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Max
George Iceman
Yonek Irving
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Horse:
Max
(full
name Mad Max) Retired 4/08
Arrival at SWF: 1993
Owner: SWF/David Palmer
Date of birth: 1985
Breed: quarter horse/paint
Height & Sex: 16 hand, gelding
Color & Markings: chestnut, four white socks with trim above hooves, a
star & stripe on face.
Experience & Training: Western, English, dressage, trail riding, jumping and
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Max
has been apart of the family since he was 18 months old. He was trained western
by David then converted to english later on. He has won several championships
for family members and students, in open showing, dressage, eventing and was
part of many drill-team performances. Besides working as a school horse he
enjoys going out for a family trail ride. Max is very patient with our beginner
horse people when learning groundwork, but he does require at least an
intermediate rider when under saddle.
Max
is enjoying his semi-retirement. He gets out a couple times per
week for rides to stay in shape and hanging out with his buddies in pasture.
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Horse:
George
(reg. name Sola's Star)
Arrival at SWF: Nov 2005
Owner: Beth Cordell
leased by SWF
Date of birth: 1989
Breed: Thoroughbred
Height & Sex: 16.3 hand, gelding
Color & Markings: flea- bitten grey
Experience & Training: race horse, hunter/jumper, dressage and showing |
George
came to SWF the day after we lost our beloved
school horse Lynx to colic. SWF is leasing him from his current owner for use as
a school horse in the program. George started his riding career, like many thoroughbreds, as
a race horse. After his racing career ended, one of his former owners invested
considerable time in training him in the discipline of dressage. Since his
arrival at SWF, George has fast become a popular horse among the students. We
have found him to be extremely kind with all students. Due to his considerable
size, we limit his use to our taller riders.
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Horse:
Iceman
(former
name On the Rocks)
Owner: SWF
Arrival at SWF: 2002
Date of birth: Approx. 1989
Breed: Thoroughbred/X
Height & Sex: 16.2 hand, gelding
Color & Markings: flea-bitten gray, x s brand on left quarter
Experience & Training: Western, English, Trail riding, jumping and some
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On
the way home from our 2002 vacation, we stopped off at a sale barn looking to
buy a pony. They were all out of ponies, so I asked about bigger horses. They
brought out Ice. He was rather underweight and his tail had been cut very short,
but there was something about him that
made us go back and buy him. Since then he has been very involved in our riding
program, from weekly lessons, to being a great hunter-pace mount, to winning a
yearend championship at a local 3-phase in 2004. He does have some quirky habits
that make his handler/riders stay on their toes, like attacking the indoor arena
mirrors when he trots or canters by them and not appreciating the spay bottles.
We have found out he loves cross-country jumping. He is fine for most of our
taller riders and can fill in with some of our smaller riders when needed. He is
the type of horse that adjusts with the abilities of his handler/rider. We have
grown to love him very much so we over look his occasional grumpiness.
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Name:
Yonek
(Reg.
name Mommy’s Ruler)
Owner: Patricia Carnegie/ Leased by SWF
Arrival at SWF: 1999
Date of Birth: 1984
Breed: Thoroughbred
Height & Sex: 16.2 hand, gelding
Color & Markings: Blood bay, a star and a snip
Experience & Training: race horse, dressage, jumping and showing |
Before
Yonek came to SWF he was a race horse for many years and he had remained a
stallion until he was ten years old. He was brought to SWF by one of our former
Instructors. He was extremely bothered and couldn’t be comfortable with
himself. He spent most of his time ringing is head up and down or pacing back
and forth in his stall or paddock. He was also plagued with lameness trouble in
one of his hooves. He was very limited with his mental and physical soundness.
Fortunately for him Patty bought him in 2002 and has worked wonders with him
through groundwork and roundpen training. He became much more relaxed and is now
one of our steadiest horses. He has been involved in our drill teams he has
competed at some local dressage shows and has learned to jump. Patty also enjoys
taking him for trail rides. At first only our most experienced handler/riders
could work with him but now he is well behaved for our intermediate riders too.
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Name:
Irving
(reg. name The Veteran)
Owners: Jennifer Genet & Lorna Lynch /leased by SWF,
Arrived at SWF:1994.
Height & Sex: 14.3 hand gelding
Date of Birth: March 1979
Color & Markings: dark bay , a few white hairs on forehead
Breed: Quarter horse.
Experience/Training: Western, English, Dressage, Drillteam, trail riding and showing. |
We
have been very fortunate to lease Irving
from his owners for many years. They still enjoy their regular visits and rides
with him.
Irving
is known to everyone as the cute horse; he has a beautiful full tail and a
dappled coat in the summer. Over the years he has developed quite the fan club
as one of our favorite horses because of his fun personality. He is known for
some of his quirky habits too. Everyone quickly learns to watch out for his
dancing feet while grooming him and when he is in his stall he likes to sway
back and forth. We have nick-named him “Swirvin’ Irvin’ ”. During our
long relationship with Irving
he has had many, many competitive successes. Such as being a part of many drill
team performances and winning yearend championships in dressage with a couple
students. These days
Irving
has slowed down some and is now one of our best beginner mounts. Everyone
agrees he has a wonderful canter to learn on.
...
And Our Ponies
Micheal Jelly Bean
Fancy Stella
Miss Maggie
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Name:
Micheal
Owner: Marie Lambirth/ leased by SWF
Arrival at SWF: November 2006
Height & Sex: 13.2 hand gelding
Date of Birth:1995
Color & markings: flaxen chestnut,
with Star
Breed: Haflinger
Experience/training: Dressage, Driving, Camp horse Michael
or Mikey as we call him has only been with us for a short time but
has already become a favorite with the students. His owner has had
him since he was very young. He knows how to drive and she did a lot
of dressage training with him too. She since has several other horses
to work so needed a home for Mikey. So far he has done well with our
Beginner
to Intermediate riders. |
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Name:
Jelly Bean
Owner: Adri Kerr
Arrival at SWF:
December 2004
Height & Sex 12.1 hand mare
Date of Birth: 4/5/99
Color & markings: Chestnut with roaning on
sides. White face and stockings on front legs.
Breed: pony
Experience/training: Leadline, beginner lessons
Jelly has
the reputation of being one of the cutest critters on the property and is
excelling in her job. Jelly is still working with Adri as her leadline
pony. Jelly
Bean has worked her way into the regular lesson program doing lessons with
everyone small enough to ride her and some a bit too big. She really enjoys jumping and is
one of the most comfortable ponies for bareback rides.
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Name:
Stella
(full name Celtic Constellation)
Owner: SWF
Arrival at SWF: Spring 2004
Height & Sex: 13.3 hand mare
Date of Birth: 1997
Color & Markings: Dapple
grey, black legs and a little
black dot on her nose
Breed: Connemara pony
Experience: English, Jumping
We bought Stella in
from a family in
Douglas
whose daughter had lost interest in riding. Stella was living in their back yard
with turkeys, a goat that had eaten her tail off and a pair of peacocks. She was
a little out of shape and needed to trust people more but we could see she would
be a benefit to the program. After letting her spend a few months getting back
into shape and learning to trust people, we started to let some of our more
experienced riders work with her. She progressed well throughout the summer and
competed successfully in last fall's student show. Now that her tail has grown
back and she has filled out, she is quite the pretty pony and works well with most
of our students.
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Name:
Fancy
(full name Fancy That)
For
Sale (see sale page)
Owner: SWF/Samantha Palmer
Arrival at SWF: April of 2003
Height & Sex: 13.3 hand, mare
Date of Birth: 1998
Color & Markings: flaxen chestnut, blaze and one stocking on left hind
leg
Breed: Haflinger
Experience: English, Trail, Jumping and Dressage
When
we were looking for a larger pony or small horse for the riding program, our hay
dealer informed us he had a nice pony for sale and offered to bring us Fancy for
a one week trial. When she arrived she was very chubby and shaggy from living
with a herd of cows in upper state
New York
for over a year. We found out soon after she arrived that she was a few years
younger than what we originally were told. She was supposed to be 6 to 8 years
old when in fact she was only four years. Although she wasn’t quite what we
expected we soon fell in love with her and she became Samantha’s new pony, and
after a short time was working in the riding program too. She has successfully
competed at her first dressage show last summer and has learned to jump. Our
intermediate riders bring out the best in her.
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Name:
Miss Maggie SOLD
Owner: SWF
Arrival at SWF: June 2006 to 5/08
Height & Sex: 11.3 hand mare
Date of Birth: 1989
Color & Markings: Dark
Bay no white
Breed: Cute pony ?
Experience: English, pony rides, Leadline, walk-trot show pony.
Maggie
is now living with her new owner in Barre MA giving pony rides to
her grandchildren.
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Remembering
our old friends ...
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