Heartfelt Hackney Horse Rescue

04/15/2026

I am seeking my new friend and the photograph we took with Lumpy.

3 hackney horses-endangered domestic breed-call me if you are interested in volunteering

06/20/2024

04/17/2024

Dutchess was full of herself today. She showed off with John Bennett driving her.
I wish I had time to see her more often but I notice how she's changing and developing every month.
I am starting to see some of Velvet in her. She has her big soft eyes and her sweet disposition. Her color is like Highlander's.
John says she's a very fancy hunter prospect. I talked to Kaye to see if she still has some talented hunt seat riders and she said yes.
I'm ready for something totally bomb proof and quite a bit closer to the ground.
As much as I adore Hackney Horses I can't risk a fall.
I hate to be forced to retire at 73. My plan was to keep working until I was 75.
I am very excited about Dutchess being a hunter prospect at UPHA Shows!
It is certainly a wonderful venue in which to show Dutchess and lots of them are close to home.
I met a lovely senior woman who has her Lippett Morgan at the stable where Dutchess is. Two rare breeds at the same time and place so their owners could meet.
She lives 2 towns over. And I met another woman who wears Polly Paintbrush Creations I have worn myself. She lives in the same town where my hay comes from. It's great that all of us met today!
I'm not the only senior citizen with energetic young horses! Yippee!

01/27/2024

Dutchess is driving! So happy to hear her progress this far. She's been hooked 3 times and is well behaved. I can believe my little baby has grown up to a big girl already. Wow! I only wish Velvet could see her now.

03/24/2023

Dutchess is growing tall and and being turned out with her mother Velvet makes them both very happy. I have this rare photo of her by herself. The other 5 were eating hay and she was watching a wild turkey flying in the distance. They say this is the "look of eagles" when a horse sees something in the distance and stands perfectly still watching it. I was lucky to follow her gaze because she saw this wild turkey moments before I got a glimpse of it. It disappeared as quickly as it appeared. Horses are amazing creatures in so many ways. If you spend time with them in their natural state you can learn to be observant by doing what they do. We think we train them but they teach us to cooperate if we are willing to learn from them. Their eyes are magnificent and sensitive and can show their emotions from fear to resignation and everything in between.

01/17/2023

If anyone out there is ready to adopt a hackney or hackney cross they are available. There is a pretty little mare in Bastrop right now.

12/31/2022

My friend's hackney horse Merlin is at Cornell after being diagnosed with a very bad case of pneumonia. He is a valuable Grand Prix level dressage horse and breeding stallion. Say some prayers the he recovers. Hackney Horses are endangered so we can't afford to lose a single one. He's hanging in there and he had surgery to remove abscesses around his lungs and has drains in to remove fluid. He is a trooper. If he were a human he would be on a ventilator now. He is on oxygen and antibiotics now and is doing better than most horses. But it is still touch and go.

12/28/2022

If I you had 3 wishes, what would they be?