Another update on Maya the wonder pony!

maya jumping 4 summer 2016Sorry! I can’t stop with the updates! Last few shows Maya has been Champion and Reserve Champion in the Low Pony Jumpers! I just wanted to share the recent show photos! She’s just a peach and everyone she meets loves her – so much so that I was contact by a woman who makes her own custom model horses and wants to do a My Teenage Dream small run of models on her line! How cool!–Anna

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Syd’s Shadow (formerly Weebay)

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This is Syd’s Shadow (Syd), who was known as Weebay when he and Sid Zacharias were the People’s Choice and Co-Reserve Champions in the 2008 MHARF Trainers Challenge.  Syd was rescued as part of a starving herd in Pine County when he was seven months old.  I first met him when he was a two-year-old who was fostered over the summer by friends of mine.  I fell in love back then with his goofy, playful personality–I am so lucky that he is now my horse!  Syd lives with his horse buddies at a small boarding farm with horse trails in the back of the property and across the road in a regional park. He is the most cheerful horse that you could imagine and is firmly convinced that everybody is his friend!

Syd is so curious and smart, with a big heart and lots of “try.”  He LOVES to learn new things, play games on and off line, and explore new places.  Syd means the world to me, and I do everything I can to give him the best life possible!  There aren’t enough words to thank everyone who has helped him survive his rough start and become the wonderful horse that he is now.  But I will always be grateful to MHARF (Drew, Karen, and everyone else who played a part in helping him), the staff at the U of MN Equine Center, Sid Zacharias and the rest of the Zacharias family, Kem and Karla, John and Kelly, Robbin, and all the other people who helped Syd and me find each other! –Janet (all photos credited to Thou Yang)

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Layla (formerly known as Dolores)

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After a heroic Christmas-time rescue by MHARF and friends, Dolores and her foal Esperanza (the Sled Filly) were cared for by Siete Leguas Equine.  I was fortunate to adopt Dolores at the 2013 Challenge, in which she was trained by Maria Schaal.  Without all of these people (more than I can name) and without the support and guidance of Jean Bengston, my happy days with my horse would still be just a childhood dream.  I adore this smart and sassy little horse. If there’s anything I can understand, it’s a sensitive female who likes to do things her own way!  She challenges me to learn and makes me laugh out loud. Thank you, MHARF and associates, for saving this mare and for preparing her to be adopted. I owe many thanks as well to the teachers and mentors who have helped to prepare me for the responsibility of her continuing care. Though having a horse was a childhood dream, it is an adult responsibility. Adopting from MHARF means that if I am ever unable to fulfill that responsibility, MHARF is there to ensure that this special horse is never neglected again. –Elisa H.

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Update on Rio

Rio: spring 2016

Rio: spring 2016

Every horse deserves a little girl to love and here is Rio (Mighty CluCountry) with his! Quite a difference from his intake a year ago!

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Rio at Intake: Spring 2015

Rio at Intake: Spring 2015

 

Casey

Casey (black horse) Casey is doing great! Thanks MHARF! -Kathy