Looking For the Horse He is Meant to Be

Meet Indy. It is said that "All that wander are not lost". So it is with Indie. A 15 year old Thoroughbred with a story. Once a fancy jumper, Indy had a grand show record. Known to many trainers, he was thought to be a fine athlete with a good temperament. As it would happen, the unexpected occurred and Indy was injured. Eventually, he was sold and this was the beginning of his trek that landed him here today. Just where here is, we will tell you in a minute.
Once Indy had been injured, it was his lot to be sold as is so with many horses in this situation. Somehow, he wound up in the Charro Rodeo. We heard stories and, if Indy could talk, we are sure he would share more. Probably more than any one of us would want to hear, but, we learned that he was treated very unkindly and we can only imagine what "unkindly" means. As a result, we are sure that who Indy started out to be began to change. Becoming a little more afraid and much more unable to trust those about him to treat him with common kindness offered to any animal, we are quite sure there was a sure change of heart in this horse. This little injured horse started to fall through the cracks. At some point, Indy found his way back to Canoga Park, California. A lady heard about this horse and went to see about buying him. One late afternoon, looking for a children's horse, Indy turned out to be just a little too tall, but it was the condition he was in and the way he was living that startled her. Indy was well over 200lbs underweight and living in a shed with two Pit bull dogs. Looking at him, she just could not leave and not take him out of that nightmare. She offered the gentleman the money she had in her pocket and he agreed that she could take him. Now she had this sad, dirty, skinny little horse and no trailer. Knowing she wasn't "a very brave rider" she made a decision to get him out of there that night.  Tacking Indy up, she hopped on him and rode him down De Soto Avenue with the traffic of a busy street, crosswalks, street lights and many, many distractions that would scare the tar out of any horse, but not Indy! Indy walked quietly through the street, stopping at traffic lights and bravely through dozens of crosswalks. He didn't even flinch!
 Indy wasn't home yet! He came to the attention of the Heart of the Horse, needing to be rescued, he was now in big trouble! April Horowitz, founder of The Heart of a Horse Foundation, immediately called Katie Cocquyt of Green Feed Systems and wanted to know if there was anything she could do for him. Just so happened that Katie and Green Feed Systems had been looking for a horse to care for.
So, remember how we told you we would share with you where Indy landed? Well, here he is! Indy was picked up and brought to Fieldstone Riding Club in Moorpark, California. He is now in the care of so many people, that we all may just be confusing him a little. Trainer, Michelle Pacyna of Fieldstone, Farrier, Terry Pfankuchen, Katie Cocquyt, Green Feed Systems and me, Lisa Gilmore are his biggest fans and supporters. Along with a whole barn full of horses and horse owners that are happy to see him.
Green Feed Systems is proudly sponsoring this horse along with The Heart of a Horse Foundation.
Indy has a long way to go. It will be a test of his faith and willingness to trust us and our love for him that will help us to help him. He has just tried to be so many things to please so many people that who Indy is just got lost. His once, grand and beautiful spirit has been hidden away for safe keeping and no one can blame him for that. We know there is that big, proud and wonderful horse in there somewhere and we just have to find him.
Please join us on our journey and share in the adventure of  Finding Indy!