CWER Videos...Happy Horsemanship!

We hope you enjoy these videos of CWER's horses. Some are seeking new homes and new lives. Many are horses who have moved onto new homes and are stars on our success stories pages. For those still waiting for the perfect home, please see adoptable horses. For those who have earned forever homes here, or who are not yet stable enough to be considered adoptable, please see permanent guests.

Crosswinds Equine Rescue, Inc. -- 8182 E 200 North Road, Sidell IL 61876 -- 217-649-7915 -- email

Note: The videos are primarily in date order; however, some of our favorites are at the top to be sure folks don't miss them....

8/22/11 SALLY!! CWER's OWN GRADUATE SALLY WINS GOLD AT THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS, her first show ever!!!!!!!!!
1/4/2012 Magic, 18mo starved Missouri Fox Trotter filly Magic enjoying her back scratch!!!!
1/2/12 Phoenix Phoenix, 8y clyde/TB cross, http://www.youtube.com/user/crosswindseqresq?feature=mhee#p/u/6/Q4Z5Ndz9Ufg
Phoenix' first dressage lesson (nothing exciting, but of interest to those wanting to see what she was learning)
11/1/11 Thinkaprince, 16yo TB ThinkaPrince' first ride at CWER !
1/2/12
9/2/11		 Veil (coming 3-yo)
Twiggy & Sasha, 2 year olds		 1/2/12 -- newest youngster, learning to bicycle! (https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150424768510876)
9/2/11 -- Twiggy n Sasha play in the pasture (Sasha sends Twiggy) (Twiggy floats away)
9/2/11 Skye, 13yo Mustang Mare 9/2/11 -- first riding canter outdoors in years; first trot bareback.
8/1/11 SERGE,  percheron gelding emaciated/starvation
case recovery		 Se't 11 -- Serge starts to exercise agian...BICYCLING! and ground driving at a trot!!! GO SERGIE GO!!!
5/1/11: Serge, day 11 on the Circus Stand.
5/1/11: Serge, day 11 recovery footage including using the wire to trace his shape and show his progression
Aug'11 - Serge's hoof issues -- good to bad to recovering again.
4/10/11 Jack! AQHA gelding 4/10/11: Jack's third ride ever -- trots, backs, no-rein halt, more.
4/3/11: Jack's pre-ride workout, and then his first ride ever.
1/23/11 to 5/29/11 Stormy, 8yo POA pony mare 5/29/11: Stormy's first outdoor ride at CWER, semi-retired, light riding duty horse.
1/23/11: Stormy's first outdoor long line session (ground driving) -- fantastic!!
1/29/11 to 5/29/11 Summer, 13yo arabian mare 5/20/11: Summer's second riding video -- she's no longer in pain, but is still AFRAID it will hurt; we are doing short riding exercises to help her beyond her fears.
4/1/111: Summer playing in the outdoor arena at liberty -- SUCH a gorgeous mover!
4/9/11: Summer stretching/fitness exercises, including on the exercise stand.
3/21/11: Summer's first ever "bicycling" lesson with Mike! (don't try this at home) PART 1 and PART 2
2/28/11: Summer's first ride at CWER -- still tender in her back.
2/27/11: Summer working at liberty, GORGEOUS
2/26/11: Summer's ground driving lessons.
1/29/11: A slide show of Summer's first afternoon in the big pasture with the main herd.
12/5/10 & 12/26 Fay, 8yo belgian mare 12/26/10: two videos of her 3rd ever ride:
Part 1 -- First trot with a rider;
Part 2 -- First ever CANTER under saddle, which happens to be outdoors and outside any fences!
12/5/10 -- Fay's first ever ride!!!
5/1/10 Trinity, 4yo Clide mare Trinity's first ride ever!
11/8/2010 Zima, 4yo Mo Fox Trotter (gaited) mare 11/14: Now added -- Zima's first ride at CWER!
Enjoy Zima's 2nd ever training session video  and  A Flipbook slideshow of Zima's first days at CWER!
8/20/2010 Baby, Rosie, Molly Enjoy a fun 'slideshow' of the 2 newcomers, and Rosie's only foal, Molly, here at CWER "slideshow" video
11/15/09 Molly, 4yo paint pony mare
  1. Enjoy Molly's 2nd ride ever! This is the smartest horse or pony we've EVER known, and she is doing FANTASTIC in her riding training! Enjoy the video.
  2. Enjoy Molly's FIRST RIDE! Her favorite volunteer, Heather, did a fantastic job in her ground work, and it clearly shows through in her first ride video!
  3. Molly is ground driving wonderfully, a final training step prior to her first rides. She is learning to understand the bit, input from her future rider, responding to a human she may or may not be able to see....video.
6/1/10 Sasha, 5mo orphan filly Fall 10: Baby Sasha has fun playing tag with the puppy! video
Spring 10: Yearling Sasha playing in the roundpen video
5/31/10 Taylor, 11yo QH mare 1. Taylor's first ever ride!
5/16/10 Lady, 8yo Clyde mare
  1. Lady's "firsts" -- first canter, first time outdoors, first ride with a "late beginner"....
  2. Lady's first ride ever!
5/16/10 Blixa, 8yo Oldenburger
  1. Blixa's  3rd day riding at CWER!
  2. Blixa's first outdoor ground driving lesson -- his 2nd drive ever, at least with us.
  3. Blixa's first day in the pasture, "slideshow" with cameos of almost the entire herd!



4/18/10 Lexi, 10yo OTTB mare Lexi's first outdoor ride in 2010 -- w/t/canter work in the outdoor arena with an eventing rider!
Lexi's first time free jumping since coming to CWER!
4/10/10 "meet the herd" Blixa's first day in the pasture, "slideshow" with cameos of almost the entire herd!
4/1/10 Nico, 7yo QH/mustang mare 1. April 2010 -- Nico's first canter under saddle and her first ever ride outdoors!
2. January 2010 -- week riding (ride #3) video!
4/1/10 Butter, 8yo palomino paint
  1. april 2010 -- Butter works outside, including first flying lead change!
  2. Fall 2009: This is her first ride back at CWER video.
  3. Fall 2009: Here is her 2nd/3rd rides outdoors video.
11/22/09 Xena, 8yo Shire Mare  Xena's first canter under saddle, 2nd ride outdoors video
6/5/2010 Ruthie, older arabian mare Ruthie's first rides at CWER -- and she's so clearly having such fun! video
8/9/09 Sally, 3yo paint mare Beautiful miss Sally is doing wonderfully in her ground driving video!
5/1/10 Memphis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIsPZlrK4bQ Becky is one of our better riding volunteers. She also has an interest in adopting Memphis. This is a video of her riding Memphis tack-less. It is great fun to watch and you can tell from the laughs and talking in the background that we all have fun watching her. __._,_.___
11/14/2010 Blue Beauty, 8yo blue roan mare First ever training evaluation session at CWER, including round pen and first saddling now loading on youtube
2/10/10 Kelso, 7yo QH/TB Gelding
  1. Feb 10 -- Kelso's first canter under saddle! This young man has really matured.
  2. Oct 09 - Kelso has finally matured and is now ground driving. If you watch him carefully, you will see short glimpses of his mother's incredible grace and fluid motion in this video...
  3. Kelso was still maturing and finding his balance and himself in this spring 09 video.
2/10/10 Val, 18+hh Belgian gelding Val is sound! this is a brief video of his first and second round pen session, and his first time with the circus stand!
11/20/09 Dazzle, 2yo quarter horse/mustang mare
  1. Dazzle, "pretty in pink", is a terrific horse that our volunteers regularly fight over whose turn it is to ride! Here's a sweet video after the girls dressed her up to look pretty, just for you to watch her video!
  2. Dazzle plays soccer under saddle on video
11/18/09 Pepper, 3yo red dunn QH gelding
  1. Nov 09 -- Pepper is an amazing young man! Such a great personality, such fun. He's sweet, loving, playful; enjoy his first ever canter in an arena, and also his first ever spok with a rider  video.
  2. Jan 09 -- Pepper's first week riding -- INCLUDING BAREBACK AND BRIDLELESS! video
10/15/09 Kahsahpay, 2yo wild mustang mare
  1. Kahsahpay learns to ground drive! On day 27, our 'wild child' is learning a key skill prior to her future owners choosing to teach her to ride or drive. Enjoy the video.
  2. Kahsahpay goes bicycling! Yes, I did say bicycling....enjoy the video
  3. Kahsahpay's 2nd day at CWER -- just 2 days earlier she was running wild in a BLM holding facility...she's had less than an hour's human interaction here when we recorded this video.
9/5/08 Miata and Romi Enjoy a fun training clip of 2 horses round penning at once -- including opposite directions! Video

Across the rainbow bridge:

Cheveyo: On June 11, 2008, Cheveyo was rushed to U of I for an extreme bout of colic. Attempts at colic surgery found massive lesions and tumors in his abdomen which must have caused him unbelievable pain. He was allowed to remain at rest, and his suffering is finally over. This galant young man gave us his all at every turn, and none who ever met him will forget.

GrayC: On January 26, 2006, we had to put a horse to rest for the first time. GrayC was a darling Arabian mare who tragically had a compound break of a hind leg and was humanely euthanized when the vets confirmed there was nothing they can do. We will never forget you, GrayC.

Hagrid and Diego: Rest in peace, dear sweet old friends. These two gentlemen were lucky enough to have several years in the kindest, most loving of adoptive homes, when Mother Nature finally insisted it was Diego's time, and Hagrid (also elderly, in ill health, and terribly attached to his dear friend) was lovingly allowed to cross the rainbow bridge with him.

Rocky, a 20+ year old mini/pony mare,  passed away recently, peacefully and restfully at home with her loving family.  Children all over the Champaign area will miss you, darling Rockers.
 
Crosswinds is now a proud member of the Horse Banner Exchange

Crosswinds Equine Rescue, Inc. -- 8182 E 200 North Road, Sidell IL 61876 -- 217-649-7915 -- email