Ride Off Ranch

Ride Off Animal Rescue’s Penny is ready for her forever home! Foaled 1/24/09 (12 years), mare, 16 hands, raced a handful of times. JC name Good Mango. Located in Santa Rosa CA at Ride Off Ranch. In the name of transparency, we will be laying out every single thing we know about her, both positive and negative. Please contact us only if you’ve read through the entire ad and watched the video. ... Penny is BEAUTIFUL, extremely eye catching, and learns quickly. She requires an experienced rider, or an intermediate rider working full time with a trainer. We will not adopt her to a beginner home; it’s very obvious she will never be a beginner’s horse no matter how trained she is. She will go into a dressage frame and is working on basic flat work, however she finds flat work boring and LOVES to jump. If we need her to chill out and concentrate, we put a jump in front of her and the flat work magically improves for the day. That being said - she has a pretty good spook and needs lots of confident encouragement from her rider if there are distractions (ahem, cattle) or if she’s worried about the jump itself. Her right lead is better than her left, but in only a few short months she has improved immensely. When she bonds to a rider or handler she tries her heart out. With consistent training and with her new owner taking the time to build the bond, she could go into the upper levels of eventing, jumping, or possibly the hunter or dressage ring. She has been to her first schooling show (a combined test) and did very well after her nerves subsided. Patience is key with her, and she needs someone who will take the extra time to wait her out rather than try to rush her past a nervous period. She is a MARE, and although she is bay she may as well be a chestnut. Very spicy at times. She will kick the fence if she doesn’t approve of her neighbor and she will kick any horse that comes near. Her hind legs are her weapons and she knows it. We put a red ribbon in her tail at shows. She does stand for the farrier but requires an alert person at her head so the farrier can work. She has pulled back from being tied so we only tie her to twine, but she hasn’t pulled back in about 5 months. Haven’t tried cross tieing her. She’s been treated for ulcers, wormed, and up to date on vaccines. She has an appointment later this month to check her teeth. Still reading?! Great!! Her adoption fee is mid four figures, although we will accept an offer from the perfect home. When making an offer, please keep in mind that her adoption fee will go directly into our rescue fund to help our current and future rescue horses. We also keep track of our horses for life, and if she was ever to be rehomed again ROAR must be contacted first per contract. Email: [email protected] Text or call Charlie: 707-477-5005

Josie has been working hard on her position over fences, and it’s paid off!

Penny and Lil Bit have an... interesting relationship

Penny had her first show ever today, a combined test at Strides Academy. She has not been taken off property since we’ve had her, but she managed to hold her nerves together! It was a learning experience for her and we’re so proud! She is available for adoption, contact us for info. Until she finds her person, she’ll keep gaining miles and continue to grow in her training