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Summary: "Honey", registered as "Honey's Hot Okie", arrived to CWER after her owner suffered a personal situation which required her to sell her farm. She tried to sell Honey, but the time of year and Illinois hay shortage, combined with her rushed time frame, kept her from finding Honey a good owner in time. Her owner wanted only the best for Honey, so rather than risking auction or the local horse trader from whom she'd purchased the mare more than a year before, she chose to donate her to us here at CWER.

Honey is a well trained western pleasure/trail mount for intermediate/advanced riders. She appears to have been allowed to get away with things with a less experienced rider, and does test her rider some. When settled, she has a reasonable headset (not "pushing peanuts"; close to level), and her jog is very smooth and sweet. Given her nervousness her first ride in our arena, I would not expect that she has shown much if at all.

She is a great size and confirmation, with excellent bloodlines, especially on her sire's side. We look forward to finding Honey a new home as a showing or trail mount, and get her on track with a new life as soon as we can.

Honey is a nice easy keeper, easy load, stands wonderful for farrier and bath time. She has had a double caslick and cannot have babies...she does occationally have diahhrea and can be controlled with probiotics that cost about $50 per year.

History: We don't know a lot of Honey's history; her last mom bought her over a year ago from a trader, thin and in pretty poor shape. She's done wonders in bringing Honey into good condition, nursed her through her surgery, and now is heart broken at having to let her go. We're honored at the chance to help her, and Honey. 

ABOUT SPONSORING: Luckily, Honey has been wonderfully cared for and is in excellent health. She needs some exercise to muscle up, but has a good winter coat, is at an excellent weight (perhaps even a touch heavy), her feet are in nice condition, and she is current on all her medical needs. It's certainly rare for such a healthy horse to join us here at CWER! We would still like to have a feed sponsor for Honey, as her feed costs are approximately $35/month. Her medicine, a simple powder placed on her feed, is around $50/year, and her former owner sent months worth with her, so that won't be needed for a while. She will need bimonthly worming (roughly $5 each), and will of course need spring shots and coggins if she is still here in March, at a cost of approximately $100. Even a $5 donation helps us care for Honey and the other horses here at CWER.

Updates:

October 2005: Honey's adopted! Honey is now living at Tracy RC's farm, with hagrid and diego, and where Bob is staying for the winter. Honey's new dad, Jay, has loved horses for a long time, and has been taking western riding lessons for 2 years.

Bloodlines: Please remember that Honey has had surgery, and cannot be bred. Her top side breeding is VERY, VERY impressive! The mare's side has little to no records on the Quarter Horse Directory.