Meet Maybelle
- BEHS ID
- BEHS 898 - Maybelle
- Status
- Arrived at the Rescue
Arrived in 2017
Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge
Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge - Fall 2019 - Adoption Fee
- $1800
- Location
- Huffman, TX
- Date of Birth
- 1 January 2006
- Arrived at BEHS
- 6 May 2017
- Adopted
- 15 November 2017
- Breed
- Grade
- Quarter Horse
- Gender
- Female
- Mare
- Height
- 14.1 hands
- Color
- Chestnut / Sorrel
- Markings
- Strip and snip
- Intake Group
About Maybelle
Maybelle was removed negligent owners and placed with Bluebonnet by the SPCA of Texas. She spent time with a trainer while in Bluebonnet, but her original foster home could not stop thinking about her. She ended up adopting her to be a companion and then returned approximately a year and a half later.
History
Nothing is known of Maybelle’s history before she was removed from negligent owners. While with the SPCA of Texas, Maybelle was ridden a few times but did not seem to have had any previous training.
Health / Lameness
Maybelle has no known health or lameness problems.
Other
Maybelle will be competing under saddle in the professional division of the Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge with trainer Colleen Crawforth. She will be available for adoption starting on October 19, 2019 at the Challenge competition during the Bluebonnet Horse Expo in Taylor, Texas.
You can follow their progress on their Facebook page.
Evaluation and Training
Maybelle is a smart horse who learns quickly. She had a rider on her back a few times at a walk at the SPCA of Texas, and she was then transferred to Bluebonnet. She was enrolled in the 2017 Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge, but her trainer had to withdraw from the Challenge due to personal reasons, so Maybelle spent October 2017 with a trainer. She was adopted as a companion, not ridden, and returned about 16 months later.
Maybelle is a pretty girl who is good on the ground: you can catch her and lead her. She stands tied and stands for the farrier. However, Maybelle is a smart mare who does not handle time off from work well. She has bucked in the past when she’s had time off, and she’s going to need a kind, but firm, trainer to bring her back into work. She’s probably not ever going to be the kind of horse who can sit in a pasture for months and then be brought in and put right back to work. Maybelle needs consistent work.
In the spring of 2019, she spent time with a trainer who worked with her on the ground. She taught her to do tricks like bowing and said that Maybelle is a quick learner. Because she’s had so much time off and has a history of bucking, she’s spending June-October with a professional trainer to be restarted and to prepare for the Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge.
- Evaluation / Training
- BEHS Foster Trained
- Professionally Trained
- Training Level
- Halter Broke
- Basic Groundwork
- Started Under Saddle, Green Broke
- Riding Suitability / Workload
(Now or in the future with training) - Unrestricted riding
| Trailers | Yes | Clips | Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leads | Yes | Catches | Yes |
| Ties | Yes | Bathes | Unknown |
| Trims | Yes |
| Bucks | Yes | Kicks | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bites | No | Rears | No |
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