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Meet Our Horses and Friends

gunner and rocket

Reining Glory is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit rescue organization and home to:

 

Charlotte (Thoroughbred), Shuffle The Deck (Thoroughbred), Tabuha (Thoroughbred), Stone Promise (Thoroughbred), Royal Opportunity (Thoroughbred), First To Come Home (Thoroughbred), Fortunato (Draft Cross), Gunner (Thoroughbred) and Rocket (Thoroughbred).  â€‹â€‹

 

Get to know our horses below and, of course, we just had to include furry helper friends and remembering our loved ones!

Charlotte

Belgian/Percheron /Thoroughbred

Charlotte was living on an overcrowded farm with no grass and limited hay.   She came to us extremely malnourished, food aggressive, and fearful of humans.  She was completely shutdown and unsafe to handle.
     
After months of decompression, refeeding, and groundwork Charlotte is a different horse.  She has learned to not only trust people again but to love and choose her humans.  Rich is one of those trusted people and the only one she allows to trim her hooves.  When Charlotte was initially rescued she would not allow anyone near her feet.  It took months of patience, practice, and trust to be able to trim her hooves safely.  She is also being started under saddle with natural horsemanship trainer, Danny Partin and is doing extremely well.

Shuffle The Deck

Thoroughbred

Second rescued in foal mare. We adopted her and Red-Hot Peppers together. They were best buds. We had two successful births and has been retired. Shuffle is now 23 years old and enjoying being a lead horse of the herd. Shuffle was an exceptional mother. As her winter coat fills in we call her minky because of her beautiful coat. Two of the foals we birthed. One is a show horse and the other is at Cornell as a practice horse for future veterinarians.

Tabuha (daughter)

Thoroughbred

Tabuha (daughter to Momma Tabuha): Racing name Betty Rubble. Our farrier once said you never let the orphan babies go. We at the time did not have a choice. That stuck with us. A few weeks ago our farrier sent a text from OTTB (Off Track Thoroughbreds), Betty Rubble was for sale. We were frantic making calls and texts to anyone we knew to make contact to bring her home. After a long Sunday of making calls and texts. We finally made a deal and our baby Tabuha was coming home. All this happened on a Sunday. She was delivered to the farm that Wednesday. The driver of the van drove by our farm and had to turn around. He said, “ I should have listened to her. She started whinnying as I turned on the road and as I went past your barns she was pawing the ground and whinnying more”. She is decompressing from racing and she will begin restarting in the next few months.

Stone Promise

Thoroughbred

Stone was born on our farm from the dam As Promised. Stone raced for 2 years and did well. He placed 2nd in his last race. The owner called and asked if we wanted him back. He arrived in November and is decompressing from racing.  He is doing extremely well. We are looking forward to his re-start this spring.

Royal Opportunity

Thoroughbred

Royal Opportunity had four pregnancies at our farm. Unfortunately, one was a miscarriage, one was a red bag and didn’t make it. She has one colt still racing and she is in a pasture with one of her colts. Gunner was deemed not commercial and is a pleasure horse on the farm. She is 23 years old.

First To Come Home

Broodmare (retired)

The sweetest mare ever. She had two foals on the farm. One is a pleasure horse still on the farm, deemed not commercial. And the other was a filly that did not want to race, she is a polo pony in Florida. First to Come Home is retired and enjoying being a horse.

Fortunato

Draft Cross

“Forty”- is our daughter in laws rescue. She rescued him when she was in high school. He was a lucky boy. He was on one of two tractor trailers of horses heading to slaughter. One of the trailers caught on fire near the Big E. The other trailer was brought in to the Big E and horses were offered for $10. She purchased him and has been part of her life since. He is retired from riding. He has just recently had medical shoes to help with his comfort. He is a beautiful old boy.

Gunner

Thoroughbred

Gunner is the Son of Japan and Royal Opportunity.  He was deemed non-commercial.  Gunner is our big boy at 17 1/2 Hand Gelding that is the leader of our geldings.  Gunner is under saddle and working with our trainer.  He is our gentle giant.

Rocket

Thoroughbred

Rocket is also the son of Japan and First To Come Home.  He was also deem non-commercial at birth.  He is under the saddle and in training.  He is the Houdini and former escape artist at the barn. 

Gunner & Rocket

Brothers

Rocket & Gunner had the same father, Japan. Japan was injured before the Travers and therefore the boys were deemed not commercial at birth. They are best buddies, under saddle and doing great as pleasure horses.

Maisy Mae

Russian Blue

We received a call from a friend saying he accidentally live trapped a kitten. He brought her to the farm. She is the best mouser and barn girl. She keeps all the vermin away.

Kendall

Da Barn Cat

Maisy was spayed at Columbia Greene Humane Society. Teralynn saw Kendall online for CGHS. We adopted him to be Maisy's barn companion. They make us smile. They play often. Funny. They are great friends and they are great hunters of the barn and farm.

Grace

German Sheperd

The protector of the Herd.  Grace came home our first Easter on the farm.  She has been the best girl anyone could have wished for.  She and Rich are bonded.  Watching her grow into such a wonderful companion has been the best.

In memory

The matriarchs (dams) that form our herd and our vision.

Red Hot Peppers

Thoroughbred

First broodmare rescued in foal and delivered a healthy foal. She accidentally broke her foal’s leg and we had to put the foal down at 11 days old. Our camaras captured the accident. She was a lot of horse, and no one took the time to love on her. She was an exceptional leader in the herd. We retired from her and she lived to be 22 years old. Every turn out upon letting her head go from the lead, she would take off as if she was leaving a starting gate. She was immunized and died 2 weeks later. She was able to enjoy being a horse prior to the immunization, she was healthy, vibrant and all around happy. She died on July 4th. She was the last in the barn and died peacefully in her stall.

Tabuha (mom)

Thoroughbred

Tabuha (mom): we adopted Tabuha in foal. She didn’t sell at auction. She was with us for less than a year. We had to conduct an emergency c section, and she was euthanized. Her baby filly survived. The last month of her life before her death and birthing, she was fed a warm mash with her dinner. We called her pooh bear. She would smack her lips together waiting on being served.

StellaLuchella

NurseMare to Tabuha

Stella arrived 8 hours after Tabuha was born. We bottle fed Tabuha until Stella arrived. Stella knew her job. She was whinnying as she came off the trailer and into the barn to meet her new baby.  She was an amazing mare. We heard she raised champions. She was excellent with Tabuha. She taught her how to kill snakes, how to dig a water hole and above all Mom is in charge. She taught her how to be a horse and be part of the herd. She died in the fall of 2024. She was an old girl, with a big heart and beautiful disposition. She was an excellent mom to orphaned foals.

As Promised

Thoroughbred

We adopted this beauty and she had two colts. Her boys are still racing. We had lots of plans for her as a retired brood mare. She would have been great under saddle. Unfortunately, we lost her in May 2024 from colic. She was 23 years old.

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