One of our SAFE Alumni Team volunteers recently checked in on Henry (James) and his adopter, Marion:
James is so lucky to have Marion as his owner. She absolutely loves him and dotes on him. She boards him at a hunter/jumper barn and the trainers seem to be very good and give her good advice. Marion does her own self-care and some other work around the barn.
Marion has done an amazing job with James. She slowly developed him, worked with a trainer and vet and now has a wonderful horse to ride. She gradually got him stronger and built up his muscles by first lunging and going over trotting poles. He now has the strength to be ridden and she can take lessons on him. They mostly do flat work and some ground poles. She has done some Western as well and she says he is an ‘all around’ horse. He is fun to ride and is great around kids. He is not nearly as spooky as he used to be. Marion and James love each other and there is a mutual trust. Marion says James is very sassy and calls him ‘Sassafrass’. She says ‘she loves him so much and he is the best thing in the whole world’.
Marion was able to do some online research and found that James is a registered purebred Arabian named OK W Troubadour. When he was born he had OCD surgery on his left stifle. He was at a show barn for 9 years. He was used as a kid lesson horse. Somewhere he got sold to a situation where he was not taken care of and then came to SAFE.
