ALLIE | 17 YEAR OLD THOROUGHBRED | PECULIAR,MO

Allie, All That And Then Some, is a 17 year old Thoroughbred Mare. She was bred by Jennifer Holder with Third Charm Event Team. She was bred to be an eventing horse and comes from great Thoroughbred lines tracing back to Bold Ruler.

Allie is owned by Lindsey and she keeps Ali at her place in Peculiar,MO. Ali is a special red headed mare, she loves to put her foot into the large water trough and pay in order to splash herself to cool off. All of the other horses run away because they are not sure what she is doing, but Ali is as happy as she can be getting wet. I really think that there is something unique about red headed mares, they are all so quirky in their own way, and most of the time a little spicy. Although she is a little quirky, she loves to give kids pony rides, but will give her owner Lindsey a good ride if she decided she has had enough for the day. She is very clear about communicating how she feels, and if she is having a bad day it is best to giver her the day off.

Allie and Lindsey do Hunter/Jumpers. She is a beautiful mover, and loves to jump. She is willing to take a jump from any distance but will also save you if her rider is going too big. “I just love how much fun we have together in the ring, win or loose.”

Lindsey shares the story of how the pair first met, I am always amazed at the interesting twists life takes people on, that lead them to find their once in a lifetime horse, “In the winter of 2010, I came across Allie as a potential horse for one of my students. She came from a well known hunter/jumper judge in our area, Wilmington, NC, so I knew she had to be talented. She had to many horses and needed to downsize, and Allie was a little more frisky in those days, so she was one that was chosen to be sold. Another trainer I new had her at her farm, so I took my student over to try her. I knew right away she was talented, just needed some work and training. I encouraged my student to buy, but at that time it was a stretch for their family to purchase, so I decided to buy her myself. At that point in my life, I had been riding and training horses for 10 years and never owned my own horse before, Allie was my first! I 1/2 leased Allie to my student, which worked out great. She did the hunters, I did the jumpers. The hunter judges just loved her movement and she always placed. And on top of that, she was also my lesson horse and one of my w/t students also did a partially leas with her. Allie was the horse at the horse show that everyone saw throughout the day showing in 3 different divisions and winning all of them! And she loved every minute of it! She knew when she was in the ring and had a job to do!

In Dec. of 2011, I moved out of state and sold her to the student that did the hunters with her. She kept her for a few years until going to college, and sold her to another little girl who just loved to hack around their farm, which Allie was perfectly fine with!

In late 2015, that family decided to sell Allie as the daughter lost interest in riding. Allie was sent to a hunter/jumper sale barn until she was purchased in May 2016 by a wonderful women in Morganton, NC. Everything started off perfect with them as the new owner just wanted a horse to ride and show occasionally. But something changed and Allie started acting out. The new owner had her checked out right away to make sure she wasn’t in pain, and everything came back good, but Allie was still having disciplinary issues. The new owner took her back to the sale barn where she got her and asked the trainer to help see if he could figure out what was going on, and in the first ride he had on her, she bucked him off so bad his arm shattered. At that point it was decided that Allie was too dangerous for her new owner and she needed to be sold. During all this time, I had lost track of Allie, and recently found her again through Facebook commented on a picture the owner had posted of her of how much I loved her and missed her. The owner quickly contacted me and asked if I wanted to buy her! Never in a million years did I ever think I would see her again because I now lived in MO and she was in NC. The owner had told me all about what had been going on, and I was so shocked to hear about it and that people lad become scared of her. That was a huge shock to me as the Allie I new loved attention and was so sweat. Sure she had a bad days once in a while but who didn’t. It made me wonder what she had gone through to end up that way. In June of 2016, we worked out a deal, I purchase Allie back and had her shipped out to MO to our farm. It was a dream come true to have my first horse back and know she will have a home for the rest of her days. I decided to give her off for a few months to allow her to heal from whatever she had been through and just make her comfortable and feel at home. She had been bounced around a lot throughout her life and didn’t want that anymore for her. In spring of 2017, Allie & I got back in shape and went to a horse show together for the first time in 6 years, and we won! We had so much fun! I’ve decided that she will be semi-retired and enjoy the hot summer months and cold winter days just enjoying lazy life in the pasture, and go for trail rides every once in a while. And when we felt up for it, train and head back to a show every once in a while. She seems very happy with that life now.”

This “nostalgic” horse loves apples.

“I had always admired horses from a young age, which I did not get from anyone in my family, and in girl scouts, we went on a horseback riding trip and I was hooked from that point on. I did everything I could to convince my parents to let me ride, take lessons, go to horse camps, etc. And we were fortunate that the office my mom worked for, the newest employee had a horse farm down the road. From that point on, I practically lived at their farm and became best friends with their daughter, and they are still my family to this day!”

“My favorite memory of Allie was the first best round my hunter student had on her and their first horse show together. Never did I see 2 work so great together and a kid happier to win a class. Allie was perfect, and was happy doing it. She brought joy to this girls heart, something I had not seen her have in the time I knew her due to having a rough go at life. I was happy Allie and I could help her get there.”

Lindsey shares that patience is the best tool when training a horse, it builds respect and trust that is essential in any relationship.

“Allie may not be a perfect horse, but she is perfect for me.”