Anybody have an Arab in need of a good home? (SoCal)

[Jennifer Thompson <jlthompson@earthlink.net>]

Hi all,

I'm posting this on behalf of a friend of mine that has had a year of 
bad luck.

My friend, Susan, lives in Southern California and has had horses all 
her life.  She had two Arabian geldings (one was her own, the other 
gelding (Rocky) was left to her by a close friend that passed away). She 
lost her own gelding from a freak electrocution accident a year ago and 
has been devastated ever since.  However, she still had the other Arab 
gelding to dote on and have as a riding horse up until now. Rocky has 
been recently diagnosed with Degenerative Suspensory Ligament Desmitis 
and he is now only pasture-sound.  He goes very lame if ridden and needs 
to be retired permanently.

Susan has 1.5 acres in a very horse-friendly area in the San Fernando 
Valley.  She takes excellent care of her horses as well as my mare, who 
is boarded there too (there are only 4 horses on the property 
currently).   Horses get 24-day turnout, alfalfa/grass mix hay in 
morning, and grass hay at noon and again night, with carrots every night 
as a treat.  Wormed/vacc'd regularly, fly masks on/off, farrier, etc. 
all taken care of religiously.

Susan is looking for a well mannered Arab gelding to replace Rocky as 
her pleasure riding horse.  Rocky will live the rest of his life with 
Susan, as long as he is without pain.  Susan cannot afford to buy an 
expensive horse, and is hoping to take in a horse that perhaps needs a 
good home. She can afford to pay some ($1,500 or less would be my 
guess).  Trail and ground manners are important.  Horse would be for 
pleasure trail use only - no endurance, CTR, or anything competitive.  
Age preference is anywhere from 7 yrs to 15 yrs.

If anyone knows of a horse like this in SoCal whose owner needs to find 
it a good home, please let me know by email at jlthompson@earthlink.net 
<mailto:jlthompson@earthlink.net> and I will pass the info along to her.

Thanks,
Jennifer