Murphy
Age: 27 years old
Height: 16.2hh
Breed: Belgian/Thoroughbred Cross Gelding
Murphy is a wonderful, calm, and experienced vaulting horse who has been vaulting longer than any of our vaulters! Once an upper-level team and individual canter horse, Murphy is now used in therapeutic riding lessons, novice vaulting lessons, and for our beginner canter vaulters. Murphy loves to go on trail rides and spend time grazing in the fields!
Pete
Age: 14 years
Height: 17.2hh
Breed: Percheron Cross Gelding
Pete is our wonderful, sweet, upper-level canter horse who has been with the team since the fall of 2007. He carries individual compulsories, freestyles, and Pas de Deux. Although primarily reserved for the canter vaulters, Pete's wonderfully smooth trot and fabulous personality allows us to use him for any combination of walk, trot, and canter vaulting at demos and other events. Pete loves his job and especially looks forward to the pats and treats he receives at the end of each practice. When not vaulting, Pete is cross-trained in dressage and ridden out on the trails at Rickman Horse Farm.
Accomplishments
2008 USEF/AVA Great Falls and Topaz Vaulters Fall Fest - "Canter Horse of the Fest"
2009 USEF/AVA Great Falls and Topaz Vaulters Spring Fest - "Canter Horse of the Fest"
2009 USEF/AVA Region IX Championships - "Canter Horse of the Fest" (tie)
2009 USEF/AVA National Championships - Open Pas de Deux Champion
2009 USEF/AVA Great Falls and Topaz Vaulters Fall Fest - "Canter Horse of the Fest"
Zoey
Age: 13 years
Height: 16.2hh
Breed: Percheron Cross Mare
Zoey is the newest addition to our group of wonderful vaulting horses. Although she has only been vaulting for less than a year, she is quickly establishing herself as a patient and reliable walk and trot horse for our novice program. Zoey made her vaulting debut at our local competition this past May and has shown tremendous progress throughout the course of the summer. She thrives on the love and attention she receives from our younger vaulters. When Zoey is not vaulting, she is schooled in dressage, over cavellettis (her favorite!), and conditioned out on the hills.