Past Horses

These are the horses that are no longer a part of the team, but are still made an impact on the veterans and participants of A Helping Hoof.

Barney

Barney is a 2015 Mustang gelding from Antelope Valley Herd Management Area in Nevada. Barney was adopted in 2020 as a part of the Mustang Mania TIP Challenge in Idaho. Barney did not participate in the competition because he is slow to trust.

Barney is great for people with anxiety and high flight responses because he too is a high flight horse. This forces people to acknowledge their own emotions and stress responses and manage them to the point where he will allow them to come up to him.

Barney moved to the pasture in West Valley as a way for him to get more exposure to different people.

*Barney is available for reassignment to the right home, but that will be dependent on the experience and patience of the person interested.

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Ghost Pepper

Ghost is a 2018 Mustang gelding from the Range Creek Herd Management Area. He was adopted in 2020 for the Great Escape Mustang Sanctuary TIP Challenge. He competed virtually, and placed 4th overall.

Ghost (now renamed Spice) has been moved to a pasture in West Valley, UT with Wednesday to grow and just be a horse. 
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Wednesday

Wednesday is a 2017 Mustang mare from the Triple B Herd Management Area. She was adopted in 2020 for the Great Escape Mustang Sanctuary TIP Challenge. She competed virtually, and placed 2nd overall.

Wednesday was moved with Ghost to a pasture in West Valley, UT and is eating fresh grass, playing with other horses, and getting into trouble. She has found her forever home with a wonderful veteran who loves and adores her and her larger than life personality. 
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Zeus

Zeus is a 2004 Mustang who was gathered from the Warm Springs HMA in Oregon in 2006. He came to us in Spring of 2016 because his owner could no longer care for him. He was in kind of sad shape at the time and was pretty closed up. However, over the summer he put on weight, had a bath or two, and learned that people are not so bad. Zeus is at the low end of the herd but he still knows how to get what he needs. He is being retrained to be ridden and his progress is being helped by Lillan Roquet, a Level 3 Parelli Professional.

In the Fall of 2016, we found out that Zeus has Squamous Cell Carcinoma in his left eye. We didn't know how long he had it but it was treatable. He was scheduled for surgery to remove his third eyelid and, hopefully, the whole tumor. Fortunately, the Equine Opthomologist reduced her rate for the surgery, for which we are very grateful. Zeus was now Cancer free!

In 2019, Zeus moved to a pasture in West Valley, UT to live out the rest of his days being loved by Army veteran and her family. Unfortunately, Zeus had to be put down in August 2020. 
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