Our Personal Horses & For Sale
Text Box: Right pic—A beautiful fall trail ride at Ministik Bird Santuary with 2004 foals, Twizzler & Kiwi & Nanaimo & Kit Kat (I am riding her while taking the picture) Text Box: I enjoyed riding my broodmares on trail rides with their foals at side to give the foals a good first impressionable experience at a young age. Left pic is Vanilla in 1998.

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Our Personal Riding Horses

Horses For Sale 

Blueberry Freezie (gelding) was born June 12, 2019.  16.3hh  Dam: Chocolate Blueberry Flurry (warmblood/Paint) Sire: Willem Alexander (Friesian) from New Horizon Ranch   He has been to some schooling shows and trail rides and mountain trips.  Currently leased by 2 adults doing dressage and jumping.  Will likely be for sale in the future. 

Chocolate Dipped Churro (smoky black tobiano) was born here May 5, 2020.  Sire: Padrino: grey Andalusian   Dam: APHA: RP Miss Clear Coat.  Lisa trained and enjoyed him for trail riding & mountain trips for 2 years.  Sadly, he was euthanized July 2025 due to complications of strangles he had at 4 months old, causing abcesses & adhesions in his stomach & intestines. 

Pirate is a 15.3hh 2019 Gypsy Vanner x QH gelding purchased in January 2020.  He was started in the arena as a 3 year old and has been trail riding and camping the past couple years.  Dave plans to keep him as his personal horse but he is also leased by an adult and likes to jump.

Maple Walnut Gelato, born July 2021.  Dam: Sundae (warmblood/paint/TB), Sire Lusitano, NordicoDC

 

Below center and right pic—July 2022 we took the 3 two year olds out on a trail ride ponying them through the bush.  They did great.  Now they are ridden on the trails.

S’more is a 2014 sorrel tobiano pinto mare Dave trail rides out of his first mare, Stormy.  Her sire was Panda Bar Dandy (black tobiano paint).  S’more had a black tobiano filly in June 2024 and now is back to being Dave’s main trail riding horse including January 2025 in Arizona.

 

Lisa also rides Apache and Pyper when not busy with lessons.

Above picture—Dave & Cherokee & Lisa & Blizzard cooling off in the lake.

Caramel Pecan Sundae, Buckskin Tobiano Filly born April 12, 2023.  Dam is Sprinkles (3/4 WB & 1/4 Paint x homozygous tobiano) Sire is  Nordico DC (Lusitano).  Lisa plans to keep her for a personal horse.

2022-24 Foals

Twix Chocolate Bar, Bay Tobiano colt was born April 27, 2023. Dam: Rolo (pinto-left pic above) Sire: Reggie (Friesian-right pic above).  Full sister is Cocoa.  He will be started once 3 years old.  He is halter broke, gelded, and gets trimmed, vaccinated and dewormed regularly.  Will likely be for sale in the future. 

Soda, black tobiano pinto filly born June 20, 2024.  Dam: S’more   Sire: RDK Taven (smoky black tobiano) Churro and Flurry are half brothers to Taven.  Dave plans to keep Soda for his personal horse.

Rolo Hot Chocolate (Cocoa), born May 2022.  Dam: Rolo, Sire: Reggie (Friesian)

Cocoa has been started under saddle and

Sizzling Fajita. born May 2021.

Dam: Salsa (1/2 Gypsy Vanner), Sire: Prince Von Eschrich, Gypsy Vanner.  She was started riding and driving single and has done a fun show, many trail rides including in Arizona between age 3-4.  Lisa is keeping her as a personal trail riding horse since she is so laid back and smooth to ride.

attended her first fun show in June 2025.  She is a flashy mover and is laid back and friendly.  May be for sale in the future.

Maple was started summer 2024 and is being ridden western and English by an adult student.  She is already 16hh and is very flashy.  Will likely be for sale in the future.