Well, this is big news. Shona and Joleena are our longest-term residents, having been with us for two years, as our first rescues after the initial dogger yard rescue of four horses that began this charity. We rescued them from a slaughterhouse holding yard, along with their two-month-old colts at their side. They had come from [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lillan roquet’
2 Nov
October Horse of the Month: Grace
Grace is a 7-year-old Thoroughbred mare, ex racehorse. She has recently spent a month with Parelli professionals, Lillan Roquet and Kerryn Armstrong from Intuitive Connection, to assist us to better understand Grace and where her strengths lie. Grace is a very, very clever horse–Kerryn said she’s one of the cleverest she’s worked with in years, which is saying a [...]
22 Sep
Update on Grace
(Jo S says): I’ve been to visit Grace at training camp She is doing really, really well! I’m very happy with her progress. She is a very clever horse (Kerryn says she’s one of the smartest she’s worked with, which is saying a lot) so is easily bored and she is just thriving on the [...]
30 Jul
Intuitive Connection Building Relationships
For several months now, Lillan Roquet and Kerryn Armstrong from Intuitive Connection have been working with two of our foster horses, Shona and Joleena. With a very troubled past, Shona and Joleena have shown us exactly what the life of a broodmare can entail, and it’s often not good. (We frequently see the end result of poor breeding [...]
3 Apr
New Adventrues for our Rescue Horses
A big new adventure has begun for our rescue horses, Shona and Joleena. The girls were rescued from slaughter in January 2010, along with their two-month-old foals, Ruben and Solomon. The girls both showed signs of neglect, abuse and mishandling, and had learnt challenging behaviours in response. Although they had progressed significantly in our care [...]
