Pasture Mate

Jet Star was foaled in Salinas, California, on April 29, 1983. She is a registered Appendix Quarter Horse, and a granddaughter to the legendary Easy Jet (seehttp://www.sunrisewest.com/easyjet.html). She is 5/8 thoroughbred in breeding. After a few years of racing in Northern California, she was sold off the track to a barrel racing barn, where she did not excel, and was sold to a large rental string. When I bought her at 10 years old, she had had a number of bad experiences that made her flighty and fearful of people and other animals, but within a year of calm and steady work, she became a complete pleasure both in hand and under saddle. In the pasture, Jet is very smart about managing other horses and staying out of trouble. The largest herd she has been in was in the rental string, when she was pastured with 30 other horses and neither picked fights nor got entangled in them. I watched her integrate a new hard of 12 mares a few years later, and observed her carefully move up the pecking order with minor fuss, systematically working through feeding times until she became second in command. Jet Star has a lot of thoroughbred looks and quarterhorse behaviors, and would be an ideal pasture mate in her retirement years. In September 2005, Jet suffered a severe trauma to her right hip, probably from rushing through a gate, which has left her favoring her right hind and bearing weight on her left. In the four years since the accident, she has received intermittent massage, chiropractic care, electro acupuncture and cortisone shots, none of which seemed to help her recover her former soundness. She can still be ridden lightly and is willing to work, but is ready for full retirement. She seems to have adapted to her condition and doesn't require much special attention--she thrives on alfalfa cubes. She is calm around small children and other animals.


She is currently turned out in an individual paddock next to her favorite gelding, so my need some reintroduction to a herd setting, but she loves foals and is a great babysitter! Gets along well with small ponies too.

Please contact Tara C. Mebane for more information:  ponyjumper07@hotmail.com

13 year old TB mare, 16 hands, has competed Training level eventing, jumpers, and hunters. Time has become an issue and this horse really needs a rider. Free lease- you pay board and farrier/vet bills. In Caswell County area, she can stay at my farm for free, just pay farrier. (About $100/six weeks). She's out of shape now but very willing to work, could be ready to event by spring. Talented and lots of fun, but needs a very confident rider for cross-country. Email with any questions, offers, negotiations, etc... I would love to see this horse back in the ring!! j.young06@gmail.com

1998 Silver Star Custom Horse Trailer - All Aluminum 3H Slant, 6ft short wall & 10ft long wall in DR (door on short wall),

A/C-heat & 110w outlet in DR, stud partition in first stall w/escape door, collapsible rear tack, drop windows w/screens,

2 speed crank jack, 7000lb axles, 16in tires, insulated & rubber lined in horse area,

$12,500.00 obo, Contact Tony or Terri Aprile at (336) 698-0207