Meet the horses
TRAVELER
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Traveler has been integral to us since he arrived at the farm in early
September 2004. He is a tall, flea-bitten gray Appendix Quarter Horse
with a particular affinity for rolling in mud, much to the chagrin of
our horse care staff. He was donated to Lift Me Up! after years of
foxhunting in the Charlottesville area. His foxhunting experience is a
tremendous asset to us, rendering him calm and unflappable in the face
of unfamiliar and unpredictable sounds, sights, and activities in the
therapeutic riding arena. Traveler thrives on the attention he receives
from program riders and staff.
MO
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Mo arrived at the farm in December 2006, and quickly staked her claim to
the first (and largest) stall in the barn. She happily presides there
as the first horse to greet visitors to the program. Mo is a
Clydesdale/Thoroughbred cross mare standing 16.2 hands tall, on lease to
the program from Gone to Ground Farm in Lovettsville, Virginia. She was
foaled in 1986, and spent 14 of her 21 years in the hunt field, jumping
and galloping cross-country. Mo is enjoying an active and vigorous
retirement at Lift Me Up!, where she ably teaches our older and taller
riders the finer points of equitation and dressage; despite her tall
stature, she is able to collect her movement to carry even the most
anxious riders surely and safely. She also enjoys trail rides to Great
Falls Park and Riverbend Park, where she eagerly jumps fallen logs and
other natural obstacles. We recently discovered that Mo has a real knack
for musical dressage - she practically dances through rides set to
music, matching the rhythm of the selected music like a metronome.
ELMO
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