Ridecamp: [RC] Horse needs a home

Forwarding for a friend:

Hi,

 My name is Amber Carroll. I am a representative for the CHAPS 
therapeutic riding center in Lafayette, IN. We have a horse that I am 
trying to find a home for because we had too many horses donated this 
year. We don't have the facility or money needed to keep the extra 
horses through the winter. Since we are a not-for-profit 
organization, we cannot afford to pay board to keep the horse 
somewhere else. You see, I have two weeks to find Peppy a home before 
he gets sent to the auction block. I think two weeks is a harsh 
deadline, but I'm determined to find him a home. I was hoping that if 
I tell you about Peppy, you might know someone who would be 
interested in buying him.

Peppy (Peppy Synbageneous) is an 18 year old sorrel half-Egyptian, 
half-Polish Arabian gelding. He is out of YF Gorgeous C  and is by YF 
General G. He stands right at 15 hands and is completely sound. 
Peppy's previousowner didn't deal well his Arabian tendency to be hot 
under the saddle. He tried to keep Peppy as a trail horse riding 
about once a week, but couldn't keep him from taking off when other 
horses passed at a trot or canter. He kept Peppy for several years 
before recently buying a younger, calmer quarter horse that would 
offer him no great challenge on the trails. We have had Peppy for 
just a few months, but already he is showing great potential. He 
learned to longe for the first time last week, and it only took him 5 
minutes to figure it out. He does well in both English and Western 
disciplines. He works well under saddle in the arena as long as he 
has a calm, confident rider. He is quite fast under saddle, and the 
rider has to remind him to keep calm and bring his speed down 
regularly, but I think he will be able to grow out of this in time. I 
haven't tried jumping him yet, but I think he would be willing to 
become a jumper with the right rider on him. He has excellent 
stall and leading manners. Peppy still loves the trails, but we are 
trying to teach him how to behave better off the trail before 
returning him to it.

Peppy is great with the kids in the stall, but the handicapped kids 
at CHAPS just can't ride him alone. He does do well with pony rides 
if he is on a lead rope. All the same, he is just not going to work 
for our program. That is why we are looking for a home for him. The 
other option is the kill block at an auction. We don't want to see 
that happen. We are hoping for $1000 for Peppy, but we will go lower 
as long as the price remains above auction prices. 

If you are interested or know someone else who is, please email me. I 
can get you photos and more detailed blood lines upon request. Thanks 
so much for you time.

Amber Carroll



"Some horses are so polite that when they come to a fence, they stop 
and let you go over first."



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