Author: mckenseycourtney

Scooter is the half brother to Carol Coppinger’s Tennessee Walker, the late Ranger. Carol also started him as a colt and gave him his foundation training. He is 26 years old and lived alone for the first 20 years of his life. He then came to live at Carol’s facility as a companion for her…

Dylano is a 16 year old Oldenburg gelding. He was the 2008 stallion of the year in Switzerland as a two year old. He was then put into training to be a high-end dressage horse. However, his training did not go as planned. He quickly became aggressive and dangerous. Linda Parelli discovered him, and soon…

Race horse turned jumper turned dressage, and finally my partner.   When the owner of the Biltmore Estate offers you a horse, how can you refuse? At the time I was looking for a Level 4 partner, one who could do flying changes at a snap of the fingers. A friend of ours, who was…

Second hand gold, or on this case yellow-mino, is as good as new.   Dixie came to the barn for another woman to consider buying. She had been passed around, having 4 owners already. Dixie was an accomplished Western Pleasure horse at the age of 5, and had already had a foal.  Though Dixie was…

Dallas is the most extreme horse I’ve ever met, and could be the best horse I’ll ever have.   My mother rescued Dallas when she was 10 months old. Now this little horse was the epitome of what Pat Parelli describes as, “Wild, wooly, full of fleas and never curried below the knees.” Most everyone…