Sparrow is a 24 year old, 14.1hh Quarter Horse cross. We suspect he is crossed with a Morgan or Hackney.
Sparrow is a spicy little guy looking for a person who wants to play!
He is available for adoption or as a care lease or foster horse.
He is a gentleman under saddle and tries his heart out. He is game for just about anything including exploring his first jumps (which we realized he had a talent for when he cleared a 3’ hung log with ease in his pasture after a storm!). He is solid at the walk and trot and is learning his balance at the canter. No buck, bolt, or rear under saddle. He is incredibly smart and is a confident dude with a great work ethic. He even knows how to line himself up to the mounting block so you can hop on with ease!
Sparrow has been with us 1 year and in that time has had a remarkable turn around in every way. He was rescued from a junkyard shed and came in as an emaciated BCS 1 with ulcerated sarcoids covering his face. He is now healthy and a fairly easy keeper with great feet and has never been unsound. Though sarcoids remain, they are reduced over 75% in a year’s time and we believe will continue in that direction with a topical cream (equiade) and appropriate fly control. They do not affect him even though they’re a little unsightly.
Sparrow was gelded very late in life and as such, in the pasture and on the ground he still thinks like a stallion. Thankfully the behavior does not carry over to being under saddle- even if he is next to mares in heat. He respects fences and even shares a fence line with a mare, but can get possessive of pasture mates. He does get unsettled when pasture mates leave him (he will run the fence line) but settles. He never disrespects fences, he just has to express how he feels. As such, he would require being pastured with geldings and a confident handler on the ground who understands his brain.
If it wasn’t for his stallion-like tendencies we would consider him suitable for an intermediate owner. However, due to this behavior, he will require an advanced-knowledgable home. He is available for adoption or care lease.
Adoption fee: $750.
He is also available as a care lease or foster horse.
Please note: Adoption fees are set in order to ensure adequate homes. The rehabilitation process for an emaciated horse with no physical needs or therapeutic shoeing (simply hay, vet, dental, farrier, feed, supplements, and care) for the first 6 months of rehabilitation is an average of $6,000+). Donations toward the costs incurred to rehabilitate an adoptable horse are always greatly appreciated.
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