OUR HORSES AT HOME AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS
King's Gallant Heart (Kelly), approx. 36 years old.
Owner : Kim He was rescued at a cattle auction and taken to the rescue with the other horses. Originally an untouchable project horse, we wanted to simply be able to halter him. Due to bad physical abuse it took nearly 4 months to be able to approach him. Slowly we started to make progress - haltering, desensitizing, then tacking him up. After a while longer we decided that it was time to put a first ride on him. We were shocked to find that he was perfectly broke under saddle. After many more months of bonding with Kim he became her main riding horse. Due to his age he will be retired to only short/day rides as of this year but he will always call our pasture home. |
Voodoo's Black Magic (Voodoo), 10 years old.
Owner : Blackbird Ranch His mom was rescued from Slaughter pregnant by a family in Stonewall. Once weaned from his mom he was trailered to Blackbird to start his training and desensitizing. Hhe has had so much exposure to a very wide variety of things that not much bothers him any more. He walks beside highway traffic, walks through a waving tarp, walks on a tarp, walks through water, jumps tires, walks through snow up to his belly, knows how to lunge knows hot to line drive while pulling a toboggan! He was Kim's project horse and will be her main riding horse when Kelly retires. Our pasture will always have a little bundle of black and white, furry joy! |
Docs Bayou Lou aka Doc - APHA
Owner: Corinne Doc is Corinne's main horse. After a fairly serious fall years back, Doc came into her life at the right time to give her, her confidence back. She couldn't pass him up when he went up for sale. He's got a heart of gold and even lets people in wheelchairs walk him with his lead rope, has had handicap people ride him and used to let a little girl with a walking disability give "horse shows" on him. |
Other rescues and horses that call Blackbird Ranch home
Tequila ( Amanda)
Tequila ( Amanda)
Other animals at home
Jackson