Meet the Herd
Steele My Heart “Cupid”
1) She shows under the name of Steele My Heart but is known as Cupid around the barn.
2) Cupid is a 2012, 14.1 Welsh Cross. People have guessed Welsh/Quarter Horse, Welsh/Thoroughbred, and Welsh/Haflinger.
3) Cupid is a 2012 model, but I have no idea what her actual birthday is.
4) Cupid hates cheese flavored snacks and bananas. Everything else that's edible is considered fair game.
5) Cupid is barefoot and has great feet considering both fronts are clubbed.
6) Cupid loves to jump and has been witnessed clearing a 4 foot paddock fence. She then crashed into the same fence but wasn't phased by the impact.
7) On the topic of crashing, Cupid has no issue running through things. She's taken out a temporary stall, and a cinder block wash rack. She's run through fences when I've approached them wrong, and if she can get her body through a gap in the gates she will force it open and go through.
8) Cupid is high strung but calm at the same time. She spooks at silly things like saddles on jumps or other horses spooking, but will let me flip an umbrella around while riding her.
9) Cupid is a spur and stick ride unless we’re on the trails. Then she’s like a race car, ready to explore everything.
10) Cupid has done starter eventing, low level hunters, low level equitation, trail riding, and dressage with me. I look forward to finding out everything else this rock star pony is capable of doing!
1) Foxy is a rescue from Grune Heidi Farm Rescue in Lakeland, Florida. GHFR took her in as a re-homing assist and helped match us up when I went looking for a Saddlebred Sport Horse!
2) When I adopted Foxy I decided her show name would be For Fox Sake. Now that I pulled her DNA and located her papers I know her registered name to be Brigham’s Dream.
3) Foxy is a 2003 model.
4) When I first got her, Foxy did not know how to eat apples or carrots. She would grab them from me then promptly drop them on the ground. It took a few times of watching Cupid eat treats for her to realize what to do.
5) Foxy loves liberty work, jumping in hand, and groundwork. She’s slowly coming to learn that under saddle work can be fun and involves exploring.
6) Foxy had some confidence issues when I first brought her home. She would spook if people moved too fast or something made a strange noise. Through plenty of trust exercises she has come to learn that nothing will hurt her, and actually seems to enjoy our desensitizing training.
7) Foxy is fairly good with beginner riders but if she gets bored with what’s going on she’ll stop listening to them. She always needs to have something to focus on or something new to experience.
8) Foxy will hop on a small 2 horse trailer, but the larger 6 horse trailer freaks her out and takes some coxing.
9) In my herd, Foxy is the one who has to go investigate anything new or scary that comes into the paddock. Cupid will wait to see if Foxy is alright before going to check anything out.
10) So far, Foxy has been introduced to Intro Dressage tests, ground poles, and tiny cross rails.
Brigham’s Dream “Foxy”
Take A Chance “Chance”
1) Chance spent almost 20 years teaching kids how to ride. He retired to me in 2019.
2) Chance is a 1997 model of Haflinger/Welsh breeding.
3) Chance is obsessed with Foxy. He is always by her side in the paddock and they will frequently share water buckets.
4) Chance was a hunter in his showing days and still loves to hop over cross rails when I have them set up in the field.
5) Chance’s favorite treats are bananas. He’ll knock the other horses away as soon as he sees bananas.
6) Chance loves to follow my dogs around when they’re allowed in the paddock.
7) Chance knows basic driving and is always willing to help drag the paddock by pulling the drag.
8) Chance’s favorite meal of the day is lunch. He charges to his stall when he sees the lunch buckets come out of the feed room.
9) Chance is the biggest mud puppy. If there is wet spot in the paddock then he will dash over to in and roll.
10) Chance is always the first horse to notice another horse on the trail by our property. He screams his greeting and keeps an eye on them until they vanish.