Lean close and I'll tell you a WILD story!

It turns out our newest lesson horse Dallas is actually a horse that instructor Rachel has known for many years! It turns out that Dallas was formerly Monty, a horse that Rachel used to teach lessons with at another Adaptive Riding Center.

He was owned by our former board member Kathi, and was a therapy horse for her daughter Mo. He worked for a few years as a therapeutic riding horse before being cut from the program. When he was no longer wanted by the other therapeutic riding center, he was bought by a man as a cow horse. This man sadly recently passed away.

When it became apparent that the man's passing might lead to Monty/Dallas being in imminent danger of heading to a k*ll pen, a local rescue, Friends of Lackota Animal Sanctuary, stepped up and took him.

From there, he came to Laughing Buck Farm to be a lesson horse!

When Rachel first saw Dallas, she immediately thought of Monty, but her only pictures of him were when he was young with no greying and much bulkier. So she dismissed the thought. Kathi then contacted Rachel and said--that's definitely Monty!!

Turns out a telltale lump on the side of his tail confirmed the suspicions. Dallas is Monty. There's no doubt.
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​Talk about a heartwarming tale