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Banks (Bay Bank) 16.2h 2020 OTTB Gelding with Speightstown and Street Cry lines
Oboe (Oh' What A Day) 16.2h 2022 OTTB Gelding with Dialed in and Awesome Again lines
Oboe (Oh' What A Day) 16.2h 2022 OTTB Gelding with Dialed in and Awesome Again lines
Banks came off the track at the end of the meet last year and was a super good, easy-going restart. He sold through my program to a lovely older adult dressage rider and her teenage assistant. He's now back to find his next (and hopefully longterm) home.
Banks is probably the goofiest, most wonderfully awkward horse we have had through. And honestly, everyone was happy that he was coming back. He's such a damn good kid. He tries super hard and is just that standard bay TB weirdo - you know the one who looks super cute so you pull out your phone for a pic and when you try to take said picture, he looks like a Gremlin who has been fed after midnight.
Undersaddle Banks is fancy, kind, and very willing. No gremlin. He has almost a year of dressage basics under his belt but is still a bit of a wiggly young horse. He reaches into contact well and works very hard to get the answers right and make the right shape with his body. I haven't jumped him yet but should be able to pop him over some little things soon.
Here's why he's back:
The goal had been that the teen assistant would spend the time getting him going and riding through all the green moments, and eventually he'd become one of the adult's main mounts or maybe go to school with the teen. Due to said teen leaving for college and Banks running into some standard quirky tb challenges (extra energy when riding outside) and a bit of fear with the mounting block*, the team decided he wasn't a fit for the older adult dressage rider and he got to come back here to find a new situation.
RE: the mounting block: We're working on it, and currently have no problem ground mounting him while someone stands quietly at his head. Each ride gets easier, it is just something to work through slowly.
Banks has no known physical issues or limitations.
Banks is listed at 6k Negotiable to the right home. Trial ride fee applies, info above.
Oboe (Oh' What A Day) 16.2h 2022 OTTB Gelding with Dialed in and Awesome Again lines
Oboe (Oh' What A Day) 16.2h 2022 OTTB Gelding with Dialed in and Awesome Again lines
Oboe (Oh' What A Day) 16.2h 2022 OTTB Gelding with Dialed in and Awesome Again lines
First Post Track Ride: https://youtu.be/8cn17ID3lfM?si=Ox65pG3mQ20qrE_B
Oboe may be on the more track fit side and need a little bit of let down but he is kind, curious, and extremely willing. He is also going to be quite a mover and looker once he lets down and puts on a few pounds. I'm impressed with his brain and with how much he wants to connect with the humans around him. He would be fine first restart with a knowledgable trainer, and would also make a lovely junior horse (again, with a great trainer alongside). He has no limitations and no reason he can't also charge up the levels once he's going.
More info coming soon
Asking 6k. No Trial rides until he is past his 5th post track ride and on a case by case basis at that point. (There's not naughtiness, but I don't like to confuse the babies by putting tons of people on them). See info above.
Faaz 16.1+h 2023 OTTB Gelding by Astern (Medaglia D'Oro)
Oboe (Oh' What A Day) 16.2h 2022 OTTB Gelding with Dialed in and Awesome Again lines
Louie's Heat 16.2h 2020 OTTB Gelding with Maria's Mons / Cozzenne / Forest Wildcat lines
First Post Track Ride (missing a hind shoe): https://youtu.be/5iYlUcJj8Fs?si=qOCg5zSeTCHKXwkN
Second Post track ride (missing a hind shoe) : https://youtu.be/P6EqpepWvu0?si=WMp954-FjQjqJOwl
OK Folks, this horse is the real deal. He is fancy, he is smart, and he is going to be capable of anything you train him to do. Great movement, great build, great hind leg... there's no doubt this one will be able to both jump and gallop.
I really really like this horse. So, using that as a metric, if you like my show string of powerful, smart, opinionated horses, you'll likely love this one too. If you look at my usual choices in who I show and you say, "Good luck,I'll leave that one to you!" this is not your horse. Easy peasy.
Faaz is super sweet and friendly on the ground. He's just a damn good baby horse. He stands at the block for mounting with someone at his head, and then wants to go to work. He's not a nervous horse, just a bit of a cocky, fun, young gelding. Kick on and he has no problem finding an easy rhythm.
I popped him over a few tiny fences during ride two (see video above) just to see what he would do. It took him a time or two to realize that he could canter off quietly on landing but once he did, he was like, oh yeah, this is fun! He has been cross trained, so certainly not the first time he has seen fences.
Faaz is the type that we often label UL because their talent needs to be channeled by someone who knows what they are doing. It doesn't actually matter to me if this horse goes on to run a five star (he sure reads like he could) or never sees a horse show. What I care about is that he is correctly developed by someone who understands steady progress and boundaries.
He's not your weekend warrior's horse. He's *probably* not the horse for a teen or an older rider (sure exceptions exist...). Why? Because he's a lot. There's a lot between the ears, and there's a lot of muscle. On the track, they often call that "tough."
Right now, he has good boundaries and is quiet in the barn, good in turnout and has been quite happy with the whole track to sport life transition. Under saddle Faaz is all try, but he is strong. He has nothing naughty in what he does other than be a wiggly baby who puts a lot of muscle behind that wiggle and shoulder drop (all very normal for a horse of his age and training).
Asking 7k. No Trial rides until he is past his 5th post track ride and on a case by case basis at that point. (There's not naughtiness, but I don't like to confuse the babies by putting tons of people on them). See info above.
Louie's Heat 16.2h 2020 OTTB Gelding with Maria's Mons / Cozzenne / Forest Wildcat lines
Louie's Heat 16.2h 2020 OTTB Gelding with Maria's Mons / Cozzenne / Forest Wildcat lines
Louie's Heat 16.2h 2020 OTTB Gelding with Maria's Mons / Cozzenne / Forest Wildcat lines
Second post track ride: https://youtu.be/J1Af9ygF-mk?si=MWY7V2cNdhLNQJfL
More info coming soon!
Louie is sweet, smart and going to make a champaign-taste but beer budget eventer, show jumper, fox hunter, all around or hunter one hell of a happy human. He does have an old capped hock (that we confirmed is just cosmetic) but this horse is kind, fun-loving and definitely on the hunt for his own human to grow up and learn things with.
Louie loves to learn - if you start asking and explaining, he's all attention and try. He's the type of young and fun-loving that is switched on but not in a twitchy reactive way but in a "gimme a job, guys!" kind of way. He's the group member who wants to both know why and how and then puts in all the work and remembers all the constructive criticism to come back and do even better the next time.
Tell him he's getting it right when he tries and watch that try expand with each effort. It is really impressive and one of the things I love most about Thoroughbred brains.
Louie does have some minor hock arthritis - normal for many Thoroughbreds at his age. He has no limitations, but he will likely need some form of maintenance at some point. This is why he is priced at 4500, no trial rides til he is past his 5th ride and then on a case by case basis based on appropriate matches.
Datesfreedom 16.2h 2019 OTTB gelding with Pulpit and Yes It's True lines
Louie's Heat 16.2h 2020 OTTB Gelding with Maria's Mons / Cozzenne / Forest Wildcat lines
Datesfreedom 16.2h 2019 OTTB gelding with Pulpit and Yes It's True lines
**Stall 13 Supported Horse available for sale now, but will compete in the Makeover with Aubrey before heading to any new home. Stall 13 is the non-profit wing of Kivu Sporthorses. **
Datesfreedom ("Dates") is kind, comical, talented, and very ready to start really clicking up the levels of any discipline. Dates is a warhorse who ran 53 times, retired sound, but somehow managed to bounce from the track to a boarding facility and into the auction pipeline within weeks. Stall 13 Thoroughbreds, run by Aubrey Graham, stepped in and rerouted his post track outlook.
Since, Dates has successfully trained for eventing and competed in horse trials, as well as jumper and dressage shows. Dates is brave to fences and fancy on the flat. He’s also very smart – which leads to two things: 1) he thinks he is hilarious and is often like the annoying little brother on the ground 2) swing a leg over and he is pure professionalism and 100% try. Paired with the right human, there are no limits for what he can go do.
Sit up, put leg on and he finds it easy to stay round and lightly in contact. In dressage, he has all the ability to turn heads and score well. And to fences – both on xc and in stadium - he’s simply game and ready. The courses he has seen have not always been green-friendly, so he knows how to canter through a flowing brook (thanks GMHA) and how to stay with a rider’s line and slice associated distances into angled direct approaches or wait and bend (Thanks Beyond the Backstretch). He can ride forward or wait, get his change and go.
Early season Starter-level courses:
https://youtu.be/kLk5Txnp4Ro?si=aJx3Rh_0B2hDIAj3
https://youtu.be/kLk5Txnp4Ro?si=BMKv6bRujFJOlh4-
Dates Starter Dressage: https://youtu.be/R5xdxvi8ncc
Dates has no stall vices, is good in a herd, is good for the farrier (and wears four shoes), good on ties and ground handling, good for the vet, basically, just a damn good egg who has been there and done that at the track and who is now progressively learning how to navigate sport horse land.
Dates has experience at shows (and is a total gentleman off property) but is still quite green. He needs a rider and a barn who understands that, can provide structure and boundaries, but who also has a good sense of humor. Look, Dates thinks he’s hilarious, part of you needs to too. His comedy is mostly of the goofing around on the ground and then looking at you like there’s no way that could have been innocent little ole me ilk.
Under saddle he has shown no tendency towards vices or reactivity. He’s work oriented, so give him a job, a challenge and teach him the skills to do it well, and he’ll show up every day ready for more. I think dates would excel as an eventer or fox hunter but there’s no reason he can’t also climb the levels in pure dressage or in show jumping or frankly any discipline you want to teach him.
Dates would do well with an intermediate or better, brave, gritty, fun-loving junior, ammie, or pro. This is not the horse for anxious or inexperienced riders, but for those who meet the mark, he’s got all the heart to put towards whatever discipline and whatever goals you have.
Dates is available for adoption through Stall 13, inc and is currently listed at 12,000. Trial info and fees apply. Dates requires an adoption application and contract, but may be resold. Reach out directly or see www.stall13.org for more info
Pudding (Taporical) 16-16.1h 2021 OTTB gelding by Tapiture (Tapit)
Louie's Heat 16.2h 2020 OTTB Gelding with Maria's Mons / Cozzenne / Forest Wildcat lines
Datesfreedom 16.2h 2019 OTTB gelding with Pulpit and Yes It's True lines
Pudding is one of the easiest going young horses we have had through. He’s kind, respectful, and mature for his five years. He also looks like a hunter at this point- r o u n d and happy.
second post track ride: https://youtu.be/TT08vYxn9_o?is=1e2v2yJw0I6WS3rr
Pudding is plain lovely and uncomplicated. He has cute flat kneed movement and canter that literally rocks. We have put three rides on him thus far and he simply tries super hard to get the right answer.
Pudding has been on the slow track here because he came off the track a bit sore up front and tight behind. There are no obvious injuries, but he has needed a little bit of a slower start. He’s been here for a month, just letting down and getting accustomed to post track life and is showing that he’s ready to move along to a home who will bring him along on a nice easy going schedule.
Pudding does have a very small chip at P1 on his right front ankle. It can stay or it can go... vets very in opinion. For more mid-UL work, removal is best. Price reflects this. Beyond that, he is not expected to have any limitations once he lets down, but I’d love to see him go somewhere where that needed patience isn’t a problem. Get to know him, do ground work, start him under saddle, trail ride and start jumping and full time work in a couple months. Hell, that puts one on a pretty perfect timeline for the RRP Makeover for 2027 🤔
Pudding is great in turnout, for the farrier, for mounting, handling and leading… he really has given us nothing to blink at and with a touch of patience, he is going to make someone one hell of a nice horse.
Due to that needed patience, Pudding is carroted well below where I’d usually put him. He is currently listed at 4k negotiable for an uncomplicated sale to a knowledgeable, appropriate home.
Neph (Sisterson) 2023 unraced but trained OTTB gelding with Speightstown lines
Neph (Sisterson) 2023 unraced but trained OTTB gelding with Speightstown lines
Neph (Sisterson) 2023 unraced but trained OTTB gelding with Speightstown lines
Open to offers
2nd post track ride: https://youtu.be/lIXE6EzlmhE?feature=shared
Neph cracks me up. This kid is super kind, friendly, and is going to be a very fancy adult. Right now, though, he’s still fumbling through his pre-teen years. He’s gawky, 7th-grade boy awkward, and growing in all directions. We get weight on him and then he shoots up and the hip, or then the shoulder, rinse, repeat.
Neph has had two rides post track (we have mostly just been letting him grow), and in both, he was kind, reasonable and focused. The second ride showed that he had learned so much in the first and retained it all over a period of months. He’s smart, just immature. He is going to be a sizable, fancy-moving sport horse when he’s done growing and figuring out the world. He just needs someone with the ability to squint and see it and the patience to help him get there.
Neph is NOT a first restart. This kiddo is smart but a bit more reactive on the ground and will need someone who can have a sense of humor about baby TB antics.
He trained but never raced because his trainer didn’t a)think he would be fast enough b) think it would be good for his brain to be so overwhelmed with the atmosphere of the track. She doesnt run them just to get checks from owners, so called me.
He has had a bunch of months of let down and is just now starting to be ready for regular work.
With his published works, he should be Rrp eligible for 2027
Neph is lucky he’s so ridiculously cute. He is one we do things slowly with when it is new- farrier work is down slow. Trailer loading is done slow. Crossties are now not a problem but we’re also introduced slowly. You get the point. He needs confidence and consistency. And in return you get a hell if a nice, sound horse for a song :)
Neph has a long story about trailering that I will recount to interested parties. The short story of it is, he hauled beautifully home from KY in my rig with two other horses. He loads great now, but has otherwise made it clear that hauling alone is terrifying and he needs a buddy. So if you plan to haul him on your own, you’ll need a box stall. He’d seriously prefer to have a friend for all travel and day trip adventures.
Oh and I have been asked about the name a bunch- this one is logical albeit not the best name (as folks think I’m calling him Meth … 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ :) Neph is short for Nephew, which is your sister’s son (his JC is Sisterson) voila.
Asking 4k but realistically open to any reasonable offers to a good , knowledgeable home. No trial rides possible at this time. Must be shipped with a friend or in a box stall.
Hudson (Primetime Spy) 2013 OTTB Gelding for Care lease
Neph (Sisterson) 2023 unraced but trained OTTB gelding with Speightstown lines
Neph (Sisterson) 2023 unraced but trained OTTB gelding with Speightstown lines
Where to start with this kid? Let's get the basics out of the way before the long story...
Hudson is looking for a LOW LEVEL care lease for an intermediate rider with a focus on flatwork (though the occasional jumps are not out of the question). **This horse is NOT a packer for jumping.** Yes, I will be picky about which home he goes to.
Hudson is lovely, kind as the day is long, and deserving of a home where he can stay in work and receive his annual maintenance (needs to be in four proper shoes, and have his stifles and possibly hocks done annually). As a trade off for keeping him happy and sound, he'll give you 100% - attention, affection, and try.
Hudson is fancy on the flat and also very uncomplicated. I have ridden him a few times since he's been home and we have been legging him back up, but most of the four day a week work has been done by my working students. Given a list of five horses to ride, he's usually the first one they pull out.
For the students who sit up and put leg on, Hudson has plenty of go and can get lovely and round as soon as you get in the tack. He'll happily dink around about for more beginner type folks, but the great thing is that he adjusts his ride to his human. Ask for more, get more. Ask for less, get excellent putter.
I'd prefer Hudson focus on dressage or a flat / all around career. Can he jump a little bit? Absolutely! Is it even remotely as quiet as his flat. NOPE.
MAYBE MAYBE MAYBE he could do intro or starter with a bunch of legging up and care.
Hudson has an old high chronic suspensory injury to his high left hind. It was fully rehabbed in my care and rescanned before we determined that he had the best chance at a long career if we limited his jumping and focused on the flat. So can you pop a log or two? Join a friend over some tiny cross country? Sure! Will the jump be quick and big? Also yes.
But to be really clear, I'm not leasing him out with the expectation that he goes on to be a low level eventer. If he gets to the point where that seems viable, fantastic, he'd love to bop around the little fences. REPEAT: Hudson is easy on the flat. Hudson is NOT super easy over fences. And don't want to get folks thinking that he should go back up the levels. That wouldn't be fair to him and I don't know that he would hold up to that level of jumping. But get him strong and sound and I don't see why he couldn't trot around Intro or Starter.
In the past, Hudson came into my barn as a resale project. I bought him due to his wildly wonderful jumping ability and my dreams of getting back to the upper levels. Unfortunately, that pesky suspensory became a problem again as we jumped more complicated and bigger questions. A lot of vet work and heartbreak later, the most fair thing seemed to be to limit him to the flat. He has been used as a dressage horse and had kids sit on him and dink around cutely.
Think you might be interested in Hudson or have a student who might benefit from a care lease with a horse like him, please reach out. Terms of the lease are care: you cover hauling, maintenance, and his cost of living and you get to hang out with and ride a heck of a lovely horse for as long as you want (contracts are preferably annual).
Ducky (Return the Ring) 2018 15.3-16h OTTB gelding with Speightstown lines
Neph (Sisterson) 2023 unraced but trained OTTB gelding with Speightstown lines
Ducky (Return the Ring) 2018 15.3-16h OTTB gelding with Speightstown lines
Most Recent flat: https://youtu.be/2h-LMIFc1Nw?si=-VffCfjNz4amchT4
Flat and grids: https://youtu.be/DVoFnLp_vjU?si=DRDtN1HshEFUaGWq
Outdoor flat video: https://youtu.be/Gh1s0LMmj6M?si=I4wxShVW6FdrZxcI
I adore this little horse. Ducky came here for training in the dead of winter and one heck of a bright spot for the two months he was here. He returned home to his human for a few months but is now back for sale (no fault of anyone’s, just life and the fact that Duck is potentially more suited for an English career over barrels).
When I hopped back on he made it clear that he had forgotten nothing. This kid made every effort to get the answer right, and that’s pretty much him 24-7. He loves people and really really wants to do the right thing.
Under saddle Ducky is getting stronger at coming over his back and has started over small fences. He has a lovely canter and will absolutely be a star around a course either on XC or in the sand.
First outside ride here (second ride back): https://youtu.be/lrc7E0a2nOQ?si=j4Bha5MgB1jjvjy8
Ducky is good in my field of rowdy but kind geldings, good for the farrier, for bathing and cross tying, mounting …. and well I haven’t found anything he doesn’t try to do well. And that right there is a good Speightstown horse. They’re smart, kind, good movers and they 100% want to make their person happy.
Ducky ran 18 times over five years with some serious speed. His legs aren’t perfectly free of lumps and bumps, but I don’t forsee many if any limitations and expect that he’ll go as far as his rider wants to go. He very likely will need some hind end maintenance and his current price reflects that.
Ducky is best suited for someone familiar with riding and training thoroughbreds but is not committed that he can’t be a fun-loving ammie or junior horse with a trainer.
Ducky is offered at 5500 OBO currently to increase with training and experience. Trial fees and info above apply.
William (Moro Drama) 16.2h 2016 OTTB Gelding with Tapit lines
William (Moro Drama) 16.2h 2016 OTTB Gelding with Tapit lines
Ducky (Return the Ring) 2018 15.3-16h OTTB gelding with Speightstown lines
**Stall 13, Inc supported horse**
William is a lovely horse who is looking for his next long term partner who wants to do a little bit of everything - but mostly on the flat. (He can jump, but would prefer them to be small and not his full time job).
Outside video coming soon
William has been there and done that in lesson barns, but has made it clear that he would really prefer to have his own human to trust. He's one of those can-be-a-little-anxious until his human shows up and then he makes eye contact, takes a breath and things seem a whole lot more right with the world.
William settled in here and we went slow with him, putting on the rides and introducing the group turnout. He was initially scared of fly masks of all things, but has gotten far, far better about this. In fact, he's so settled in now that he is now in charge of his herd, has a lifelong best friend (Zeke), has ample new confidence, and occasionally pulls out a lesson horse trick or two. I find him hilarious and endearing, but he will need a good balance of calm, quiet boundaries, understanding, and "I'm sorry, you still have to do X."
William would love an all around job - he'd be great in second and third flight fox hunting, out on hunter paces and in local dressage or HJ flat classes. He would also be thrilled to stay home and just have a lovely human to hack him around and love on him. But the big things with him are we need someone to prioritize saddle fit and have the skills to listen to their horse. I am not interested in him returning to a lesson barn.
Here's the backstory: William got lucky in his past months, but has had a bit of a rough go previous to that.
William came off the track and in the past couple years, and from then according to vet paperwork was considered anxious. He bounced around a bit but then found a job as a lesson horse on the flat and over fences. At some point they radiographed his back and found significant kissing spines.
As he no longer wanted to pack kids over fences, the barn's next move was to reach out to a nearby barn who has taken their horses in the past or consider sending him to New Holland Auction if the nearby barn wasn't interested.
A friend who runs the nearby barn stepped in and helped William get here. That's about the time his luck started to change for the better. New Holland would have meant bouncing through the auction circuit and potentially to kill buyers (especially if the status of his back was known).
I have found backs go one of two ways - they are either painful and hard/ impossible to fix and thus cause pain and problems, or with the right saddle, right fit, and a ride that accommodates, horses with even the gnarliest of backs are able to get stronger and go and do many, many things. William falls into the latter camp.
I have WTC with zero anxiety and no appearance of pain or resistance. He will pop over small fences but he's not the biggest fan of jumping and will occasionally stop making me happier to move him to a mostly flat home who might want to do a small fences class here or there or pop over logs on the trails but not work their way up the jumping levels.
In general, William has just been a super good, easy going kid who needs a confident, soft ride, to help him keep all the confidence he has recovered.
https://youtu.be/O8ZqgCgz_hM?si=_omUxj6253QO7nYQ
William has no vices (aside being afraid of fly masks???) and is generally a very good egg. He does get attached to a buddy, so he'd be best suited for group turnout, not just a situation with two horses. He is not one I leave tied or on the crossties though as he may sit back and scare himself. He stands great when you're there with him.
William is available for adoption through Stall 13, Inc (the non profit wing of Kivu Sporthorses) at 2,500 to a suitable home. Please reach out directly for more information about the adoption process.
Zeke JC Detective 16.3h 2016 OTTB Gelding
William (Moro Drama) 16.2h 2016 OTTB Gelding with Tapit lines
Zeke JC Detective 16.3h 2016 OTTB Gelding
New jump and outside flat video coming soon!
Where to even start with this horse? He's tall, handsome, smart, experienced and talented. You really just can't go wrong there. Oh, and he has experience through recognized Beginner Novice with a past owner with dressage scores in the 20s. (He is USEA registered as "Zoom Call").
Zeke jumps with his knees to his nose over everything. He is careful and quiet to the fence and brave to boot. On the flat, he knows how to make the right shape, use his body well and carry himself in a steady rhythm. He's not a packer, but he certainly has all the pieces to go win everything this summer.
First inside jump school (watch for the quiet, balanced 10m turns to the sliced oxer): https://youtu.be/-xpFUbYaIb0?si=_t0uGrLhZVegH0IH
Inside flat:https://youtu.be/9t-zO5PlTd0?si=eedn92MDJ4TXgUKl
*I'll get him outside to jump around xc as soon as it stops bloody raining in NY
Zeke sold from his competition home to a young rider in New England and they put in some solid work and got show experience on the local level there. He turned out to be a little bit more than that rider needed in the long run (and like most smart Thoroughbreds, got numbers). It's not that he gets strong, but he requires a tactful, confident rider to ask before telling and to support as opposed to blocking.
Zeke does crib, but as you have probably read in other ads, I don't care about cribbing. So long as he has hay in front of him inside, it is not incessant and he does not crib when out. He's good in a herd, good in his stall, easy on the crossties, good for the farrier.
Zeke is smart (that may have come up a few times) and needs to know that he's not the one making decisions. He doesn't need a rough handler, but he does absolutely need a confident handler who can say "no" clearly and then move on without any grudge. Once he's cool with you being the one who calls the shots, this horse has impeccable manners and is plain lovely to be around both in the saddle and on the ground.
Zeke is appropriate for a talented young rider with Thoroughbred experience or a pro / individual who wants to go up the levels. He has no limitations and as he gets stronger that scope is just going to get more and more impressive.
Zeke is offered at 12K for a short time until I get him out showing. His price will increase from there. Trial info and fees apply (see above)
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Mr Magico 2014 16+h OTTB warhorse gelding by Hat Trick
Artie (Reunion Tour) 16h 2018 OTTB gelding by Supersaver
Artie (Reunion Tour) 16h 2018 OTTB gelding by Supersaver
Has successfully competed BN and .80s! video and updated ad to come!
Magic is a hell of a great ride and a total natural for eventing. He does have a bit of a temper if made to wait before the start, but if that is managed and he's not literally and figuratively chomping at the bit - he goes around like this: https://youtu.be/_oL_XMLCHEg?si=fB-bZhKpaxPnbHQZ make him wait and he might just be a very irritated, but still exceptionally brave freight train.
from two months ago:
Magic is back and excited to spend the summer eventing or popping around the jumper shows. I adore this horse, his bravery, his canter, and the way he has always answered with a resounding “sounds like fun” when I have asked him to try new things.
I thought I had found Magic the perfect situation in the fall, but sometimes I get things wrong. Maybe fox hunting really isn’t his jam. But I have always thought that eventing or show jumpers would be a terrifically fun walk in the park for him. And if he sticks around long enough, I’ll get him out to some horse trials and test his enjoyment of the sport for myself.
These are his first rides back here:
Xc https://youtu.be/4-ZB6UHhFQA?si=nrpPQI5RnEmiSupN
Flat https://youtu.be/_WCHzJsi6Ow?si=8gY8Tc9nEozhdTAg
I was super pleased with how light he rode and how bravely he stepped around the new (albeit tiny) course. His xc stuff might as well have been part of an eq round. And that means he’s ready to test it out at shows. Should be a fun summer season for this kiddo.
A few things to note- Magic is sweet and easy in the barn here. He does crib, particularly around feeding time though it can be controlled with a collar (I don’t bother because cribbing doesn’t bug me, but just fyi). He turns out great with my geldings and has been easy to manage here.
And he rides great when he partners with his rider. But if a rider operates more through their hand than he likes, or misses key releases in the tack, he doesn’t have a lot of tolerance. He doesn’t do anything bad, just gets strong and upset.
So who does Magic need? He needs a rider with a love for the horse, the sport AND a sense of humor. Someone who can be soft and light in the tack but also hold their boundaries. He is suited therefore perhaps for a quality young rider or gritty, “still-got it” ammie with soft hands.
Magic will need maintenance appropriate for a 12 year old TB who ran 56 times and his carrots reflect that.
Magic is offered well below his value at 12k possibly neg to the perfect home. Trial ride info above, fee applies.
Artie (Reunion Tour) 16h 2018 OTTB gelding by Supersaver
Artie (Reunion Tour) 16h 2018 OTTB gelding by Supersaver
Artie (Reunion Tour) 16h 2018 OTTB gelding by Supersaver
Competing at Novice and looking for a late summer move up to Training.
Double Clear at Larkin Hill Novice Stadium (missing fence one due to filming not due to horse :) : https://youtu.be/oMB0dWupt4g?si=58oIhyA7K0pHOpvQ
GVRDC May HT Stadium and XC: https://youtu.be/38IVsAMixJE?si=kXUDGJnSmTS_A4wX
Preseason 2'6" jumper round: https://youtu.be/bmjfL6-nq9w?si=EfFeCN-HgfAGYaTq
2nd overall in the Eventing Preliminaries at the Retired Racehorse Project Makeover of 59 entries. “5*!!“ comments from Olympic level judges And best XC score of all those who competed by 5 points. Shared the award for Top NY Bred at the Makeover of all disciplines this year. This little horse is going to be big time. And I am so excited to watch him take the HTs by storm (whether it’s me in the irons or you).
***but hey, before I waste your time, please stop reading here if you haul one horse only. He always needs a buddy - and needs someone who understands that not doing so comes with a panic button that is not negotiable. Not buddy sour, not herd bound, but he has severe isolation anxiety when boxed in, be it in a stall unable to see another horse or in a trailer. ****
Artie ran BN at the Makeover with ample scope to spare. He has been responsibly produced through recognized starter HTs at GVH/Larkin Hill among other smaller shows and is proving to be not only quiet and rideable both in warmup and in the competition rings, but an overall reliable show partner. He's ready to tackle a HT or two at BN in the winter / spring and then move up. He’s brave and ridable to every fence, water, ditch, up down bank etc…
Makeover xc: https://youtu.be/RYDjv7n4Bc8?si=FFmjyYpvQY_Yent3
Makeover stadium: https://youtu.be/3MQYtqctzzo?si=6d89Pinh5tua97WU
Makeover dressage schooling and test: https://youtu.be/YYbKUIlW6tg?si=Ho-9ih3YVmU-vqEw
Artie has a big jump and a quiet, rhythmic way of going. His dressage regularly gets 7.5s with lots of room to easily train up and reach into the 8s. He’s brave to fences without being rushy or brash and I love how game he is for everything I have thrown at him. And he does all three phases in a HS duo.
Artie is a quiet ride if you know how to flat and jump a tb. Ride quiet and with confidence and he’ll do it all. Lock down or get tight and he’ll get hotter. As such he’s a ride for a serious competitor not a usual weekend warrior.
He’s professional on the ground and shows he likes you quietly and in his own introverted ways - he’s not an in your pocket goober, but rather a very kind, independent critter who takes a minute to warm up. When he does, you’ll know but it’s a quiet affection and respect. I’ll take that all day long.
Here’s the catch: have Ppe-d this horse twice. He ran hard. His body has a slew of dents, dings, thickenings, old scars and tales of hard work. But he rides like this. Jumps like this. He is a ride the horse not the vetting, because the pages of minor things that will come up will put off even the most realistic buyer. This is why I own him.
We could have dropped his carrots and moved him after the first vetting. But without a shot to show how he can do out competing, horses like this get overlooked, underbidded, and rarely end up in the right homes. So I got him out there, produced him despite his debts and dings, and he has grown better, stronger and more capable with each outing. This horse wants to compete. I won’t take that away from him. I do inject his hocks and front coffins, and will probably do so annually. He wears four shoes and likes pads up front if the mud allows.
He is good in the barn and easy in turnout IF YOU GET IT RIGHT. His can’t be alone quirk is no joke. A human counts, so if you’re with him, he’s fine. Ride alone anywhere, all good. But he needs to not be the first in to a stall or last out or regularly haul independently. He’s not buddy sour or bad about riding away from friends, he just has an intense and immediate fear of being the only horse in a given box. Who knows, maybe he needs a goat or a mini…?
Artie will stay with me and keep clicking up the levels next season, but if you’re game and want to easily bring a horse along through training and potentially truly into the ULs, he’s absolutely ready to start marching up the levels with someone new.
Stadium and XC from Larkin Hill Recognized Starter: https://youtu.be/Rx7TdPVlSJY?si=3izUqxbI324Z3CB2
Video from GVH (Stadium and dressage + green head fly attack) https://youtu.be/pXoxnwuKcro?si=GbTVtJ_CnAQ6wSq4
Video from home https://youtu.be/hpGaM9_pymE?feature=shared
Asking 25k Trial info detailed above.
Stall 13 Listings
Hennessy (Johnny Bootleggs) 2019 16.3h OTTB with Irish lines
Hennessy (Johnny Bootleggs) 2019 16.3h OTTB with Irish lines
Hennessy (Johnny Bootleggs) 2019 16.3h OTTB with Irish lines
Looking for a damn good looking trail buddy, and easy-going all arounder who could also dabble in dressage? Great! We have your one seriously lovely (also seriously affordable) gelding with all the personality who is craving a job and his own human.
post-maintenance outside ride: https://youtu.be/UJOYyuiF-2Q?is=IHAz5P1wc70cbFqh
First Outside ride (first time out) and tiny xc: https://youtu.be/-kO5ur-i0Q0
past flat video https://youtu.be/nwbMQsogWZ8?si=1BQrceyI2s_cTI2zsi=84hNZimwfvDs-EuK
Hennessy has been here for some time and has made the move from being a Kivu consignment horse to our non-profit wing as a Stall 13 horse (more about that below). This means that we have been able to assess his hind end, get him the maintenance he needed and help him launch into his next home and career. I am freakin thrilled. He feels AMAZING- and is finally letting his back soften and reach into contact.
Henny has risen up the ladder here to become one of my favorite rides. He’s smart, kind, and willing but requires just a little bit of tact that makes the ride fun. Overall, he is a total class act. He is also going to turn heads anywhere he goes, both for said class and just how lovely of a horse he is.
Undersaddle, Hennessy is naturally fancy. His carriage is correct and he covers ground beautifully. He’s good in the field, good on the ties, in his stall and all around just that same class act. He is red though, so he does like things like grooming, patting, and riding to be his way. And that redness (and smart thoroughbred-ness means he’s not for beginners).
Before coming here, Hennessy had a start to his second career with his owner who did a bit of all the things with him. He has been on trails and done some pony club work. That said he’s not a packer. I absolutely think that with proper maintenance and training he could run second flight with some of the less intense hunts.
So what does it mean that Henny is now a Stall 13 horse? It means that his owner donated him to the program to keep him safer and help him get the care he needs that was otherwise financially out of their ability. Henny required some exploration to figure out his hind end and by donating him to the non profit, we were able to use our donated funds (thank you- literally every penny helps!) to diagnose and treat. I was almost teary at his first ride back post treatment for just how much of difference it made (and if you know me, you know I don’t do tears- so that’s a big thing).
As part of Stall 13, Henny will come with a contract (he can be resold but we stay involved) and we can be quite flexible on his adoption fees. So if you’re looking for an amazing horse and partner to do flat work, trails and the like, he might just be your dude.
Because I like full disclosure, here are the dents and dings: Henny does have knees- so his jumping is limited but he will be happy to be your flat horse. He also just received TMT and DIT injections in his hocks and holy hell did it make him a happier horse! We are still working on growing out a toe bruise left hind and supporting with correct shoeing but that’s all heading in the right direction.
So if you can handle a small laundry list of imperfections in order to gain access to a horse who will absolutely go to bat for you every day and love any job you want to give him, please reach out!
Henny’s adoption fee is 2k neg to the perfect human. I’d love know about you and your goals and how Hennessy might be a match.
William (Moro Drama) 16.2h 2016 OTTB Gelding
Hennessy (Johnny Bootleggs) 2019 16.3h OTTB with Irish lines
Hennessy (Johnny Bootleggs) 2019 16.3h OTTB with Irish lines
**Stall 13, Inc supported horse**
William is a lovely horse who is looking for his next long term partner who wants to do a little bit of everything - but mostly on the flat. (He can jump, but would prefer them to be small and not his full time job).
William has been there and done that in lesson barns, but has made it clear that he would really prefer to have his own human to trust. He's one of those can-be-a-little-anxious until his human shows up and then he makes eye contact, takes a breath and things seem a whole lot more right with the world.
William settled in here and we went slow with him, putting on the rides and introducing the group turnout. He was initially scared of fly masks of all things, but has gotten far, far better about this. In fact, he's so settled in now that he is now in charge of his herd, has a lifelong best friend (Zeke), has ample new confidence, and occasionally pulls out a lesson horse trick or two. I find him hilarious and endearing, but he will need a good balance of calm, quiet boundaries, understanding, and "I'm sorry, you still have to do X."
William would love an all around job - he'd be great in second and third flight fox hunting, out on hunter paces and in local dressage or HJ flat classes. He would also be thrilled to stay home and just have a lovely human to hack him around and love on him. But the big things with him are we need someone to prioritize saddle fit and have the skills to listen to their horse. I am not interested in him returning to a lesson barn.
Here's the backstory: William got lucky in his past months, but has had a bit of a rough go previous to that.
William came off the track and in the past couple years, and from then according to vet paperwork was considered anxious. He bounced around a bit but then found a job as a lesson horse on the flat and over fences. At some point they radiographed his back and found significant kissing spines.
As he no longer wanted to pack kids over fences, the barn's next move was to reach out to a nearby barn who has taken their horses in the past or consider sending him to New Holland Auction if the nearby barn wasn't interested.
A friend who runs the nearby barn stepped in and helped William get here. That's about the time his luck started to change for the better. New Holland would have meant bouncing through the auction circuit and potentially to kill buyers (especially if the status of his back was known).
I have found backs go one of two ways - they are either painful and hard/ impossible to fix and thus cause pain and problems, or with the right saddle, right fit, and a ride that accommodates, horses with even the gnarliest of backs are able to get stronger and go and do many, many things. William falls into the latter camp.
I have WTC with zero anxiety and no appearance of pain or resistance. He will pop over small fences but he's not the biggest fan of jumping and will occasionally stop making me happier to move him to a mostly flat home who might want to do a small fences class here or there or pop over logs on the trails but not work their way up the jumping levels.
In general, William has just been a super good, easy going kid who needs a confident, soft ride, to help him keep all the confidence he has recovered.
https://youtu.be/O8ZqgCgz_hM?si=_omUxj6253QO7nYQ
William has no vices (aside being afraid of fly masks???) and is generally a very good egg. He does get attached to a buddy, so he'd be best suited for group turnout, not just a situation with two horses. He is not one I leave tied or on the crossties though as he may sit back and scare himself. He stands great when you're there with him.
William is available for adoption through Stall 13, Inc (the non profit wing of Kivu Sporthorses) at 2,500 to a suitable home. Please reach out directly for more information about the adoption process.
Tuna (I Am Fortunata) 16.3h 2017 Irish OTTB Steeplechaser
Hennessy (Johnny Bootleggs) 2019 16.3h OTTB with Irish lines
Tetsu 16.2h 2016 OTTB Warhorse gelding by Hardspun with Mr. Greeley lines
If ever one was looking for a horse with a heck of a lot of presence and a history of running some of the best steeplechase tracks in Ireland, here's Tuna.
For nearly all of Tuna's career, he ran over fences. Like a hard knocking, sturdy steeplechaser, he took some falls and recovered to keep running. He raced in the UK and was imported as a 6 year old to run in the USA. And when he retired, he found a fox hunting job. Tuna's future was bright, and thankfully remains so. But like his track history, it hasn't been without its bobbles.
Right now Tuna is walking and trotting under saddle with plans to go forward to do more in the near future. His gaits are lovely already and clearly will be even more impressive once we get shoes on him and get him stronger and more relaxed.
First ride back to work at Kivu: https://youtu.be/4BztF8eNq5k?si=bcSbAILj1umHIfHc
That said, Tuna has had a bit of a rough year. Back in the summer of 2025, he had a pasture accident that hairline fractured his right hock and created a chip in his left hind ankle. He went to Cornell for surgery, which was deemed very successful with no limitations. That said, bad luck wan't quite done yet - Upon jumping around later on stall rest, he injured the collateral ligament in his left hind fetlock and required quite a bit more time off.
Tuna has since had stall rest from September 2025 to December 2025, small paddock turnout from December 2025 to early March 2026 and regular turnout from then til now. Tuna appears quite sound and we have started him back lightly under saddle. He will get a rescan of the fetlock in the near future and we will continue to progress him into a riding career.
The expectation is that Tuna will do what he is able, which I think will be plenty. I can see this horse still having a quality fox hunting career or lower level jumping life. I probably wouldn't point him at the red numbers but frankly, there are so few people who can ride at that level anyway, I don't worry about that limitation.
Tuna is kind and a lovely, doofy, sweet gelding, but he is not for the TB-inexperienced. He needs a knowledgable handler and rider currently and would do best with someone who is familiar both with big Thoroughbreds and rehabs.
Tuna is offered for adoption with a contract at $2500 before the rescan and rads and $3500 after. This cost is a donation to Stall 13 and will go to supporting the other horses involved in the program.
Tetsu 16.2h 2016 OTTB Warhorse gelding by Hardspun with Mr. Greeley lines
Currently leased Stall 13 Horse: Fig, (Ekati's Verve) 16.3h 2016 OTTB Warhorse Gelding
Tetsu 16.2h 2016 OTTB Warhorse gelding by Hardspun with Mr. Greeley lines
Tetsu has some serious sport horse lines (and also serious racing lines, considering he ran 67 times and earned 263,000+ on the track).
This lovely, quirky redhead tweaked his suspensory cantering back after his last race. He needed somewhere to go, so he retired to us to see if we could rehab the ligament enough to get him a second career.
Tetsu, instead, is seeking an easy going life in a pasture. We’d love to get this deserving guy to a home with lots of grass a few buddies and a caring human. *this would be a no riding no resale home and he would come with a contract stating that and that he can come back to us at any time.
Tetsu ran 67 times and made more than 260,000 for his connections. Cantering back from that 67th race, he tweaked his suspensory in his front left. But when he arrived for rehab, we found that this brave, stoic horse had run on an ankle with a much longer history of issues. We rehabbed the acute suspensory in a stall, finishing up stall rest last month.
The ankle however shows significant arthritis, suspensory apparatus injury, and pastern joint subluxation.
Ultimately, he is pasture sound and we’d like to keep him happy, healthy and enjoying life until he tells us otherwise.
Tetsu would be happy to be out 24-7 or stall less than he gets turnout. He does crib and has some stall vices, but he’s happy in a herd and good around others (currently low man in his field) and easy outside. He is currently barefoot, though we expect that we’ll get him in shoes if the ground gets too hard or he gets uncomfortable.
Tetsu is currently FTGH with a no-resale contract.
Currently leased Stall 13 Horse: Fig, (Ekati's Verve) 16.3h 2016 OTTB Warhorse Gelding
Currently leased Stall 13 Horse: Fig, (Ekati's Verve) 16.3h 2016 OTTB Warhorse Gelding
Currently leased Stall 13 Horse: Fig, (Ekati's Verve) 16.3h 2016 OTTB Warhorse Gelding
Currently leased Good god this horse has talent. He has huge swinging gaits, tons of drive, and all the flash you’d ever need. But even with all that talent, his personality might be the more remarkable thing, and thats saying something.
Fig is a total ham through and through. You never have to guess what he’s thinking and he really, really wants all of your attention. No, like all of it. All the time. Good thing he’s insanely cute about the whole thing. He’ll drink your beer (he shares my preference for not fruity IPAs) and harass you until you relent and give him scratches and lots of love.
Under saddle hes is always good but he’s uncomplicated and quiet if in regular work or… as he feels better and better and isn’t getting ridden regularly- big, talented and slightly feral. He has at times been my “toss anyone up there” horse. Yesterday, he showed off how much better he was feeling by honing his medium trot but also making sure we tossed a neck strap on to stay with him. His gaits are huge and he will invert and skitter sideways if he’s feeling fresh. He’s never truly naughty but he does like to show off.
Recent flat school on an “up” day: https://youtu.be/vPA_8JqrmuU?si=EoxzaiVuv6K5lKnH
Fig is still a bit of a rehab. When he came off the track, he was frankly one hell of a mess. More than a year later, we have him fat, happy and en route to sound. He needs strength and potentially hock and hind ankle injections (but I want to get him strong first). He was diagnosed with chronic suspensory issues initially, but at this point with no acute lesions and less inflammation we go back to work. And what does Fig love almost as much as attention? Work.
So what does that mean? Means he’s not your average rehab. It means he’s not the lovely adopter’s horse who wants to have an easy hack out on occasion… maybe hit the trails once in a long while. No. Nopelope. Sorry. I need a rider who wants to put a lot of miles in the saddle but with no agenda. The right person needs ride regularly (like 3+ days a week) and has OTTB experience and a big sense of humor … and maybe bigger beer budget (for both of you). Oh and said rider also needs the seat to laugh through any fresh-day antics he might toss out there and direct him towards the great things that are to come. Don’t have all of that? Please ask me about a different horse.
Fig is available for the low fours- with a guarantee that as with any Stall 13 horse, no questions asked- he can always come home.
STALL 13 SUPPORTED HORSE
Fig is available through Stall 13, the New York based non-profit organization (www.stall13.org)that I (AP Graham) spearhead alongside Kivu Sporthorses. Stall 13 Thoroughbreds specializes in challenging-case horses like Fig. Our goal is to help horses like Fig can recover and make it to second careers and have a good life, despite physical setbacks. As such, he comes with lifetime protection and a contract - he’s always welcome back here and we’re always here to help. His carrots go directly back to the program to support avenues for other tough case ottbs and prove the notion that one should always “ride the horse, not the xrays (or ultrasound). Reach out for more information.
former info: Fig is one heck of a ham. This horse has more personality than most boarding barns see in a year. He's handsome, lovable and will shake you down for your treats or your beer. Yes, Fig loves a good libation and will happily steal sips of yours.
Fig ran hard and earned his retirement. He came to us last year just before Christmas with swollen ankles and a slew of issues. We got him on the right path and he lucked into the lap of a generous ammie who took his rehab on as her project. What we thought was the need for hock injections turned out to be chronic (not acute) suspensory issues. Fig had stall rest, turn out and was slowly brought back to work.
He just needs more time. He'll winter with us in our usual set up - 12 hours in, 12 hours out being a dingus with his friends. And we'll bring him back to work and see where he is at in late winter / spring.
Often with ligament and tendon issues, when the issue is not acute, they just need time and more let down than most people want to do. We have time, and we like Fig, so he can hang out and cause a happy ruckus in the barn while we see how sound he will come and what he will need.
Fig is available for adoption at 2500 with a contract. There is no guarantee that this horse will jump in the future or be a first flight fox hunter. But we're pretty certain there's enough soundness for a quality low-level career in there.
PLACED Rikki (Tiz So Fine) ~17h 2019 OTTB Mare by Tiznow
Currently leased Stall 13 Horse: Fig, (Ekati's Verve) 16.3h 2016 OTTB Warhorse Gelding
Currently leased Stall 13 Horse: Fig, (Ekati's Verve) 16.3h 2016 OTTB Warhorse Gelding
PLACED Rikki is one heck of an elegant, talented mare. She has evented through the lower levels (I believe through Novice, but need to confirm) and has been owned by a talented ammie who has trained consistently with 5* riders.
Rikki's dressage is lovely (regularly in the 20s), and her jump and bravery even better.
Last year she came up a bit unsound up front. Vets had differing opinions of what was up. When it checked out to NOT be a tendon, the feet came under scruntiny. In the meantime, her former human has gotten married and is en route to having a baby (CONGRATS!).
Rikki came back to us to see if we can sort out the issues and find her a slightly lower level home. I am pretty sure we can get her right and let her still have a jumping career, but it might not be through the ULs as had been dreamt of before.
Assessment of soundness school: https://youtu.be/gU1bxXiEAng?si=rxVAYuRiZPphGK_B
Rikki on her third tour through my barn. Once we took her off the track and got her fatter, shinier and let down. Another time we took her back after she had been left to neglect in a back field (people suck). We got her fat and shiny and happy and she competed with me in Dressage and Show Jumping at the 2023 RRP Makeover, finishing well despite how green she was at the time.
This mare will always have a home here, but I'm hoping that her next human will hang onto her for a very long time. The mare is definitely nice enough and sure deserves it!
Rikki is listed at 3k for a short time with a contract guaranteeing that the adopter will do the diagnostic vet work and provide high quality farrier references. After we start on her vet work and get her back towards (more) sound, her adoption fee will increase.
FOUND A HOME! Wine Responsibly 15.2-3h 2021 OTTB by Vinno Rosso (Curlin)
PLACED! Stall 13 Horse: Sews (Lord Darnley, 17+h 2018 OTTB gelding by Lion Heart located in Lansi
Found his home! Stall 13 Horse: Generation, 17.2h 2020 OTTB Gelding by Street Sense
FOUND A HOME!!!!
Wine has a long story that all happened in a short period of time. He sold off the track at the end of the season like a normal retiring racehorse, but very quickly bounced into a sales barn that regularly sells to auctions and there on to kill buyers (there's a loophole in NY law that does not allow one to sell directly to kill buyers).
His connections and Finger Lakes Finest Thoroughbreds found out about his situation and Stall 13 stepped in to help. The community paid his bail, we shipped him here and he spent 21 days in quarantine, making sure he didn't bring anything from the auction sale barn to the main barn here.
Wine is now back in the main barn and an absolutely love. And an absolute weirdo. He has perpetual bedhead and loves nothing more than to have his ears and neck scratched. He's the first to meet you at the gate when you go to bring him in. And he great in the field with his friends and hanging out in the stall (no vices).
Wine is lovely under saddle, and it didn't take him long to figure out how to carry himself nicely. First post-track ride here: https://youtu.be/VQzKROqfpK8?si=uJK0_636kh9EoSY_
He does have "knees" - a situation we don't know much about currently (but the vet is scheduled for rads and an ultrasound on Tuesday). Once we have that information and we know the type of home he should have, we'll more productively market him.
Despite his size (somehow folks equate the smaller ones with being easier) Wine still requires a knowledgable home. He needs kind boundaries on the ground and needs to be reminded that he needs to respect his humans' space. He's not pushy or rude, just needs to learn the rules of this new game.
I suspect Wine will have a heck of a career as a dressage, trail or ranch mount. He's going to be great. And we'd love to see him head to the Makeover. Stall 13 will cover the first discipline entry fees and provide swag!
Wine will be offered for adoption in the low four figures, but we'll know more once we know what his knee looks like. Reach out for more info or see www.stall13.org
Found his home! Stall 13 Horse: Generation, 17.2h 2020 OTTB Gelding by Street Sense
PLACED! Stall 13 Horse: Sews (Lord Darnley, 17+h 2018 OTTB gelding by Lion Heart located in Lansi
Found his home! Stall 13 Horse: Generation, 17.2h 2020 OTTB Gelding by Street Sense
Found his home! Gen is ready to find his human and hit the trails or bee bop around as a low level all around mount.
Walk trot-inside (Big horse, tiny arena = no canter inside right now, see outside video for that): https://youtu.be/nywGpko23RY?si=EKPEc6dl68l7B5mg
Mounting from a tractor, hacking and some canter outside: https://youtu.be/_fm03iv7hNQ?si=Jbl36b2oOvugDMCN
Gen is wildly uncomplicated but he is still a big moving, HUGE young thoroughbred. He’s brave and has not displayed any anxiety under saddle. I’d rather see him end up in a home where he’s not expected to be a packer at 5 though. He has a great brain and willing, kind demeanor but he will still need the rider knowledge and training to learn whatever job it is you point him at. He's been great for me and literally every rider I have put on him. He might be a moose, but he's a good, good Moose.
Recent schooling: https://youtu.be/PUZEObv_YhI?si=ugk6ddlp6F0-44ED
Good for the vet, the farrier… good in a stall and out in a field of geldings. Good on the cross ties…Just plain good across the board. He does need at least front shoes.
Generation had a productive race career, retired sound and then began training for his second job as a fox hunter. There were big dreams for this guy- the huntsman’s horse. He trained well, ticked all the boxes, and was full speed to a career he would have loved.
A basic chip removal set off a reaction of bone growth in his right front fetlock. He has osteophytes and bone spurs making it visually bigger but also job limiting. Cornell is pretty sure the heavy demands of a job at the top of the hunt are more than he needs right now (aka jumping should be limited) but he is still absolutely ridable and able to do lower level things. As such he is what we call “serviceable sound.” I would not point him at a show life or a circle-driven dressage career, but there is a lot of miles left in those legs and that ankle.
Could he hunt occasionally without jumping? Oh absolutely. Could he do some hunter paces and trail ride? Yep. Could he be a family horse for a good riding group of folks? Sure. Is he a “husband horse”? … maybe… guess that depends on the quality of husband (riding that is).
We’re happy to share radiographs and reports and discuss findings. Nope, this one won’t “pass” a vetting but there’s ample corners of the horse world where he’ll still have a place.
STALL 13 SUPPORTED HORSE
Gen is available through Stall 13, a New York based non-profit organization (www.stall13.org) that specializes in challenging case horses like himself. Our goal is to show that horses like Gen can recover and make it to a new career despite their known challenges and have a good life. As such, he comes with lifetime protection and a contract - he’s always welcome back here and we’re always here to help. His carrots go directly back to the program to support avenues for other “challenging case” horses and prove the notion that one should always “ride the horse, not the xrays.”
Gen is offered at 2500. His purchase price is a donation to Stall 13 and goes directly to caring for the other horses in the program. Trial fees and processes explained above.
PLACED! Stall 13 Horse: Sews (Lord Darnley, 17+h 2018 OTTB gelding by Lion Heart located in Lansi
PLACED! Stall 13 Horse: Sews (Lord Darnley, 17+h 2018 OTTB gelding by Lion Heart located in Lansi
PLACED! Stall 13 Horse: Sews (Lord Darnley, 17+h 2018 OTTB gelding by Lion Heart located in Lansi
PLACED! Sews is a huge, elegant goof ball who has three lovely gaits and a jump with clear, pretty knees. He feels great and has made it very clear that he is ready for a job! What job does Sews need? He could succeed at pretty much anything – eventing, dressage, fox hunting, jumpers, and even hunters for his daisy cutter movement. More info at Stall13.org
That said, Sews absolutely needs a herd… and he needs to have someone in that herd who can keep him in line. He struggles to differentiate play from “knock it off” cues and he’s so big that it can get him in trouble. Note - he's not mean, just a bit of a big doofus who needs to be told where to go when he gets too annoying... think more irritating little brother who perpetually says "not touching"
Under saddle he is pretty uncomplicated and has been regularly ridden and competed by a talented young rider. He is successfully and “fancily” showing off his flat work and happily shown through starter and schooled BN.
10/25 schooling: https://youtu.be/xqK6UBD8N7I?si=vZcYZzEnYBv4q4u8
NY flatwork
https://youtu.be/aYVFzVgdcEk?si=n0CGgE425hBG2py9
NY XC
https://youtu.be/JLpJKGB9b6w?si=8-rTeSfZwOF1D5WU
Sews came through my program in Georgia last year and was with me from Christmas to March. In that time he gained a solid foundation and was coming along well.
He shipped to Washington to a very knowledgeable rider, and didn’t quite work out in the situation. To no fault of anyone’s he just needed a set of other geldings to play with. Alone in a paddock next to a pony, Sews just got himself in more and more trouble. His owner did everything under the sun – she treated for ulcers, worked him on the ground, and xrayed his back – he does have kissing spine, which he does not palpate to. *I'm happy to share more insights here as I do not believe that this is a limiting factor for him.* Unsure how to go forward, she kindly shipped him back across the country.
Sews has hung out with my geldings and found his feet and herd. Goofy has become his primary personality trait and hes easy to handle on the ground and in the saddle. He would love a doting human with a good sense of humor who understands that hes a dingbat and has at least an intermediate or above riding level.
Requirements:
- Shoes (he has tender feet)
- A herd of geldings
- A rider & trainer with intermediate or better skills in the saddle and solid abilities to maintain boundaries
-Correct saddle fit
Sews is available for an adoption fee of 2k negotiable (see www.Stall13.org for more) to the perfect, knowledgable home. Adopters will be asked to fill out an application (you can resell) before proceeding with transfer of ownership.
FOUND A HOME!!!! Stall 13 Horse: Major Spin, 16.3h 2018 OTTB Gelding by Hard Spun
FOUND A HOME!!!! Stall 13 Horse: Major Spin, 16.3h 2018 OTTB Gelding by Hard Spun
PLACED! Stall 13 Horse: Sews (Lord Darnley, 17+h 2018 OTTB gelding by Lion Heart located in Lansi
FOUND A HOME!!!! RRP Makeover 2025 graduate finishing in the top 1/3 of the dressage entries despite a test interrupted by the fox hunt division. The judges loved his trot work awarding 8s. he’s ready to begin training first level movements.
Makeover Dressage: https://youtu.be/BHjCgG65Lf0?si=v5kDpJZ45nVnRv-h
Major Spin is a huge horse who has all the presence, movement, and smarts to go right on up the levels in dressage. He’s only 16.3 but carries himself like he’s 17.2. He also has one of those classic “good brains” that means he could pack around at the Intro or Training levels quite happily. While I think he’d love and succeed at a dressage life, I would put money on his ability to fox hunt and to look damn good while doing so as well.
T3- August: https://youtu.be/ov5BEnisig0?si=ADsjeoiaqhoLy3r6
T2 - June : https://youtu.be/g5LVBAo7nA8?si=hNDJeRuhulF3zuOH
Outside hack at home April: https://youtu.be/SJWb9yIt-8E?si=9VtPb4th0dhSot6e
Spin is probably the only true rescue in my barn. I don’t use that word lightly. He’s a huge, smart, lump-headed goober who needs a job that accommodates a pretty special knee. Otherwise, I’d be eventing this horse up through the ULs.
Spin’s life on the track was not always easy and he fell into some less-than-optimal hands, who ignored what should have been treated. Slab fracture, chip, and arthritis. Spin became Stall 13’s* flagship horse and yet, after we rested him for a few months, he is sound and hard at work perfecting his dressage.
Spin has been to a bunch of shows, including one recognized dressage venture – all of which has gone great. He hauls like a pro, hangs out well and is happy to take it all in and make GOOD decisions. He’s great in a warmup arena with all shapes and sizes and directions of horses. And he’s as talented and smart heading down center line as he is training for it at home.
Spin is good for the vet and farrier (though understandably, he’s not a huge fan of folks messing with his knee), good on crossties, good in a herd, and generally just a smart, sensible, dude.
Spin would be appropriate for a good riding amateur to bring along, but in the right program he’d also be able to handle green-bean humans. Spin has confidently and carefully carried my nervous friends, helped to reinstall confidence in Thoroughbreds and handled trials and lessons and rides by all of my working students with ease.
He's not a total packer yet… and you still have to have and uphold boundaries, but Spin is proving to be an exceedingly versatile horse who just needs a job and a person or two who think the world of him.
*Spin is made available through Stall 13, a New York based non-profit organization (www.stall13.org) that specializes in challenging case horses like himself. We’re hoping that by showing that a horse like Spin can recover and make it to the Makeover, we can help open avenues for other tough to heal horses and prove the notion that one should always “ride the horse, not the xrays.” Reach out for more information.
Offered at $2500 with contract. See stall13.org for more info.
Available Leases
Offsite lease - Koops 2020 16.2h OTTB Gelding by Girvin
I'll get more info up here soon. But in the meantime, Koops is up for full care lease at Kivu Sporthorses and Training in Lansing or offsite
Koops is a sweet, sensible but also playful kiddo who would love to have a human to look forward to. Koops is a LONG story (please go read up on Facebook). When shipping to me in February of 2023, his shipper went off the road and into a culvert, putting Koops through the floor of the trailer. Two jaws of life later, the saint of a horse loaded up, headed to a local vet and began his very very long process of healing. Ten months later, he was ridable. Now he's recovering from a knee injury of his own making. Suffice to say, this isn't an upper level horse right now. However, he is outrageously wonderful and would love to have someone work on his dressage and possibly leg him back up to jumping.
https://youtu.be/fTPfocZaBF8?si=mJP06pbybAgNciSZ
Please reach out if you think you're a fit.
On site Lease only - Wolf (Louisiana Moon 2014 ~16h OTTB Warhorse Gelding)
On-site lease only in Lansing, NY
I love this little snapping horse. He is the most amazingly grumpy, athletic pain in the ass out there. And I adore all of his ridiculous overflow of personality (hence me putting off selling him since I bought him at the end of February of 2023). But I legitimately own too many and while I think he’ll be able to do anything anyone wants, my gut tells me that this horse will be a killer first flight fox hunter and or mid-level eventer with the right rider and situation.
I may consider an off-site lease in an exceptional situation but before you read any further, he is NOT available to a boarding barn situation. His sense of humor and snapping turtle nature are too much of a risk and I don't want him anywhere he won't be loved as much as he is here.
Makeover XC
https://youtu.be/QXDovQIdPu4?si=MJ_z7HRlzyl4XVoz
Makeover Dressage:
https://youtu.be/bXhorTcXJ-Q?si=m2T8Iej2FKssi1qh
So I’m legging him up to hunt and event and see what he thinks. In the meantime, he is for lease to a human that will put his quirky, odd-ball self first and enjoy all of the comical, sweet, but gnashy bits that are Wolf.
OK, more specifically, Wolf competed in the 2023 RRP Makeover in show jumping and BN eventing and he has miles at starter before that. Man is that horse brave. In KY, he took in all the arenas and all the fences, water, down bank, ditch etc etc etc without batting an eye. Wolf has scope for plenty more, though grids will definitely help him nail down his footwork. He has all the movement and presence to stop traffic, even at just 16h.
Wolf did all of this well on less rides than I would have liked. His letdown from the track took a while and came in fits and spurts where he would get body sore and would get more time off. When I competed him in KY, I think he had maybe 30 retraining rides… MAYBE. He is now past the sore part, has packed on the pounds and is onto the “needs a job” stage. He is a favorite ride of my working students and just a damn good egg.
Wolf has a hell of a hind leg and is put together like a proper Ferarri. He ran 63 times mostly in Louisiana and was sound for the duration - this kid is tough as nails and knows (and loves) that job. Thus, he is definitely not for an inexperienced rider.
Add to it that he is smart - frankly smarter than most people I know - and thus is super good at getting himself in slightly comical trouble. He does not have a buck or rear, but he will outsmart you undersaddle if you're not on top of your game or if he feels your boundaries are merely suggestions.
That said, Wolf is ALL WORK when in the tack. He loves his job and likes nothing more than to show you that he can do it. Wolf is INtense not tense. But whether in the saddle or on the ground, he mandates a sense of humor. Like many Malibu Moons and Ghostzappers, he can be … “expressive.” He is food aggressive and is generally likely to snap in your direction or lift a leg to threaten to kick when being groomed. Please note, he has no intention to bite or kick you… it is a game. And according to a vet who knew him when he was a yearling - he has always been like this. We just laugh at him, tell him it is not allowed and oddly he wins hearts on a daily basis.
*We have gastro-scoped etc etc etc and all clean .. .He also receives maintenance and adequate appropriate for a 9 year old horse who ran hard for 7 of those years. He has earned it.
Despite all his goofy-grumpy antics, he is easy to love. See, he actually likes people, but it seems that he has no ability to be normal, so snappy affection is his go-to. I’d love to see this petit powerhouse of an alligator run through the mid-levels or cruise around the fox hunt field. He will always have a home with me, but in the meantime, he would love to have his own human and go do all the things.
Wolf’s lease is onsite only. Must be able to coordinate ride schedules and be 18 or above. Located in Lansing, NY - on-site trial fees apply (see above)
