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She is a very willing mare and likes to work. Her person will be someone who is a confident intermediate or above rider that is looking to spend miles on the trails. She is still considered "green" because she doesn't have a lot of mileage at this point, but is extremely sensible. Her previous owner passed away and because she was barely broke under saddle, she was difficult to sell, so the owner's family placed her with us to be sure she would get a great start on her new life.

Paris is one of the "Last Chance 3" rescued on Jan. She had already been tagged with a UDSA slaughter tag and was going to be run through the Knoxville Livestock Auction with 7 other horses as "loose lot". That means no riding through the auction, all seven horses go in as one lot and must be bought all together.

Any loose-lot horses that are run through like that usually go direct to kill. Paris is a beautiful black sabino with chrome to spare. She is a 13yo est. She has completed well over days of professional training, has a solid foundation and is doing well on trails.

She is UTD on vaccines, coggins and dental. Paris appears to be allergic to pine pollen so she will not be able to live in pastures with large amounts of pine trees - sorry folks, if you live in the pine barrens of NJ, she won't be right for you.

Paris is a more whoa than go kind of girl. She is currently packing advanced beginner youth riders in the ring and has also done well on the trail with novice riders. She is ready for her new person and located in Frederick, MD. She will do best with a patient novice or above, she has a lovely gait and is also happy to just walk. Watch for videos and pictures coming soon. Welcome Iggy! He is a 14yo, Iggy is going to be looking for a very special person to call his own.

He will need someone that is a confident intermediate to advanced rider who LOVES to spend the time to bond with their horse. Iggy is the kind that will feed off of nervous energy of his rider, but if you believe you can do it, so will he. Iggy has an amazing natural gait and will also trot and canter. He has miles and miles of trail experience and would excel in CTR or Endurance. He would also do well in most versatility riding situations. He can be a bit sticky with his trailer loading and we'll be working with him on that, but he's a rockstar under saddle for the confident rider.

He rides bitless and we have years of history on Iggy. He was owned by the same breeder as our Lily, Ollie and Angel at one point.

Once we finish our own evaluation on Iggy, he will be available for adoption. We will be interviewing adopters very carefully for this amazing horse to make sure he's in the right hands. Iggy is located in Frederick, MD. He arrived to them in April, underweight and still a stallion. They did a great job rehabbing him, had him gelded and now he's ready for some training!

We had an opening and agreed to bring him in. Traveler was originally adopted with two other foals from Last Chance Corral, the adopter abandoned all three horses with her father who could not care for them. The remaining two are still with Rocky's and will also need training. Look for progress reports over the next few months. She has side bone and ring bone but is pasture sound, she could do an occasional light hack around the property on soft ground or pony rides for the grand kids, but she will NEVER be riding sound and riding her could cause permanent damage making her unsound in the pasture.

This girl is sweet, and just a joy to be around. She loves those big old ears scratched and adores children. She was a carriage mule in KY for most of her life and is now looking for a forever person to dote on her, whisper sweet nothings in those ears and adore her for her magnificence in the field. She will need to have her grass pasture time limited, she's an easy keeper and we don't want her to lose her girlish figure and founder in the process We're really pleased to have her here at GAIT, Inc.

She's been well loved, had tons of mountain trail experience, parades, shows, etc when she was riding sound, but now she's ready to retire to a home that will just love to have her hanging out, brushing her, petting on her and adoring her.

He's got looks, he's stocky built, easy keeper with no health restrictions. This horse is a complete rockstar in the ring and on the trails. He's got that typical foundation Walking Horse stride, a beautiful natural gait and even a canter.

He will lead the group through anything, trailers well and is good in the field. Twist has an appointment pending this week with a potential adopter, but if she doesn't scoop him up, consider him available.

She is very well gaited and has a beautiful self carriage. She escaped shipping because she was simply too sick to be put on a load. Tikvah took a couple weeks to settle into her current home, but once she felt safe, well, WOW!

This mare is rock solid under saddle with a confident rider. She'll do best with a confident intermediate or above who is willing to follow through if she decides to test her rider by trying to turn and go home. She will take advantage of a timid rider. She is more of a "push" ride, you'll need a bit of leg to keep her moving forward in the ring, but is more free moving on the trails. She also has a canter if asked.

We haven't found a spook in her. She still needs a little work standing at the mounting block. She can be a little protective of her back end around other horses so please be sure to ask other riders to respect her space.

She has been ridden by novice youth riders in the ring and seems brave. His partner is no longer able to ride and care for him and asked us to help. We were glad to say yes. He arrived on May 18, He will need to live with restricted access to grass, but has tested negative for Cushings.

He is sound and is a steady and experienced trail horse who will carry a Adv. Beginner or above rider happily on the trails. Don't tell Hobo that he's "old" though, this boy loves his job and loves to move out on the trails.

We want to find the just right home for Hobo, he will need to stay within a 1-hour radius of Maryland! He's been loved his entire life, and we're going to make sure that doesn't ever stop for him.

He has completed over days of professional training with Ashley Lauer and had found a new home, but sadly his previous bucking problems resurfaced and he was returned. It was found upon return through xrays that he has kissing spine. Ashley is a light-weight rider who rides bareback a lot, that the may explain why he did not have an issue while in her training program.

Kahuna is VERY well gaited, he is amazing on the trails, he neck reins and has all the "buttons" of seat and leg aid. He is a great trail horse and spent over a year with our trainer, never offering a buck during that time, but he was adopted, and the adopter was thrown when seemingly out of no where he began bucking.

Kissing Spine may be helped with injections every few months, but he may do best as a companion only horse. Kahuna is available to a professional level rider or as a companion, as we do not feel he is not safe for the average rider under saddle. He's a very sweet horse that just wants his own person to love. He has too many hours of training to even count. He may be available as a long-term foster to the right home as well. She arrived thin but has been fully rehabbed, received 60 days of refresher training with Lacey Mackintosh of Stable Minds LLC and is ready for her new home.

Pip is a sweet mare that is easy to handle, good for vet and farrier and does great out on the trails. She has old Keratitis, causing a cloudiness of the lense in one eye, but she still has vision and it does not cause her any problems.

Pip is solid in the ring and on the trail with a very nice gait. We have observed some intermittent lameness in the left shoulder, so she is being adopted as light riding sound at this time. Pip is an easy keeper, easy to get along with in the field, no metabolic issues. She's currently barefoot. She's the kind of horse that you can let the kids play with in the ring or even on short trail rides. He's a sweet boy and is the benevolent herd leader in his little band of four horses.

He does well on pasture, but needs additional food in the winter as he does quid hay and is not able to eat enough hay to maintain weight in the winter without meals. He has been ridden in the past, but he's getting older and slower and is very happy to just be a pretty lawn mower at this point. He was purchased from a Field Trial dealer by a first-time horse owner and he arrived in very poor condition. The owner was not prepared to care for a horse needing the level of dietary rehab that Sid needed and asked for help.

After many months of careful rehab, Sid is now ready to move forward to a new home. Our equine dentist has confirmed his age to be around There's no doubt about this horse's breeding when you watch that signature flat walk and running walk! He's also got a beautiful canter. Sid is a trail horse deluxe, give him a second to think about it and he'll take you anywhere you ask him to go.

No, he's NOT a beginner's or timid rider's horse. This horse loves to cover the ground at a sensible working walk and flat walk. He's got all the "handle" you want in a good trail horse. Seat and leg aids, an excellent neck rein yes, you can still ride English if you prefer, horses don't care what tack you use as long as it fits.

This video was shot after FIVE months of rehab, that's right, he has not been ridden in at least five months. Sid still needs to rebuild some muscle and will need to continue to be fed a low carb, forage first diet. Right now he is getting 3 meals a day of 5 qts senior feed and a flake of alfalfa in addition to free choice quality pasture and grass hay.

If you're on a tight feed budget, Sid is not the horse for you. He will eventually be able to have rations cut, but Sid likes to move, he will not be an easy keeper as far as his diet goes, you have to fuel the athlete. But everything else about Sid is easy! Sid is easy on the eyes, a velvety black coat and handsome face. He is easy to live with, he's low in the pecking order and does well in a mixed herd.

He's easy to ride, he's the same horse at the beginning and the end of the ride, he will listen for your cues and happy to do anything you ask of him. He's easy to love, this boy is sweet and wants so much to have his very own person to spoil. Sid has the signature long-strided walk of the TN Walking Horse. His perfect person enjoys a relaxed but forward moving horse. No, we're not talking about yahoo city here, he just enjoys his job and will cover ground on the trail.

He will need further conditioning before he'll be ready for the longer rides, but winter is a great time for that! He will do best with a confident rider, one that rides alone or with other gaited horses, Sid is not going to be able to match the short-stride of a pokey QH, so please be realistic, trying to get Sid to ride along-side a slow walking trotting horse is going to be torture for you and him.

Sid is the kind of horse an experienced rider can have a blast on without worrying about all of the drama of a young horse, he's got a head full of sense and a personality to match. Sid's person is going to love trail riding, he doesn't have to be worked every day, so as long as he's kept in good physical condition, just pull him out of the field and go. He's good in his stall and is very happy out in the field as long as his dietary needs are being met, he cannot maintain his weight on pasture and hay alone.

He goes with a no-rehome contract with a lifetime return policy, enforceable with a monetary breach of contract clause.

We're serious about protecting the horses that come into our rescue. Like many Paso Finos, she will do best with a confident but quiet rider and handler where there is lots of consistency in her home life.

She loves to work, she has a beautiful and natural Paso Fino gait and has trail experience. Kira is "medium" brio, she's a very willing mare and once she trusts you will carry you anywhere. She loves to swim, and will lead or trail ride alone with a confident and experienced rider, but she will feed off of nervous energy, so the right rider fit will be key to success.

This mare loves to be out and enjoying the trails, she's also got a natural ability for jumping. She's make a great competitive trail horse, obstacles, distance riding, camping, etc. She's well started but was green on arrival. She's in a mixed herd and is middle in the pecking order. Ash is a coming 5yo Mountain Horse type mare. She has been with Gait, Inc. She received her first under saddle training as a late 3yo and has over days of professional training.

She then spent several more months getting mileage with StarryNight Stables. For the past year, she's been with an adopter as a youth riding horse, however, the kids just aren't riding her enough and the adopter has decided that it's in Ash's best interest to move forward to a good trail home where she'll get the exercise and stimulation a young horse needs. She now has a solid foundation on the ground and is going well under saddle and on the trails. She is a beautiful gold champagne with three white socks and a blaze, quite striking, and she is a good solid girl, well boned and stocky.

She is curious and intelligent, she learns quickly, but will do best with a confident intermediate patient rider since she is still young and green. She has been turned out with other horses and has done well with mares and geldings. He was originally advertised by his owner as "free to a good home" as "light riding or companion" because he was not sound at the time.

He was supposed to be a 14yo Foxtrotter who was "beginner safe" and trail ridden all over - but he was purchased at auction by the owner, so that info needed to be tested. On arrival, he was very foot sore from neglected feet. We were able to quickly address the problem and on his evaluation ride, he was everything we'd hoped he would be. His evaluation has shown a horse that is more whoa than go, but will move out when asked, he does a nice flat walk, running walk and goes well bitless.

He is currently being ridden by youth riders and is doing well in group rides. He'd rather mosey along, so someone that prefers to just travel along the trails will be perfect for him. Bandit is sound, but will need some additional time with a good farrier to correct some old rotation. He has foundered in the past and we don't know if it was from feed, too much grass or could have even been from an illness at some point, but the founder line is at least 6 months old. He is currently sound with font shoes even on hard packed stone-dust.

Xrays are available on request. He was gelded and broke as a 5 or 6yo and is now very solid under saddle on the trails and in the ring. He is a brave young horse, well gaited, has a beautiful canter and is currently working in a youth lesson program with novice or above riders.

He would do very well in a Competitive Trail environment, or someone who enjoys camping and travelling with their horse. He really needs to be in a gelding only herd, he can get possessive of mares, his testosterone levels are normal, but he still carries some stallion-like behaviors in the field if there are receptive mares around.

He will do best in a private home or small boarding operation that has consistent handlers vs. He is a real gem having not been broke to ride until about a year ago, he has had a very solid start under saddle. The video here was from our initial evaluation back in He is experienced on the trail, camping, mounted games and is generally a good all-round horse.

He is UTD on all of his vaccines and coggins and is ready for his new home. Until he's adopted, he'll be hanging out in Frederick, MD having fun doing summer camp and youth lessons. Don't miss out on this very nice gaited pony. Her background is unknown and she is not registered with the PFHA.

She may be registered with another group like the Puerto Rican Paso association, but we did not send DNA to check with other organizations.

We have spent almost a year with Chica and she does great in the ring and on trails, more whoa than go. Like most Pasos, you will need to spend time developing a bond with her, that trust must be earned, but she is ready to have her own forever person. We would consider her low brio but is happy to move out when asked. Her perfect person will understand if she needs a moment to sort things out and be patient with her. Her diet will need to be controlled with low sugar feeds and has no riding restrictions other than a size appropriate rider.

Adopted - Midnight is an est. He arrived as an owner surrender with Doc. He too had his feet trimmed too short and although we were able to get aluminum shoes on him so that he's comfortable in the pasture we will need to have another growth cycle on his feet before we can consider evaluating him under saddle.

He is said to be broke and good on trails but forward. Midnight is currently in Frederick, MD. She will require front shoes as she had multiple laminitic episodes while with her adopter, however xrays showed very little damage and she is riding sound with front shoes on. Sadly, just as we were ready to readopt, she took a bad fall with a rider at the canter. She was diagnosed with EPM and has been treated for the past 3 months. She is pasture sound and should be fine for light riding.

Bella is an uncomplicated mare that is fun to ride, her gait is solid and she goes along well in a snaffle. She is a smaller and fine-boned mare, so folks, size appropriate please. We would put her at confident novice or above perhaps even advanced beginner if you are working with a trusted professional. Her Cushings is easily managed, but she will need a low starch, low sugar diet - no lush grassy fields for this young lady.

Adopted- Pepper is a beautiful 16yo tobiano Foxtrotter mare. She arrived to Rocky's as a barely handled broodmare and they did a wonderful job getting a really good foundation on her. She is doing well under saddle but is a sensitive soul who need an experienced rider who is soft and consistent with their aids and patient with her on the ground. She will do very well in a private home setting where there is routine and lots of love.

Pepper is located in Frederick, MD. This adorable baby grew into a striking young 5yo mare. She stands about 15h and has been professionally broke to ride. She was adopted as a coming 3yo and after 2 years the adopters felt she really wasn't a good fit as a husband horse and asked us to take her back. Of course we said yes. She's currently getting some evaluation work under saddle so we can identify the right rider suitability and address any holes in her training.

We expect Clem to be available in late spring. She is a very well-broke mare, a confidence builder type. She is currently under riding evaluation but so far is proving to be very well broke. She has had bloodwork done and her ACTH Cushings indicators are normal as are her insulin and glucose levels.

This mare had previously been feed a high starch, high sugar diet that caused her to become very overweight. Her cresty neck was a warning sign of possible metabolic disease, however, the bloodwork shows that with proper diet, she is normal.

He had not been ridden in years and needed refresher training. Smoke has proven himself on the trail and in the ring with a variety of riders. He will ride alone or with others, but prefers to be up front. He has a lovely gait and is brave about most things on the trail. He will need a confident rider, but he is a trustworthy trail horse. He does prefer to walk along at a more forward pace, so probably not the best choice for those that ride with non-gaited horses.

In the ring he is relaxed and happy. He's middle of the herd and has no diet restrictions other than our standard recommendation for a forage first, low-starch diet. He is currently in front shoes. Sadly "feed" was the last thing Jasper got at this lot. The pictures shown here are less than a week apart. He has a pretty nasty long-term fungal infection along with secondary bacterial infection on all four feet, but the hind legs are especially bad.

He is being treated. He's eating well as you can see from these pictures, and steadily gaining weight. Jasper is extremely sweet, the lot video showed a horse that was quiet and broke to ride, of course when a horse is emaciated, they might not be showing their true selves in the lot video. We have been getting to know Jasper, he is currently being very lightly ridden and is "in your pocket". We expect to have Jasper ready for adoption in Mid-March. He arrived several hundred pounds under weight with the typical upper respiratory infections we see when horses end up in the auction pipeline.

He completed quarantine, has gained good weight and is learning to trust humans again after being abandoned by his previous owner to auction. Desi needed to learn how to be a "horse" - he acted as if he had never been with a herd before.

He had made a lot of progress in the past 3 months in training with Ashley Lauer. He is currently turned out in a mixed herd, he is going well under saddle, he has a solid gait and has been out on the trails. He tends to be a sensitive horse, as are many Paso Finos, so he will need a Paso experienced adopter who is patient and confident.

But this is the kind of horse that wants to please and will reward his person with his love and trust once you've earned it. He will be moving to the next phase of his retraining at the end of January for more trail miles and introduction to new riders so that he can learn that people are good and he can trust more than one person.

Desi is currently in Dillsburg, PA but will be moving to Frederick, MD the second week of February for the final stages of his retraining process. He was donated by a private party who purchased him along with Sadie from a lot in Kentucky.

He arrived with a nasty upper respiratory infection, grossly under weight but he's been nothing but a doll to be around. He has really bloomed now and he is ready for his forever home. Rooster is great on trails and will lead or follow, does best bitless.

He's an "old hand" at trail riding and not much seems to bother him, he's also competed successfully in trail obstacle competitions with a youth handler. We were told he was a camp horse and we can believe that. He knows his job under saddle. He has a comfortable gait, but is happy to just walk along. His person will want an in your pocket gelding for trails or hacking around the farm, he is sound and barefoot.

He ties well, bathes, trailers, no vices. He gets along great with the other horses in the field. He's generally an uncomplicated kinda guy. Rooster has mild COPD so some summer-time maintenance will be required when it's hot and humid. In cooler weather he maintains well without medications. She has proven to be a sweet mare on the ground and under saddle. She has done great out on the trails alone and with others. This young mare is going to be a great trail partner for confident Novice or above and may also do nicely with an advanced beginner with support from a more experienced rider.

She is laid back and willing, she can lead or follow, she will go slow enough to ride with non-gaited horses, but has that signature ground-covering walk when asked. She will stand quietly at the mounting block.

She has a nice gait and can sit and come out of the field and go for a ride. She is a lovely trail partner ready for miles of trail fun. On her final evaluation trail through Gettysburg National Battlefield she didn't blink an eye at the buses, motorcycles, cars buggies with flags, bicycles, crowds and the only reaction she had was to speed up a bit when walking past the power washer.

Journey is an in-your-pocket mare and is good for farrier, vet, ties and cross ties, loads and trailers. He is beautifully gaited and happy to move out. He has finished refresher training at Skyhawke Farm in New Jersey. He does best in a smaller group but gets anxious when asked to go out alone or with a fast moving group.

He is a very easy horse to ride in a small polite group, and a joy to be around on the ground. However, he needs a rider that has light and educated hands, he is very soft in the mouth. Prince is considered "special needs" because he has a history of rearing.

We have had Prince with us nearly a year, and he has reared one time and it was the reason he was initially surrendered to GAIT, Inc. The rear is avoidable and we are continuing to work on the trigger and the best way to defuse his behavior before it becomes a rear, but he will only be adopted to an experienced rider who is aware of his history. Here are some videos while he was at Skyhawke Farm. He's a beautiful bay gelding. He's low brio and does best riding out with other horses.

When he's uncertain about something, he stops and stands. He loves to be groomed and is very sweet to work around. Recommended for a confident intermediate or above rider. He has miles of trail experience and has been a trail horse for his entire riding career. He has been loved his entire life and has not been shuffled through the "system". He is currently located in Mt. Wolf, PA near York. Watch here for updated video coming soon.

He is said to be well broke, with a neck rein and even "loves to jump" and has trail experience. He is likely going to be more of an intermediate rider type of horse. His current owner's family has had life changes that make it impossible for them to keep him through the winter and asked for our help. We accepted. Harry is arriving on July 12th and will need to be thoroughly evaluated maybe with a bit of refresher since he's not been ridden much in the past year. Adopted - Griffin is an est.

Griffin proved to be a real solid citizen, while he's definitely green, he's very willing and very sensible on the ground and under saddle. She was adopted almost immediately on arrival, but once she went into training started exhibiting lameness problems.

Our adopter returned Faith to us, and we are happy to bring her back as we try to sort out her lameness. She has been treated for Lyme and it was found that her stifle was inflamed. We had her stifle injected and she has completed a day conditioning program with one of our foster partners. She is currently sound and rideable Faith is well broke and very sweet on the ground and under saddle.

She's had kids at her foster crawling all over her, and she's been well loved both by her previous owners and since she's been with GAIT, Inc. We are adopting Faith as "light riding" sound only. She will need proper conditioning to maintain muscle and tendon strength so that it does not put undue stress on her joints.

Gaiting should be kept to a minimum and only to her ability to maintain the gait without tiring. She is currently on a joint supplement and it is possible she could need further stifle injections in the future.

Her weight should be kept consistent and lean to reduce stress on the joints. We believe this care regimen will keep her healthy and sound for years to come.

Her perfect person will be someone who would like easy strolls in the woods or in the ring, mostly walking. Someone that enjoys doing ground work, bonding with their horse, maybe even playing at trail obstacles. This girl is smart and willing. Definitely more whoa than go. She is currently field boarded in a mixed herd and is middle to low in the herd. She is being ridden by advanced beginner youth riders in walking lessons with some gaiting and is also doing light trail work. Faith is UTD on vaccines, coggins, dental and farrier.

She goes with a no-breeding, no rehoming contract just like all of the GAIT horses. Faith is located in Frederick, MD. Gaited Advocate Intervention Team, Inc. Is a Maryland based c 3 non-profit corporation that has been formed to meet an ever growing demand for the gaited horse breeds and other equines who have become in danger of being shipped to slaughter, privately owned horses in need of safe haven and at-risk horses that are in the hands of neglectful owners.

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