Trinity Appaloosa Farm

Trinity Appaloosa Farm We offer lessons, training, breeding and sales! Home of fine Appaloosas and Sugarbush Harlequin Draft Appaloosa and Sugarbush Harlequin Draft Breeders.

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We hope everyone is having a peaceful evening with those they love, animal or person. Hold your loved ones close, and ce...
11/28/2025

We hope everyone is having a peaceful evening with those they love, animal or person. Hold your loved ones close, and celebrate having them to share your table ❤️

Horse people are a spread out group. And we tend to be a helpful bunch and appreciate the help of our spouses, siblings,...
11/27/2025

Horse people are a spread out group. And we tend to be a helpful bunch and appreciate the help of our spouses, siblings, cousins and friends, who while not firmly entrenched in the passion for horses, still help out a lot. We've all applauded horse show moms and dads, or the occasional aunt or uncle that was dragged into service.
However, we often miss giving credit to the non-horse people, who provide the bulk of our support. They may not ever understand our passion for horses, but they love us and help keep us going. My mom, Carol, was not only a horse lover, but an avid competitor, who helped me reach my dreams that culminated in the farm I run today. Perry's mother, Gloria, was not entrenched in the horse world, despite being a farm girl as a child, but without her we would not have been able to accomplish as much as we have, nor dealt with hardships that diminished with her as a solid support system. If my mother, Carol, was the progenitor of this program, then Gloria was the rock that held it steady.

So it is with a very heavy heart that I am posting the passing of my mother in law, Gloria Meisenbach. She was an amazing person, the best mother in law and grandmother you could ever ask for.
Gloria Maxine Ballard Meisenbach was born on December 6, 1926, in Texas, her father, Hugh, was 36, and her mother, Sallie, was 29. Sadly both parents had passed by the time she was 14 years old.
She married Robert Meisenbach on September 20, 1948, in Harris, Texas. They had twin boys, Perry and Rollin, during their marriage. She had one half brother, Thomas Rodgers and one sister, Johnie Sue Ballard Bright. She was a step-mother to Robert's son from his first marriage, Bobby Meisenbach.
On June 26th, 1992 Gloria was formally appointed as the first woman, and so far ONLY, mayor of Whitewright, Texas. She successfully ran a Ford Dealership after the death of her husband and was very active with the Whitewright Presbyterian Church. She helped build up the Whitewright Library and worked with many community organizations. A lifelong Texan, she has a profound knowledge of the history of her home state. She was an amazing mother, savage bridge player and a true Christian. She will be missed by her sons, Perry and Rollin Meisenbach, step-son Bobby Meisenbach, grandchild Bron Stark and daughter in law Tracy Meisenbach, as well as all who knew and loved her.

Trinity Appaloosa Farms stands as a testament to her common sense, intelligence, moral code and grace. Rest in Peace Gloria.

After some consideration, we will be offering our 2013 Appaloosa Stallion, R Secrets R Gold Dun aka 'Reed', to the perfe...
11/27/2025

After some consideration, we will be offering our 2013 Appaloosa Stallion, R Secrets R Gold Dun aka 'Reed', to the perfect home.

Sadly, we have come to the decision that Reed has needs that are not being met in a barn full of other stallions. We feel very much so that he would be a great deal happier in a situation where he is the ONLY stallion, or where he would have the space to not fret about any other stallions. Our other homebred boys are content sharing their space with each other, but as more of our junior stallions age up, Reed's worrying has grown. We feel a role as an only stallion with a small court of mares would be his ideal situation for his mental health going forward.

Here are the details:

'Reed' is a 2013 red dun ApHC/CRHA stallion. He is 7panel N/N and EJSCA N/N. He is color tested ee Aa Dnd2 LPlp and negative for all other white genes tested for so far. To date, he has only sired two true solids, and only four non-duns. He has produced a majority fillies. His foals are extremely smart, personable, and trainable, as is Reed himself. He is a 'people' horse, and loves attention and is pretty well behaved in hand, is dummy trained and will also live cover in hand.

He has his ApHC Bronze Medallion in FPD Halter Stallions, has 3 ROMs, and 57.5 lifetime ApHC points. Reed has 60 days undersaddle, but could probably use a refresher as his riding career took a bit of a backburner with us.

ALL of his limited foals are registered ApHC except one that is ASHDA. He has NO grade or weird crossbreed foals lurking out there. He is FPD designation, meaning most of his foals out of ApHC mares will likely be as well. All of his future ApHC foals should also qualify CRHA as he is registered himself alongside several of his offspring. He is a true red dun, and thus would qualify to register ABRA Buckskin Bred under their new rules, and any of his dun foals, whether they are LP or not, should also qualify in one of their books.

Reed's foals are TYPEY, with gorgeous heads and necks, strong hips, and amazing gaits. He brings a heavy ApHC FPD pedigree with him, contributing 14 of the required 24 ancestors for an FPD foal. He boasts bloodlines to many breed greats such as First Secretary, Mr Spotted Bull, Prince Plaudit, Navajo Britches, Joker B, and more- the blood that put the breed on the MAP!

We have retained two sons and two daughters for our program, and they will continue to be trained and shown, which will only add to his proof as a sire!

This is a stupendous stallion, and we are not offering him lightly, nor will we sell him to a place that will just use him up. Our priority is his happiness and health. If you have the perfect spot for him, please inquire, and we'll be happy to talk with you about his future in your program. Non-USA homes are fine as well!

ATTENTION: Due to the new EHV-1 variant we will be closing the farm to new visitors, both equine and human. If you are a...
11/20/2025

ATTENTION:

Due to the new EHV-1 variant we will be closing the farm to new visitors, both equine and human.

If you are an existing boarder we ask the following if you visit and have been in contact with ANY other horses beforehand:

Please wash thoroughly, change your clothes, and disinfect your shoes and any personal items you bring into the barn. This is a very aggressive new strain of illness, and it is respitory, meaning if you are sneezed on by another horse, if you pet one, if you walk where one has coughed... you could be spreading it.

We will not be accepting new boarders during this time, or overnight visitors. Please do what you can to protect your horses, and those belonging to others!

Look who is looking so beautiful and grown up! Jabberwocky from our 2024 foal crop! Thank you for the update, Airiel 💜!
11/09/2025

Look who is looking so beautiful and grown up! Jabberwocky from our 2024 foal crop! Thank you for the update, Airiel 💜!

Sometimes, when you strike gold, you gotta go for it! Those who have been longtime followers will know that it's been a ...
10/16/2025

Sometimes, when you strike gold, you gotta go for it!

Those who have been longtime followers will know that it's been a pretty long while since we've added an outside ApHC mare to our Appaloosa band. We've looked at several, and even had a few we bought that ended up not making the cut as broodmares. We are very selective about our program! An Appaloosa mare we look at for our program needs papers, a pedigree with bloodlines we value, correct conformation, great gaits, a good mind, clean genetics, and more! We want healthy, trainable, beautiful foals. And to get those, you need two parents that embody all of those traits as well. A breeding program is built on mares. Over the last few years, we've been casually looking for the next addition to our band, but nothing stood out. We knew what we wanted and wouldn't compromise.

So, imagine our surprise when this beautiful gal turned up in our neck of the woods!

Say hello to BRIGHT AND SHINY, aka "Shine"! She is an 11 year old palomino snowflake ApHC mare. She is also qualified CRHA and ABRA Buckskin Bred. She is 8panel NN and tested ee aa CRcr and LPlp. Her pedigree boasts many lines we treasure and admire like Bright Eyes Brother, High Hand, Ocala Might, and Shining Spark, and of course she is qualified through her sire as a Colorado Ranger, which will make all of her future ApHC foals able to be dual registered.

She is so sweet and just pretty as a picture with her dapples and a lovely face. We will be continuing her undersaddle training with a goal towards finishing her out in Ranch and Western Dressage. In the spring, our hope is to cross her on our Colida bred red dun fewspot stallion, Medallionaire, and we feel she will be a great cross on our junior stallion, Twisted Revenge, as well!

It's been a long time since we've had a beautiful palomino in our herd. We love seeing the contrast out in our herd of duns, bays, and black horses! (And, as a bonus, she CAN'T have a bay foal unless we cross her on something with a bay base!)

Stay tuned for more updates on beautiful Miss Shine✨️

Announcement Regarding Halloween!We are sad to inform our local followers that we will not be opening the farm for Trick...
10/06/2025

Announcement Regarding Halloween!

We are sad to inform our local followers that we will not be opening the farm for Trick-or-Treating this year. We usually have 3-4 stations open to receive candy and treats, between the main house, bunkhouse, the green cottage, and sometimes also the barn.

This year, we have been put through the ringer between our vet bills and playing catch-up after such a tough spring and summer. So, after some discussion, we have decided to take a step back. Our usual Halloween efforts take about a week to set up, and enough candy to rival a trailer load of roundbales in cost. But, we just don't have it this year, the energy or the extra fun money that it takes to pull off.

We've loved doing this for the community, to give kids a safe street where they can hit several spots all close together with several photo ops, tons of candy, and a chance to meet our horses. We usually see hundreds of kids, which is a big deal considering our little town has a population of around a thousand! This is not a decision we came to lightly, as everyone who knows us knows that Halloween is the holiday we look forward to all year, and we often spend months planning costumes and sourcing new decorations, and constructing new themes for each trick or treat station.

We are going to take things easy and spend time with our family. We will miss seeing all of the kids in their costumes this year! Hopefully, some others in town will help carry the torch while we take a breather!

Don't knock on wood to make sure that your next year's breeding plans are secure. We're going to be posting our stellar ...
10/04/2025

Don't knock on wood to make sure that your next year's breeding plans are secure. We're going to be posting our stellar stallion lineup for next year soon, and you'll be able to get your breeding plans nailed down. If you're ready to enter your showhorse era, we can help you achieve your goals.

We are finally free of The Crud and have been spending the last few days playing catch up with farm chores and whatnot. ...
09/27/2025

We are finally free of The Crud and have been spending the last few days playing catch up with farm chores and whatnot. The babies are all growing like weeds and have been enjoying the cooler, rainy weather by playing in the mud! Weaning will be soon, so if you've been enjoying driving by and watching the babies play in the front paddocks, take in that sweet view while it lasts! In about three weeks, they will be moving to their new pen, and the front paddocks will be off rotation for a little while to let the grass recover.

If you've noticed things have been a little quiet, we've all been horribly sick, but we're about out of the woods with t...
09/18/2025

If you've noticed things have been a little quiet, we've all been horribly sick, but we're about out of the woods with the coughing, snotting, and whatnot. As soon as we beat this crud, we'll be back open for business!

Fans and followers, we need some help! We are trying to track down a mare we bred. This is Dashing Co Quette, a 2013 sno...
09/09/2025

Fans and followers, we need some help!

We are trying to track down a mare we bred. This is Dashing Co Quette, a 2013 snowcap mare by Colida SkipNTwist and out of Brook's Dashing Gal. She has gone through several owners since we sold her and the last person we talked to DID NOT get her papers and was unaware she was registered, so somewhere along the line she has lost her identity. She is varnished. But hopefully she has enough of her pattern left to be identifiable. We would like to get her reunited with her identity at the very least, and can DNA parentage verify to her sire to ensure it. She is her dam's only foal, and one of only a few daughters remaining of our old stallion, so her bloodlines are definitely worth preserving. These are the most recent photos we have of her, in 2019 and 2017.

She has NO leg markings, and a small star, and also had a large spot on her left cheek. She had a few small dark spots in her snowcap blanket. Her last known location was Lincoln, Nebraska. As we said, she has been separated from her papers, the last owner we spoke to did not realize she was registered. Her last known barn name was 'Marley'.

We'd very much like to find this mare and give her back her identity, and we'd like to remind owners of our foals that if you do need to sell, please contact us! We are asked nearly every day if we have something from our program that is riding age or trained to ride, believe us, there is a market if you ever need to sell your foal from us and we can help you place it. We want to keep track of our babies, we are proud of them! Let us know if you have any information. We are offering a reward for anything that results in us finding this mare alive and being able to confirm her identity.

POLL:We are going to be releasing photos and videos from our archives through our P.a.tre.on first, but they will make t...
09/03/2025

POLL:

We are going to be releasing photos and videos from our archives through our P.a.tre.on first, but they will make their way here eventually thanks to our subscribers.

What would you like to see most? Alternate photos from past photo shoots? Behind the scenes shots from events and shows? Unreleased baby photos? Historical pictures from 25+ years ago from our physical photo collections? Something else? What sates YOUR curiosity the most?

Photo of Polaris from the other day looking quite handsome!

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