Apparently there is a herd of Polish Arabs in the Sacramento
area being offered "free to good homes." A case of
elderly owners who can no longer care for them. I got the message about
third hand, but many details are in the message below,
copied from a barefoot trimmer, "Sally" who traveled to Sacramento and
looked at the horses. I don't know "Sally" or anyone else
involved. Sounds like they might be nice horses.
Sara
From Sally:
OK, I went down to see the horses yesterday with a friend. They
are located in Rio Lindo, which is north of Sacramento, near the
airport.
Bob and his wife Kay are wonderful, caring people and it's
obvious how much these horses are loved. Due to Kay's illness, however, not
much has been done with them beyond their basic needs of feed and water. Bob
has done his best to care for the horses, but it is overwhelming both
financially and physically. The horses are healthy and in good
weight.
The quality of the entire herd is outstanding and very
consistent. Looking at these horses from a hoof trimmers perspective, all
have correct, straight legs, substantial bone and excellent feet. Most are
sired by *Dalipan 157475 or *Gedymin 157474 which were imported by Kay. There
are two bay stallions, the rest are greys. No chestnuts. The mares are all
bay or grey. Height of the horses range from approx. 14.3 - 15.1 h. Most look
right at 15h
I have the list of mares and stallions with
the registration info.Several of the young stallions are
registration pending. There is one nice grey gelding, age 13, that I would
imagine is broke to ride. I also saw an outstanding 12 year old stallion that
I was told has dressage training and had some endurance conditioning for
Tevis at one time.
Several of the stallions live together with no
apparent problems.
The young horses are yearlings and 2 year olds. All
very nice, but not halter broke. One yearling filly is to die for.The colts
are very well built with plenty of substance. I took a lot of photos, but
right now I'm having problems with a very slow internet connection so
I'm not even going to try to post them. Two mares are due to foal soon
(bagging up and look huge). All of the horses look quite healthy, some of the
feet are in dire need of hoof work, but most are fine. I saw nothing that
couldn't be fixed with a good trim. No signs of founder or
laminitis.
All of the horses, including the stallions, have calm,
friendly dispositions. They come right up to be petted and seem to love
attention, so halter training the youngsters shouldn't be a problem for
an experienced person. I met a neighbor who has started working with some of
them in an effort to help get these youngsters into good homes.
The
young colts are all intact - I only saw one gelding on the property. He was
a lovely, well balanced grey that I believe is broke to ride. He is 13 years
old. I started putting the photos into a pdf, which I'll try to post later
tonight or tomorrow. Since we were simply walking around in the herd, I
wasn't able to get a picture of every single horse, but when you see
the photos you'll have a good idea of what the mares and offspring look like
- they are all superior quality animals.
The yearling/2 year olds are
of undetermined parentage, due to some unplanned breedings. They could
probably be sorted out and registered with a little effort and dna/blood
testing, but I am no expert about that.
Anyone who is interested in
these horses should e-mail Kay at kaydavis7727@ sbcglobal.
net
