not perfect… he cribs terribly, one of the worse I’ve seen. Hes a really nervous kind of horse, especially in a trailer. Not so great ground manners either. His markings are the big blaze on his head and the rear right hind sock.
If you have any information on this horse or would like to see more pictures email me at lexicoz@live.com. We would love to know his past and maybe see if he has any papers floating around. Hes had a lot of time put into him undersaddle as well, its a shame he ended up in the killpen at auction, but glad we got the chance to buy him. Forgot to mention above that we bought him from the killpen with NO HISTORY. We didnt even know how old or if he was broke. We took him home and rode him the next day to find out he was very well trained! Hes not started on Mounted Shooting. Kind of a long shot but worth a shot, let me know please!!