Stall 13 Horses

Major Spin has all the presence, movement, and smarts to go right on up the levels in dressage. He also has one of those classic “good brains” that means he could pack around at the Intro or Training levels quite happily. While I think he’d love and succeed at a dressage life, I would put money on his ability to fox hunt and to look damn good while doing so as well.

T3- August: https://youtu.be/ov5BEnisig0?si=ADsjeoiaqhoLy3r6

T2 - June : https://youtu.be/g5LVBAo7nA8?si=hNDJeRuhulF3zuOH

Outside hack at home April: https://youtu.be/SJWb9yIt-8E?si=9VtPb4th0dhSot6e

Spin is probably the only true rescue in my barn. I don’t use that word lightly. He’s a huge, smart, lump-headed goober who needs a job that accommodates a pretty special knee. Otherwise, I’d be eventing this horse up through the ULs.

Spin’s life hasn’t always been easy. was running at Fingerlakes under a trainer who has a reputation for not being the shining gem of the backside. When Spin first walked out of his stall for a listing with the Fingerlakes Finest Thoroughbreds organization, he hobbled out on three legs. The track trainer helping to list the horses was like, “Please just bring a trailer and get him out of that barn.”

Spin’s issue was his knee. Various vets have looked at the knee since we radiographed it and can assume that he may have slab fractured, continued to run on it, chipped, and developed arthritis both on the front side and rear sides of the joint. 

Compounding the problems, another reputable rehomer had recently seen Spin sitting in icepacks and getting continuously cold hosed on the knee before heading to the race paddock to run on it.

The track vets went so far as to donate radiographs of the knee. Suffice to say, the knee isn’t pretty and was not a candidate for surgery. But the trainer didn’t want to give him away, he “had a buyer in New Jersey” who wanted him… maybe to keep racing, maybe to retire (I find that dubious), who knows? So I did what was financially irresponsible at the time and ponied up the funds and got him out of there.

As or May 2025, Spin is sound and happily riding walk, trot and canter under saddle. My hope with Spin is that we can keep the knee quiet enough that he’ll make a nice lower level horse. 

So in the meantime, while I sort out how sound he will stay in work, Spin will be pointed at the RRP Makeover as Stall13’s entry. Not bad for one hell of a rehab! 

Spin will be available for adoption after the RRP Makeover in October. You can follow his training to the Makeover on the Makeover Tab here…

Sews is a huge, elegant goof ball who has three lovely gaits and a jump with clear, pretty knees. He feels great and has made it very clear that he is ready for a job! What job does Sews need? He could succeed at pretty much anything – eventing, dressage, fox hunting, jumpers, and even hunters for his daisy cutter movement. 

That said, Sews absolutely needs a herd… and he needs to have someone in that herd who can keep him in line. He's not mean at all, just can be the annoying little brother type.

Under saddle he is pretty uncomplicated and has ridden and competed for the last three months by a capable junior, and has been in my program a couple days a before and after. He is successfully and “fancily” showing off his flat work and happily popping over small fences (to increase as he keeps coming along).

Sews came through my program in Georgia last year and was with me from Christmas to March of 2023. In that time he gained a solid foundation and was coming along well.

He shipped to Washington to a very knowledgeable rider, and didn’t quite work out in the situation. To no fault of anyone’s he just needed a set of other geldings to play with. Alone in a paddock next to a pony, Sews just got himself in more and more trouble. His owner did everything under the sun – she treated for ulcers, worked him on the ground, and xrayed his back – he does have kissing spine, which he does not palpate to. *I'm happy to share more insights here as I do not believe that this is a limiting factor for him. 

Unsure how to go forward, she kindly shipped him back across the country.

Sews has hung out with my geldings and found his feet and herd. He was schooling Starter and BN fences here before heading to Georgia to a friend who provided him XC experience while we thawed and dried out. Sews did dressage lessons, xc schools, CTs and HTs at Starter with his junior before shipping back up here. He would love a doting human with a good sense of humor and at least an intermediate or above riding level. 

Requirements:

-  Shoes (he has tender feet)

-  A herd of geldings

-  A rider & trainer with intermediate or better skills in the saddle and solid abilities to maintain boundaries

-Correct saddle fit 

Sews' adoption fee is 5k but is open to negotiation to the perfect home. Adoptions can be resold.

Generation is an absolutely lovely, HUGE fellow. He came to Stall 13 in August with the goal of rehabbing his right ankle and finding him a job that does not include lots of torque and turn. I think this kid is going to kill it as a trail horse or as a hunt horse - and for both, he already has training. 

Generation came to us from the Genesee Valley Hunt after a few quality months of retraining. Gen, as we call him, has an ankle that went through chip removal but did not respond as expected and has grown an interesting amount of boney growths. 

He has been thoroughly examined (X-rays, palpations, and ultrasounds) by Cornell University and despite the shape and appearance of his ankle, the interesting part is that he does not palpate to any of the expected places. Their recommendation was a lower level life and the potential for injections in the future. We can do that.

Since arriving, Generation has transitioned from barefoot back into steel shoes. He has been turned out with a set of easy-going geldings and had a chance to learn the routine (stall at night, out during the day).  He has been good to handle, good for the farrier and good in turnout. Basically this guy is just a great big good egg of a handsome bay gelding... and we need better photos to show him off. He's so unfazed by everything that getting a lovely confirmation photo can be tough... (there are worse problems for sure)

The plan is for Aubrey to hop on him this week and to begin to point him towards a career that he will both mentally enjoy and which his body - and that ankle - can handle. 

Keep an eye out for more updates and adoption fees here. 

Gibbs is a lovely moving, sweet, talkative dude. He loves people and prefers to have a job and friends. If you like talkative horses, he’ll nicker / chuff sweetly at you all day long just to draw in more attention. Gibbs is WTC for an intermediate rider with a good trainer / barn manager who knows how to handle sensitive-footed OTTBs. 

Gibbs is good to have a full life of riding and companionship, but he requires a few extras: his own stall and a good farrier (and limited turnout). Look, I’m a huge fan of getting these horses outside as much as possible. That said, his feet really just can’t currently handle it the wet-dry cycle of turnout. He can turnout but smaller, dry spaces would be preferred. He cannot go barefoot and just be in boots – that’s a fine stop gap if he loses a shoe, but this kid is tender and needs all the bottom-up help he can get. 

Gibbs would be a lovely pasture pet, or very low level dressage mount or just a good all around kiddo. He has not spent much time jumping and gets quite nervous outside of arenas, so I wouldn’t recommend him for a trail home unless said adopter knows how to work with green and anxious types. Inside the arena or the near-field, he is lovely, kind and has super movement under saddle. 

His issues to know about: 

-  Feet: Needs a quality farrier and at least front shoes at all times

-  Limbs: Has a well-healed lesion of his superficial digital flexor tendon (LF at 30%) *Is currently sound on the leg

-  Back: Is slightly roach-backed. This has no impact on his riding ability

The backstory: 

Gibbs has been in and out of my program since 2023. This war horse with 72 starts had a kind eye and deserved a serious letdown and great restart to match him with the right home. That said, Gibb’s retirement has not gone entirely as planned. 

To briefly summarize: 

In September of 2023, Gibbs made it to my farm (Kivu Sporthorses & Training – then located in McDonough, GA) and on his third day of turnout, cantered around my field while I watched and put a 30% lesion in his left front superficial flexor tendon. I brainstormed what to do and ultimately my vets and I came up with a plan that donated him to a lovely local rescue where they could provide his care. Gibbs stayed at Southern Star Animal Rescue and received all the care he needed including Renovo treatment and shockwave for seven months. After he passed his final ultrasound scan with flying colors, Gibbs returned to me to be restarted. After a few months, I managed to rehome him to a set of good riding, kind folks and the story should have happily ended there. 

However, Gibbs’ feet don’t hold up to full time turnout and he needs individual feeding away from other horses. He had dropped weight and was less than sound (due to his feet, not the rehabbed leg). They kindly shipped him back to me, and we started over. Gibbs has been back with me in New York since September and has packed on the pounds (and the hair- he’s a fuzzy yak!) and his feet have been challenging, but are getting better.  I have hopped on him a few times since he has come home but mostly have been letting him pack on the pounds and start to feel better across his whole body.

 The kiddo feels fantastic currently and is ready for a job!

**PLACED IN A FANTASTIC HOME**