Crossed Sabers Stable and The Second Wind Adoption Program,
International Horse Adoption Program
SWAP HQ: Rt 2 Box 24A Jockey Camp Road, West Union, West Virginia 26456
Office:
304-873-3532 Fax: will be up soon
Winter Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9am to 4pm
Stable Visiting Hours, Pick Up and Delivery of Horses: by appointment
Click here to see all the dogs that are up for adoption!!

Help Wanted, HORSE TRAINER:  We are also looking for a trainer that can also help in the office as an executive assistant at times (emails, calls, matching people with horses and vise versa, showing horses to adopters, working with adopters and their horses, possibly taking adopter horses for training, talking to donors, escorting visitors, helping with the website, some of the special care of horses... wrapping/shots/hand walking and some training of adopters/interns). Knowledge of all the riding and driving disciplines and all breeds of horses is helpful but a good quiet seat is a must. Salary is starting at $500. a month with free room and board but if the person is a good worker and a good rider, it will go up to $750. a month at 6 months and if they are good at placing horses into homes and a good consistent worker. The work is 7 days a week with every other weekend off (but the weekend hours are usually pretty slow, (just feeding/turn out and taking care of the barn/stalls) unless adopters or donors are visiting), some barn work (feeding, grooming/cooling out and turn out) but mostly just training and office work, some horse transport if you can drive a trailer. We can probably work the hours so if someone wants to go college or grad school on line we will make every attempt to work it in but work hours are around the normal work day and the best hours to ride (dependent upon weather). Some travel may be involved with this job to go check on program horses in homes, help adopters with training with horses and guidance and possibly some pick up and delivery of horses in the program (with the program vehicle/trailer of course) and potentially setting up displays and tables at some of the big horse shows and events. I hate to say it but I'm much more interested in a lady/girl that is more interested in horses and helping them than boys or making a fortune. email secondwindadopt@aol.com or call 304-873-3532.

Some one has been going into our pasture and barn and cutting horses tails and manes off, ruining their natural fly swatter right before fly season. If we see anyone in our pasture or barn that is not suppose to be there you will be shot on sight. That is not a threat, its a promise. We have no trespassing signs up everywhere so this is a criminal offense and vandalism. Criminal complaints have already been filed.

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A special thank you to Erin Burnside of Elkins High School and all the riders that came to the benefit trail ride for SWAP. As her Senior project Erin raised over $400. for SWAP. Kudos Erin. If we had 100 kids do this as their senior project or even just as a fund raiser, they could pay to feed all our horses for a year!! Please consider us kids when you are doing your volunteer projects for school or if you want to do a fund raiser this summer. One kid with the desire to help can make a huge difference, just like Erin did. Bravo for a job well done!!

Congratulations to our Executor for her selection and award for the International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women for 2006/2007. Kudos!!

Yehaa, Kudos again to our Executor for her selection to receive the National  Leadership Award by the Republican Party.

Click here to put a horse into our  adoption program

Click here to see what we have learned over the years and with thousands of horses.

If you can't adopt, think about a gift to one or all of our horses: supplies, tack, dewormers, a donation, fly spray, or a new halter. Click here to be a sponsor to one of our horses

SWAP is now taking monthly payments for adoption fees. This can be done  with personal checks from an established checking account. Just another way SWAP is making it easier for you to have the horse of your dreams. Click here to see about monthly payments to adopt your

 

 

Great Goals for 2008:

1. Spend an hour a day with your horses, not just feeding, training and turning out, but real quality time doing something that is enjoyable for the both of you. Grooming or hand walking is a great way to bond with your horse and good for both you and the horse.

2. Get your loved ones more involved in your horses. Divorce is the biggest reason we see horses coming back to us. Don't just share the work, share the fun too and find something they really enjoy doing with horses.

3. Learn a new discipline, go to a clinic, a horse show, or equine affaire. Come to one of our clinics or watch a training video. If you are an adopter you can check out books and video's from SWAP's Library for just shipping costs. Take a lesson at least once a month or Bring your adoption horse here and we will help you. The better you are, the more fun you will have.

4. Make a plan for your horse after you are gone or if you have a major injury, let your will executor know your plans. Make a plan for emergencies or financial bumps along the way for your horse. Have a plan if you or your horse gets injured, even for the tough times of year like winter (or summer down south). Ask friends, family and neighbors to be part of your plan. Most people can not resist someone when they are asking for help for the welfare of an innocent animal.

5. Get yourself healthy and in better shape to prevent injury, to live a long life and to more enjoy your horses. Eat 1-1-1 (one ounce of dark chocolate, one ounce of fresh walnuts, one glass of red wine daily) and 2-2-2 (2 servings of fresh vegis, 2 of fresh fruit and get 2 sources of fat free calcium). Drink 100 ounces of spring water a day, get a whole house water filter. Change over to Sea-salt. Take one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar every morning to keep your body alkaline (cancer and disease can not grow in an alkaline body). Eat more fish and chicken and less red meat. Get a good air cleaner and do daily deep breathing exercises, get outside in the fresh air and sunshine for at least 1/2 hour every day. Get away from high fat food, processed foods, fast food, can or boxed food, sugar or artificial sweeteners, soda and don't eat anything if you can't read all the ingredients and know exactly what is in it. Clean all vegis and fruits thoroughly, buy organic, buy ocean caught fish, not farm raised, buy fresh meat and raw milk, not packed or processed. Eat only natural carbs (potatoes, rice, oats) bake/broil or steam everything. Use your microwave for only heating water, it kills the nutrition value in food. Get 8 hours of sleep, reduce stress/risk (reduce commuting by car pooling, tight schedules, cell phone use in the car, watch or read the news only once a day or better yet once a week, stay clear of negative people and those very negative chat rooms and bulletin boards). Stop Complaining and be Thankful for what we each have. Do one hour of walking, yoga or weight training every day and it will make you strong, lean, look great and you'll get wonderful complements from friends, coworkers and loved ones and the horse work will be easier and more enjoyable.

6. Read at least one book on training your horse and one on care each year, if for nothing else but just inspiration. SWAP has a great library of books/videos that adopters can check out for just the cost of mailing it. Click here to see our Library

7. Get carrots/apples every time you go to the store, your horses will love you for it and always come running when you call. Don't feed candy or anything sweeter. Carrots are sweet enough. Get rid of the sweet feeds and you'll get rid of the hot horse once and for all.

8. Realize that if you are having a problem with your horse, more likely than not, the problem is you. Learn more, practice more, ask in a different way, be patient, change their environment or daily schedule to better suit them. Taking better care of a horse always brings out the best in that horse.  Good feed/hay, time to rest in a quiet stall out of the elements, lots of fresh water, time to be with you and time to just be a horse, time with their buddies, farrier and vet care always done is a good start. The biggest part of this relationship puzzle is you, not the horse. If you are struggling, then you need to learn more and get better.

9. Ride at least once a week, regardless of weather. Use this time as your down time for healing, your therapy, your time to relieve stress and the pressures of daily life. Even if you don't ride, go sit and read a book in the pasture with the horses or sit in the barn and listen to them munch on dinner, away from the crowd and noise of your day. Enjoy the peace and quiet, enjoy hearing happy horses eating dinner or grass in the pasture.

10. Spend time leisurely grooming your horse once a week. Rubber curries are shine makers. You will have a beautiful horse and a very loyal friend who will do anything for you.

11. Come and spend a week at SWAP HQ, volunteering and focusing on helping a horse and giving will change your life plus it will be the best vacation you ever had. Help an animal in need, whether fostering, being one of our state reps that goes out to check on our horses in their homes or helps us approve adopters in their area. Find horses in need and help us find them homes. Buy a horse at a slaughter auction, get it fat and trained and we'll help you place it into a good home. Foster and volunteer for your local small animal adoption program. I promise, the good things you do will come back to you a hundred times over. Every person has a talent they can offer and if you help one horse or one dog or cat find a good home, you have changed their life forever. 

12. Know that every goal is obtainable and it starts with a single step. Take that first step today!! No matter what it is or how big, YOU CAN DO IT!! Every goal that is written down will come true (really!). Every famous person, every great or notable scientist, author, trainer/rider, parent or friend started out as just a thought, just a goal. Remember to take one step today to reach your goals.

13. Start every day with thinking about, what is the most important thing I can do today to change my life and make it better. Do that one thing and in 30 days your life will be totally different. Can you imagine what your life would be like if you did that for 60, 90 or even 365 days a year. The opportunities are endless.

14. Want to keep your horse sound for life? (That should be every horse owners number one goal) do a long slow warm up (cold muscle is easy to injure, a warm one is nearly impossible to injure). The very best cool down is hand walking your horse for 1 hour after every work out. Yes, get off the horse and walk with it. Its great exercise for you and a good time for you to bond. Stop riding your horse during cool downs and stop using a hot walker, do something good for you and the horse, hand walking. Its also the best rehab for over work and injuries, the only thing better is hydro therapy and swimming your horse. Allow soft tissue and hard tissue to become more conditioned before going into any training program... that usually means 3 months of at least 3 days a week for soft tissues and 10 months of work for bones to become strong enough to jump or do any strenuous training program. Don't start any upper level work, jumping or extensive training until the horse is fit and at least between age 4 and 6 and has been conditioned for at least 10 months (especially if the horse has never been jumped/worked or not been jumped or worked in the last year).

15. Appreciate what you have and be thankful. Instead of looking at what you don't have, look at what you do. Thank those people who have helped you and supported you. The more you give, the more that will come back to you. When you give something away or give something to someone/something in need, you make space in your life for something good to come to you. We are all very blessed, if we just take a moment to look around and enjoy those things.

16. Get used to using favorite mantra's and visualizations every day, simple ones that are easy to remember, like 'I can do this, I will do this', 'this isn't going to get the best of me' or even, 'I deserve the best' or 'the gift of love, caring, and support always comes back' and take two minutes every morning as you wake and at night as you go to sleep to visualize the life you want, the you you want to be,  Our thoughts become things, what you see is what you get, if you expect the best, the best will happen, change your self-talk from negative to positive and I promise your life will change for the better..

17. Each person is put on this earth for a reason, each of us has a mission. What is yours? Seek and you shall find, finding is a journey ... in the journey and the search you'll find your life purpose. If you died in your sleep tonight is there something you haven't done that you need to do or want to do? Someone you need to mend fences with, burnt bridges to fix? People you need to tell them how much you love them? Have you fulfilled your purpose in your life? Ask yourself, Why am I here? How can I make this better?  Who do I want to be? Who am I suppose to be? What reason was I put on this earth? What is my purpose?

18. Be an inspiration to your family, co workers and friends. We all fall on our face, we all make mistakes, we all get discouraged, most times we all get up and try again.... sometimes we need a nudge. Instead of being negative or doing negative things, be their inspiration. You do believe they can do it, so why not tell them. If their self talk is negative, then you be their positive self talk.... eventually they will start to say it and believe it too. Life is self fulfilling, failure feeds on itself or causes more failure, achieving does as well. So if you or your love ones are in a negative cycle, break the cycle by changing your thoughts, your self talk, achieve something small to get yourself and your family back into the cycle of achievement.

19. We all file a flight plan every single day for our life. Where is your flight going today? Just like a pilot flying, the winds, the gravitational pull will change your flight plan and take you off course, so you must make small corrections along the way to make sure you make your destination. Have you selected your destination? Have you picked the steps in your flight plan to get there? Every goal is really that easy, pick the goal and figure out how to get there. The easiest way to pick your flight path/plan is find someone who has done it before you, then do what they did. Its all baby steps you know. Just keep an eye on that destination and keep saying...."here is my destination, this is where I'm going, this is where I am now, this is how I'm going to get there.... I will arrive at this time on this day. You can do it..... its just like getting in your car to go to the store, its just deciding where you want to go and how to get there, then take that first step. You can do it!!  No matter how big or how outlandish you may think your dream to be... it is obtainable.

20. Laugh every day and try (as hard as it is sometimes) to find the positive and the humor in each situation (and have at least one bite of a truly decadent desert once a week). Life is just too short to not enjoy it thoroughly.

21. We learn the most and do our best work when we have fallen on our face, when we are struggling, when we are worried, scared or frustrated, when we anguishing over something or troubled by it. It is then that you have true motivation, when you think clearer. The most brilliant ideas come to people when they feel lost, frustrated, or at the bottom, helpless or hopeless. Cherish these times because its when you can come up with your best ideas to your biggest problems and challenges. You see, there is a reason for the rainy days.

22. You can't make everyone happy, its useless to try and wasted energy to think you can. 50% of all people will not agree with you at any given time, don't worry about it and don't let it stop you. 50% becomes a lot of people when you are in the public eye. As long as you are not hurting anyone and you believe you are doing the right thing, then go ahead and do it. If you are wondering what is the right thing to do, its usually the harder thing to do, the toughest path to take. The easy way out is rarely the right thing to do.  Instead of worrying over what someone thinks of you or says about you, do something amazing and outstanding to inspire them or at least have them sitting on the side lines being jealous, secretly saying, "wow, she has guts". One person with purpose becomes the majority, one way or another.

This should probably be taped to your bathroom mirror where one could read it every day.

1. There are at least two people in this world that you would die for.

2. At least 15 people in this world love you in some way.

3. The only reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you

4. A smile from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.

5. Every night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.

6. You mean the world to someone.

7. You are special and unique.

8. Someone that you don't even know exists loves you.

9. When you make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.

10 When you think the world has turned its back on you take another look.

11 Always remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.

Good friends are like stars....... You don't always see them, But you know they are always there.

"Whenever God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another, 

I would rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I'm here than a whole truck load when I'm gone.

Always in hope and admiration, Celeita

 

HORSES (and others)

ADOPTED IN 2005

(85 horses, one dog and one cat)

Baggage
by Evelyn Colbath

Now that I'm home, bathed, settled and fed,
All nicely tucked into my warm new bed,
I would like to open my baggage,
Lest I forget
There is so much to carry -
So much to forget.

Hmm, Yes, here it is, right on the top -
Let's unpack Loneliness, Heartache and Loss,
And there by my halter hides Fear & Shame
As I look on these things I have tried so hard to leave-
I still have to unpack my baggage called Pain.

I loved them, the others, the ones who left me,
But I wasn't good enough - for they didn't want me.
Will you add to my baggage?
Will you help me unpack?
Or will you just look at my things
And take me right back?

Do you have the time to help me unpack?
To put away my baggage,
To never re-pack?
I pray that you do - I'm so tired you see,
But I do come with baggage -
Will you still want me?

© Evelyn Colbath

Click here to adopt Chou
Click here to find out more about Chou and see his riding and jumping video
Click here to sponsor Chou or be an
honorary adopter

 

Mon Petit Chou: 1998 Selle Francais gelding, bay, 15.3 hands (measured), bought for 20K a year ago, trained to jump, shown in Ocala all last summer in jumping, sound, easy keeper, great ground manners, loves to jump, loves to work, likes people, respects your space, can be ridden today, knows leads, good with other animals and horses, good with farrier and vet/shots, excellent loader, ties, cross ties, clips, bathes, low in pecking order, recommended for more jumping or any other discipline, riding and jumping video on his page, located at SWAP HQ in West Union, WV

Chou has been adopted by Jodi Robinson of MO. He is their third SWAP horse. Ziggy and Kip are their other SWAP horses, what super horses going to a very lucky adopter and a great home

Click here to adopt Truffle
Click here to find out more about Truffle
Click here to sponsor Truffle or be an
honorary adopter

 

Truffle: 1996 dark bay TB mare, 16.2 hands, located in Powhatan, VA, proven broodmare, likes people, good manners, good temperament, no allergies, or illnesses, old cannon bone fracture, sweet, affectionate, loves attention, loves turnout, kid safe, has been around kids and loves to be groomed, good with farrier, good with vet/shots, loads, ties, cross ties, bathes, quiet in stall, comes when called, can catch in open field, high in pecking order, companion/broodmare only at present time because of R shoulder lameness, lovely, elegant girl, comes with a $1,200 breeding to Irish Sport Horse Pallas Digion of Acorn Hill Farm

Truffle has been adopted by Heather Baker of NC. This is her first SWAP adoption horse, thank you and welcome to the SWAP family, wonderful choice.

Click here to adopt Sebastian
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honorary adopter

 

Sebastian: 1996 Appendix/QH gelding, chestnut, 16.2 hands (estimated), located in Goshen, NY, no allergies, sensitivities, injuries, or illnesses, currently ridden everyday and jumped twice a week, last shown in August, likes people, sound, good manners, respects your space, good temperament, can be ridden today, confident on the flat, can be hesitant over the jumps, knows leads, likes to work, easily trained, smart, good with other animals and horses, a beginner could ride, a child could ride, good with farrier, kid safe, loads, ties, cross ties, bathes, good alone, quiet in stall, lunges on line, comes when called, can catch in open field, friendly, pretty, easy horse, recommended for lead line showing with young kids, low level dressage, pleasure riding, hunt seat on the flat, trail riding, some jumping but not the high intensity jumping that he's been doing

Sebastian has been adopted by Liz Hoffswell of MI.  She's been looking for a horse for herself and her daughter for a long time and she finally found him!  Sebastian will be her daughter's 4-H horse and Liz's pleasure mount.

 
Click here to adopt Sonata
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honorary adopter
Kariq Sonata, aka 'Sonata': 1989 registered Arabian Trakehner cross mare (registered 1/2 arab), 15.3 hands, totally sound, trained to 3rd level in dressage, located at Cross Anchor, SC. Healthy and up to date on all health care, not currently ridden regularly so would need to be conditioned before any continuous work schedule is started. Likes people, good manners, respects your space, good temperament, knows leads, can be ridden today, easily trained, good with farrier and vet, loads, ties, cross ties, quiet in stall, can catch in an open field, high in pecking order but does not hurt other horses or animals. Wonderful horse, not for a beginner or someone heavy handed or short tempered, responds best to a gentle, knowledgeable rider and handler. 
 
Sonata has been adopted by Charna Watts of TX. She will be a pleasure and dressage horse for Charna and eventually a broodmare in her breeding program. This is Charna's second SWAP horse, her first was Moonstruck. Congratulations Charna.
More in hand pics from 12/20/05 are on his page; it was just too cold for riding, but we got some lovely pictures
Click here to adopt Lendy
Click here to find out more about Lendy
Click here to sponsor Lendy or be an honorary adopter
Lendy: 1996 TB gelding, registered with Jockey Club, # 9607398, out of Art's Prospector and by Theatrical, 16 hands (measured), bay, located at SWAP HQ, sweet boy, sound, doesn't like whips, likes people, good manners, good temperament, likes to work, easily trained, smart, good with other animals, low in the pecking order, good with vet/shots/farrier, bathes, good alone, quiet in stall, lunges on line, can catch in open field, comes when called, donated because of financial reasons, sound and ready to go into any discipline, very nice conformation
Lendy is has been adopted by Dory and Ricky Bledsoe of VA, they have been looking at Lendy for a while now, came to see him some time ago and finally got everything in.  We love our military families!!
 
 
 
Click here to adopt Lilly
Click here to find out more about Lilly (and to see Lilly's video)
Click here to sponsor Lilly or be an
honorary adopter
Lilly: 2003 TB filly, chestnut, 14.3 hands (measured on 9/29/05 - has grown an inch in 2 months!!), beautiful kind eyes, lovely filly, very sweet with long legs, the first one to come up and see us. Out of Thornless Rose (above) and by TB stallion Ike. healthy and sound.
Lilly has been backed, saddled mounted, and walked under saddle. Really was the easiest to put under saddle. Going through a serious growing period right now but really getting much better.  More pictures on her page.
 
Lilly and Mr C have been adopted by Kevin Clark and Vanessa Siffrin of GA.  They will both go into eventing training with Olympic finalist Kitty Turner when they're old enough.  Lilly will be for their daughter and Mr C will be for Kevin.  Hooray, these two have a home together!
 
Click here to adopt Mister C
Click here to find out more about Mister C (and to see the video of Mr. C's first ride this past summer)
Click here to sponsor Mister C or be an
honorary adopter
Mister C: 2003 Anglo-Arab gelding, liver chestnut, 14.3 1/2 hands (measured - has grown half an inch in last 2 months), out of TB mare Diane (above) and SWAP horse and Arab stallion Barron. Adopters can get all babies by Barron registered as the stallion owner has offered the stallion certificate for all his babies.  Laid back and sweet boy, started under saddle and was great, perfect hunter/jumper, endurance, or western pleasure prospect.

Lilly and Mr C have been adopted by Kevin Clark and Vanessa Siffrin of GA.  They will both go into eventing training with Olympic finalist Kitty Turner when they're old enough.  Lilly will be for their daughter and Mr C will be for Kevin.  Hooray, these two have a home together!

 
 
 
Click here to adopt Kip
Click here to find out more about Kip
(and to see Kips riding video)
Click here to sponsor Kip or be an honorary adopter
 
Kipper Bill, aka "Kip": 1993 Thoroughbred gelding, 15.2 hands (measured), bay, registered with the jockey club and USA Equestrian Assoc #9312984. Located at SWAP HQ. Sire is Kipper Kelly and Dam is Aunt Bill By Royaland Regal. Totally sound and healthy. Trained  in dressage up to 2nd level, training and competed in Hunter over fences, trained and competed in open jumpers and was jumping 4'6'' fences when last competed 2 years ago, has jumped 6' with a rider, can still do all those jobs but we are looking for a home that will condition him slowly to bring him back to competition or showing. Owners no longer competing and moving to Wales and can not keep him. Wants to make sure he goes to great home where he can continue to excel. A truly exceptional find for one very lucky SWAP adopter. Owner was offered 35k for him 2 years ago but he was still competing at the time and didn't want to sell. No vices, a real sweetie who loves kids. Needs an intermediate rider when competing or jumping.  Nice looking, big-bodied boy. 
Click the link to the left to see more pictures, video, more information and the adoption fee is this horse.
Kip is adopted with Jodi Robinson of MO. Kip is their second SWAP horse. Ziggy was their first, what a super horse going to a very lucky adopter and a great home.
 
Click here to adopt Bandit
Click here to find out more about Bandit (and see Bandit's riding video)
Click here to sponsor Bandit or be an
honorary adopter
Bandit has ridden everything from trainers to beginners here and has been a consistent, attentive, and smooth mount every time.  He's a very special horse.
 
Keera’s Bandit, 1991 TB gelding, dark bay, 16 hands (measured), by Roll On for Ever and out of Keera, Jockey Club reg # 9108578, big puppy dog type that will follow you around and loves to play with you in the pasture, does beautiful floating dressage when he’s in training, does turn-on-the-fore, two-tracking, and leg yields, polite even with strangers, laid back, quiet, good manners, medium boned, knows leads, likes to run, likes to jump, donor said he was clearing 3 feet easily with her, good with other animals and horses, can be a hard keeper (typical TB metabolism), smart, easily trained, sensitive to hot and cold temps and sun/bugs (typical thin-skinned TB), trusting, respects your space,  loads, good with farrier and vet/shots, has had little kids riding double with adults on him and was fine, plenty of get up and go, great temperament, good brakes, gets his confidence from his rider, clips, bathes, cribs (have only seen him crib a few times since he's been here), loves people, free lunges and lunges on line, comes when called, can catch in open field,  scared of whips, originally donated because the owner didn’t have the time for him. Great horse.
Click the link to the left to see more pictures, video, more information and the adoption fee is this horse.
 
Bandit has been adopted by Katie Murphy of NC.  Great choice!!  We're all going to miss him and if more people had come to see him, they would have realized how wonderful he is.
 
Click here to adopt Cody
Click here to find out more about Cody
Click here to sponsor Cody or be an
honorary adopter
 
Cody Cole: 1993 Standardbred gelding, Black (brown with black points), 14.1 hands (measured), trotter but has lots of pacing blood so may be able to learn how to pace, rides and drives, has been riding kids since 1996, doing pleasure riding and lessons, was a lesson horse at SWAP before that. Easy to drive, very cute, quite the looker, not sure what happened to his tail at the previous adopter's but don't worry, it will grow back out. Perfect for kids wanting to learn and wanting to trail ride with their parents. Perfect for a Sleigh ride or pulling a small cart, located at CSS (riding pictures coming).
 
Cody has been adopted by the Wilkinson family of Ohio.  The cute little rider in pink is their daughter Ashley.  She will be showing Cody in walk/trot classes and giving him lots of attention and treats!
 
Click here to adopt Trinket
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Click here to sponsor Trinket or be an
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Cuties Katie 126 "Trinket": 1992 bay QH mare, 14.1 and 1/2 hands, AQHA # 3130585, by Laurels Cutie and out of El Barmaid, excellent bloodlines including Wimpy, Poco Rack, and Cee Bars Doc, experienced hunter show pony, calm and easy to handle at shows, no allergies, sensitivities, surgeries, fractures, injuries, or illnesses, likes to go, great manners, not spooky, no vices, last shown two years ago but ridden up until October so will need conditioning but not a major tune up, likes people, respects your space, good temperament, can be ridden today, confident, knows leads, likes to work, likes to jump, easily trained, smart, good with other animals and horses, a child could handle, a supervised beginner could ride, good with the farrier and vet/shots, kid safe, loads, ties, cross ties, clips, bathes, quiet in stall, lunges on line, can catch in open field, high in the pecking order, very responsive to your seat and will turn on a dime, may have some reining training, sweet, kind, flashy, lots of energy, wants to please, great horse, recommended for lead line with young kids, 4-H, Pony Club, low level dressage, low level jumping, fox hunting (first flight or hilltopper), hunt seat on the flat or over fences, Western or English pleasure, eventing, lesson horse, located in Bellefontaine, OH, and will be placed from there, donated because her owner is getting out of riding, great find for some lucky adopter  

Trinket has been adopted by Lisa Brueggemann of NC as a Christmas present for her young daughter.  Congratulations on a wonderful choice!  The Brueggemanns live in a beautiful equine community in Davidson and will be a great home for Trinket.

 
 
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Wendel: 1990 Hanoverian gelding, chestnut, 16 hands, very gentle, loves everyone, very easy keeper, great alone or with other horses, large boned, barefoot and sound, trained and competed to Prix St. George level in dressage, then was a schoolmaster at Above and Beyond, now looking for a pleasure situation or schoolmaster position for one person, if placed in a dressage home then will be limited to an hour a day, no more than 3 days a week, with 6 months of lower level dressage work to build him back up first, perfect family horse, anyone can ride him, knows leads, likes to work, a child could handle and ride, smart, easily trained, respects your space, loads, good with farrier and vet/shots, kid safe, ties, cross ties, laid back, can be ridden today, great temperament, clips, bathes, loves people, confident, quiet in stall, free lunges and lunges on line, comes when called, can catch in open field, low in pecking order but never gets bullied, no vices, very healthy, up to date on shots and coggins, not spooky, loves attention, grooming, and being fussed over, has been a hubby horse for the past three years, being returned for personal reasons unrelated to the horse

 

Wendel has been adopted by Nancy Milligan of Ramer, Alabama as a pleasure and dressage mount. The is Nancy's first SWAP horse. Great choice and welcome to the SWAP family.

 

 
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Indy (New Ending) was adopted by Meredith Paulson of Maryland. This is Meredith's first adoption horse. She will be using him as hunter/jumper and pleasure mount. Indy will go to live with her mini donkeys so he'll be the big man on campus.
 
 
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Maiden and Smitty have been adopted in our 2'fer special by Lindsey and Jeanne Matlock of Missouri.  Maiden will be a light pleasure horse for Lindsey's fiance and Smitty will be Lindsey's Parelli project and low level jumping and dressage partner.  Thank you and welcome to the SWAP family!
 
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  • Shalom, aka Tootsie: 1985 Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar Warmblood mare, chestnut, 16.1 hands, located at Laytonville, MD. Former hunter and dressage horse is looking for a broodmare or light pleasure job . 
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    Tootsie has been adopted by Renee Newman of Louisiana as a trail horse for her family.  Looks like a great home for this sweet girl!
     
     
     
     
     
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    SA Love and Kisses: '97 Arab mare, registered, 14.1 hands (measured), bay.  this mare has really nice conformation and will release her for breeding down the road.   No injuries, sound and clean for any discipline. She has some formal training and 3 years in a family situation with beginner riders, been great for lead line. great for jumping, barrels or poles, hunt seat, endurance, pony club, fox hunting, pleasure. She's a very pretty girl with lots of potential. Love and kisses is located at SWAP HQ.
     
    Love and Kisses has been adopted by Rosemary Rollins of WV as a pleasure and competitive endurance mount.  We were amazed that no one else jumped on this beautiful athletic mare, but Rosemary came to ride her and knew she was the one.  Welcome to the SWAP family!
     
     
     
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