Just to brag on my boy, but Cash Pony was a rescue, that was 3
years ago. He did have papers and was on his way to the sale barn
for the killer buyers. Turns out that I knew the sire of him, and
the sire was off the Lasma farm in AZ. He is now a double National
Junior 100 mile champion, AND this year, he is the AHA half arab
National Champion 100 mile horse.
I rescued another horse a little over a year ago, no papers on him,
but I did find out that he was from a breeding farm in TN, and one of
their stallions. He had been show in halter from the way he
acted. He knew the ropes, would trot out like a dream and then
halt and hit that pose like a pro. He demise was a divorce
situation. But he is put together very nice and going down the
trail competing. Hopefully he will do his first 100 this
year.
Jody's email
illustrates the other half of the equation. A great rider can get more
from any horse than an average rider can. My horses would probably never
have been champions. I just don't have it in me. But great horses
come from all kinds of situations. I think it's wrong to assume that all
feedlot horses are culls who could never profit from a good
home.
