Smooch

15.2 hh gelding

Foaled 2011

Companion horse

Has early bony changes of ringbone

Available for free lease

Smooch, also affectionately called Moo, is named after the first impression he gave us while in a Minnesota low-end horse auction in November, 2023.

We first saw him standing in a pen with two other horses. He was completely covered in painful burrs and had an irritated eye from trying to itch so much.

Originally, we were trying to spot Arabians or Standardbreds at the sale because those are the breeds we try to focus on when in a situation where so many horses need help.

Smooch was the rare exception to our rule.

When we went up to him, he stuck his face through the bars of the pen and gave us a little smooch. We knew then and there that we weren't leaving without him. The name stuck.

Smooch was in the 2024 BBTC with trainer Hailey Breth, but after seeing that the increase in work was causing him to come up lame, we brought him to the vet. X-rays showed early signs of ringbone, so we decided to offer him as companion only.

Smooch is very friendly, an easy keeper, and a big goofy guy.