Erna’s first FEI ride didn’t go as planned. The veterinarians are very strict and her horse was off slightly at the vet check, mid ride and they got pulled. Erna really wants to compete internationally, that’s her goal. This week, she flew to SC to compete at a FEI ride and they have snow! It’s been a little bit of a struggle, but she keeps plugging away. Fingers crossed that she will do well and that she will complete the 65-mile ride in SC on Saturday. #enduranceriding
At the beginning of the endurance ride on Saturday. This is when QR Markem Ali was wanting to go back to camp, because that’s where the hay is. He was not understanding the concept of riding out into the unknown yet.
Ashlee and Brooklynne were leading the way on their adopted horses.
#ltharabianrescue #enduranceriding #lthmarkemali
George living his best life. He is 14.2 hands, 13 years old and he is coming along in his “getting under saddle” training. He is so cute!
#lthgeorge #ltharabianrescue
QR Markem Ali completed his first LD ride at the Fire Mountain Endurance Ride last weekend. We could not be any prouder for him. He is extremely green still and needs more mile, lots more miles.
He is very nicely bred and his stud fee to create him was $10,000+. BUT his breeder never halter broke him and he lived on a mountainside, running up and down the mountain, for the first eight years of his life. We got the other horses caught and trained over three years. But it took us three years to finally get him and one other horse off the mountain and into a trailer. This was only last April.
So, over the last nine months, he has learned what a halter is, how to lead, how to pick up his feet, how to be handled…how to accept a rider, etc. Markem Ali handled being at the ride like an old pro, but he took his cues from the seasoned horses that were with him. He handled it all like a rock star.
His breeder, Quail Ridge Arabians, bred many nice horses. But like so many aging Arabian breeders, they kept breeding though they did not have the ability, strength or resources to handle and to train their horses. (It’s been a bit of an epidemic in the Arabian horse world.)
QR Markem Ali will continue in his training until we feel that he is a solid riding horse and that will take more time and miles.
#lthmarkemali #ltharabianrescue #lthenduranceriding #100milehorseinthemaking
#lthmarkemali at his final vet check at today’s endurance ride. #100milehorse in the making!
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Learning to load into a trailer. Bahia was unhandled when he came to us. Look at him now!
Thank you to Glenn for giving up your Saturday to help Bahia learn to load into the trailer. (Glenn adopted a horse from us last year and they ride 50-mile endurance rides now. What’s nice is when adopters become good friends who come and let us borrow their expertise to help our rescue horses!)
#ltharabianrescue #stallionrescue #unhandledhorserescue #lthbahia
This is Nemo’s first time ever trotting with a rider on his back! Erna was so excited that Nemo is progressing so nicely. He is a BLM mustang, 6/7 years old. He is sooo cute!!!
Now, before making a comment about his head being up, remember this is the first time he is having the sensation of having a rider in his back at a trot. Head up is very normal. As his training progresses, he will naturally start lowering his head.
#lthnemo #blmmustang #firsttrot #ltharabianrescue
Total of 35 horses evacuated from a hunter jumper barn. ✔️ These horses are safe at the Pomona Fairgrounds, CA now. We can fit five horses into our trailer, so we could really help. When we got to their barn, it seemed like the fire was still far away.
By time we had loaded the horses, the fire had already come so close that people were throwing suitcases into their cars and were taking off.
There are a lot of trees down, no electricity, no traffic lights. It’s scary.
Helping with fire evacuations. The fires are crazy. The wind is insane.
Maverick, the young Arabian stallion that the horse trader gave away because he had a laceration in his eye… well, he is a gelding now, we were able to save his eye and he has vision (after spending a month hospitalized). 🐴 Maverick is on his way to becoming a riding horse! 🐴
We are able to sit on him and walk him with a rider. He is taking that in stride (will post a separate video of today’s training session). 🐴 Maverick is 9 years old and 14.3 hands tall.
#lthmaverick #ltharabianrescue #stallionrescue
“I’m the cutest!” (Turn volume up) 🤩 #lthturwain #ltharabianrescue #stallionrescue
Truck Stop Break
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