VERITAS Equestrian Center

05/12/2024

What a perfectly beautiful day in the pasture.

05/12/2024

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11/23/2023

Because when you're retired, it's totally acceptable to take a nap in the sun with your foot in a feed pan. Oh the life of Jerry. We're thankful for the antics of our treasured military caisson horse.

06/01/2023

Sunset on another peaceful day at the barn.

11/19/2022

Frigid Saturday morning greetings from two of Veritas’ favorite personalities. Jerry the (retired) Caisson Horse and John Nuhn.

11/11/2022

Happy Veterans Day 🇺🇸 to our resident Veteran Jerry the Caisson horse. USArmy Caisson Platoon, 19 years of meaningful duty escorting American heroes to their final resting place in Arlington National Cemetery. Retired May 2022 to a remaining long life of relaxation, long hair, dirt and a bit more time to goof off and play. We hope he thinks every day is Veterans Day in our barn. 💕🇺🇸

11/07/2022

Massive and beautiful, we think our newly minted outdoor arena is pretty spectacular! Huge thanks to Bob Newbury for both his expertise and his cool line up of heavy equipment that made it all come together. ☀️

07/28/2022

We're looking for daily barn help M-F, including mornings. Activities include feeding and watering, daily turnout of stall horses, and stall and turnout pen cleaning. If you love interacting with horses and love getting dirty, sweaty and super fit in the process, contact us to get details and talk about your experience!

07/23/2022

Heartfelt thank you to Staff Sergeant Yamashiro for dropping in to visit Jerry and for giving us a few more photos to share of Jerry in service. It’s an honor to have him in our barn. 💕Caisson. 💕Jerry. 💕🇺🇸

07/17/2022

Horses doing what they are inclined to do-grazing peacefully in open spaces as a herd. It might not be Montana or the Yellowstone Ranch, but it’s most certainly Iowa beautiful.

06/21/2022

Honored to be chosen for the retirement adoption of Jerry the Caisson horse. Jerry spent 19 years completing funeral missions at Arlington National Cemetery. He was strong and reliable and has a personality bigger than life. We’re honored to be entrusted with the care of this military working animal and we will work every day to make his retirement in Iowa a fitting tribute to his lifetime of service to our Nation. Jerry has a stall in our front barn if you ever want to drop by and say hello. (And Check out the Old Guard Caisson Platoon on Facebook and via their webpage. They have an amazing mission.)

04/29/2022

Every once in a while there are quiet breaks in the normally busy activity of horses and people engaging and moving about in the barns. These photos capture one of these unusually quiet moments in time. 💕

01/01/2022

Putting snow tracks on the Bob. It’s how to party on New Year’s Eve! 🍾🍾

12/27/2021

Looked like🔥 in the sky over the pasture tonight at sunset. Breathtaking.

11/23/2021

Things that rule barn life: 🐈s and 💩 equipment.

09/12/2021

Caption this! (❤️ barn cats..❤️)

08/27/2021

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08/16/2021

Barn cats rule.

07/22/2021

06/24/2021

Meet Dosaage and Crush Pad. Our newest barn cat additions. 💕🐈‍⬛

06/18/2021

This process seems like magic every time. ❤️💦

06/16/2021

Well. If everyone is supposed to be conserving water out of the tap let’s try grabbing it out of the air. Chemistry dust control magic. 💕 💦 (Sort of looks like it snowed in the arena today huh?)

06/09/2021

Iowa farm-life coolness. We think so anyway. 🙂

05/31/2021

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above. Don't fence me in. (Well maybe a few fences for safety would be ok...) Peaceful day on the back hill. ☀️🐎

05/26/2021

The colors tonight were amazing. Making the evening “work” seem nothing like work at all.