BEHS 1502 – Bailey Bug

Name: Bailey Bug Status: Adopted
Adoption Fee: Arrived At Rescue: September 12, 2024
Location: Santa Fe, TX Adoption Date: October 4, 2025
Registered: No Breed: Appaloosa
Date of Birth: January 1, 2008 Color: Appaloosa
Palomino
Gender: Female
Mare
Height: 14.2

About Bailey Bug

Bailey Bug is a sweet, people-friendly mare. When Bailey Bug’s owner could not keep her, she gave her to her veterinarian who later placed her with Bluebonnet. She’s never been neglected and has had great care all of her life. She did suffer a broken pelvis as a younger horse, but she healed and has been cleared for riding by her veterinarian.

Bailey Bug is competing in the Non-Pro Under Saddle Division of the Bluebonnet Rescue Horse Training Challenge with Beth Kassan. Bailey Bug will be available for adoption on October 4, 2025, during the Bluebonnet Training Challenge and Expo at the Williamson County Expo Center in Taylor, TX. You can follow their progress on their Facebook page CLICK HERE

For more information about the Expo and Training Challenge CLICK HERE, or for information about adopting a challenge horse CLICK HERE.

Evaluation and Training

Personality & Manners:
- Sweet, people-oriented mare – first to greet you at the gate
- Easy to halter and handle
- Excellent ground manners
- Good for grooming, bathing, and fly spray
- Great for the farrier
- Loads into the trailer on her own
- Respectful and responsive on the ground
- Enjoys attention and consistent handling
- Gets along with mares, geldings, and even a mini donkey

Training & Abilities:
- Previously used as a lesson horse
- Walks, trots, and canters in round pen, arena, and open pasture
- Ridden at least once per week in her foster home
- Confident with obstacles and bridges
- Not spooky and handles new environments well
- Lunges at walk, trot, and canter
- May crow hop when loping to the left
- Due to her pelvis injury, she’s not suitable for jumping, playdays, or endurance riding
- She enjoys trail riding and is comfortable either leading or following

Background & Care:
- Diagnosed with Cushing’s; easy to manage with daily medication
- She suffered a pelvis injury many years ago, which has healed, but she is not suitable for hard riding such as jumping, playdays, or endurance.

Why She’s Amazing:
Bailey Bug is truly a special mare. She’s been an intermediate kids’ lesson horse in the past, and while she does fine in a lesson setting, she also thrives when she has a person to bond with. She is a loyal, personable partner who will shine as a trail or pleasure riding horse.

Temperament

Trailers: Yes Bucks: No
Leads: Yes Bites: No
Ties: Yes Catches: Yes
Trims: Yes Bathes: Yes
Clips: Unknown Rears: No
Kicks: No Rider Level: Intermediate
Evaluated/Trained By: BEHS Foster Trained
Previous Owner Evaluated
Training Level: Broke to Ride
Riding Suitability listed: Light to Moderate Riding