Rescue
Almost every horse That
is on the farm is a
rescue horse. Rescued
from neglect.
HARBITS RAFFELA
When I first found Raffela,
she was starved to a
rack of bones with a
scrawny 6 month old
colt at her side &
6 months in foal, at the
age of 3 years old.
She lived in a herd of 28
horses , & the sire
of her colt & unborn foal
was her sire Harbits
Elite which is now in
the greene pastures
due to slaughter. My
husband had worked wih
the guy who ownd
the herd & Had told
him I wanted a horse &
he had set it up to
come by to see the horses.
I was excited to see
them because this was
the first time I had
ever seen An Arabian horse
& I had always dreamed
of having one of my own.
Well when we arrived
It was feeding time & I
watched these people
feed their horses pig
slop & it was the
worse sight I had ever seen.
The horses were fighting
over the feed & the
mare Had kept her son
back away from the herd.
Finally the herd left
& I watched the mare as
she would let the colt
go eat what he could & I
just looked at those
big brown eyes. & I
knew that she was my
horse.
I didnt know anything
about horses at the time
but I had to rescue
her & her son Heck I figured
that she would be much
better off with me & my
husband than where she
was SO we bought her &
took her home. Raffela
was basically a wild horse
with her colt But we
had turned them loose on our
pasture of four foot
broam . 2 weeks Later I had
called the vet &
kept the same one that knew
the horses. & he
said "My gosh what ever you
are doing Keep it up
This is the Best I had ever
seen them Look" I felt
proud of myself & my horses.
Over the years we had
became the best of firends.
Well I did right because
the mare has
won State Champion in
English Pleasure open
& Amature
English Equitation Adult
Amatur Owner
Western Horsemanship
Adult Amature Owner
Native Costume open
& Trail Class Open
She has been To the
regionals 4 times but I have
Cerebral Palsy &
would always get nervous
But At least she has
been there done that .
We even done some barrel
Racing & she
would always win a third
& We went on some
trail rides & have even won a
color tv & 500 lbs
of horse feed.
I was a student of Richard
Shrake & I had earned
my Apprinticship under
Richard.
I have been offered
some big Bucks for her from
Richard Shrake &
I say Nope Money cant buy Love.
& Richard said to
me at one of the clinics "Rhonda
In all my life I have
worked with World Champion
horses & World Champion
Riders & I had never seen
a horse love their owner
as much as this mare loves you ,
Rhonda Whats your secret'
? I smiled & said "LOVE"
Why is this happening?
Abuse is everywhere it
is a demon that is allowed
to live because many
of us choose to let it live.
