World-renowned Vaquero horseman, Martin Black

By Morgan Silver

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ne phone call in February changed the future for 30HPAF horses. We received a call from our friend Cynthia

McFarland who co-authored the book Cow-Horse Confidence: ATime-Honored Approach to Stockmanship, with Martin Black, aworld-renowned vaquero horseman, trainer and clinicianfrom Idaho. Martin was holding one of his Colt StartingSchools in Ft McCoy in March and Cynthia told us that HPAFhorses might be able to participate. Martin and Jennifer Black,Kim Stone, Lorraine Burbank, and students participating inthe colt starting, Antoine Gloux from Switzerland KylaPollard from British Columbia, Bryher Williams from NewZealand, Mia Sheldon and Martin Wimmer from Austria cameto the HPAF farm and met the horses. At first it was just theyoungsters who could go but Martin saw the older horses

HPAF had that also needed training and opened it up so thathorses of all ages could benefit.

Lynn Conderman, Dennis Morgan and I transported 19horses to Painted Quarters Ranch in Ft McCoy for the first twoweek session. I was able to observe the training sessions andit was truly remarkable to witness. Martin’s methods aresimple yet profound. Working from horseback on a trainedcow horse, Martin is able to quickly show each horse how tofind relaxation and comfort. He shows them how to becomfortable being by themselves without relying on the otherhorses or running away to seek safety. He teaches them that ifthey get worried or scared to stop and relax and everythingwill be ok. From Martin Black’s web site: “The objective is to geteach horse's confidence level as high as Martin can with the

resources he has available taking time, economics, safety, and riderassistance into consideration. The priorities of this program aresafety of the rider, safety of the horse, confidence level of the horseand accomplishing this in an efficient way. This proven method ofbuilding a horse's self-confidence makes it irrelevant where thefuture may lead; he or she will be prepared for any specializeddiscipline.”

As I have stated so often over the years, what makes a horseadoptable is training, not just any training, but proper,humane, proven techniques by experienced professionals. Somany of the rescued horses have had little to no handling ortraining and require a professional for a solid foundation that

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Horse Protection Association Of Florida's mission of rescuinghorses who are victims of abuse, neglect, and abandonment,

IS ACCOMPLISHED SOLELY BY YOUR DONATIONS.

Executive DirectorMorgan Silver

Board of DirectorsDr Lynn PeckPresident

Robert SilverVice President& Secretary

Jim HoffmanTreasurer

Honorary BoardBart GoldbergMargie Goldstein-EngleThomas H. Heard, Jr.Mrs. Loriel HoganR. Kirk LandonThomas J. Lane, DVMGeorge MorrisAmy SperlingGerald Wessner, VMD

Karen O’Connor

Corporate SponsorsFlorida Thoroughbred Farm Mgrs.Florida Thoroughbred Breeders& Owners AssociationSpringtime, Inc.Toad Juice

Mailing Address and Contributions:HPAF20690 NW 130th Avenue Micanopy, FL 32667Tel: 352/466-4366Fax: 352/466-4072 E-mail: hpaf@bellsouth.net

PURSUIT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FLORIDA STATUTE 496.411 THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ISPROVIDED: A COPY OF THE OFFICIALREGISTRATION AND FINANCIALINFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINEDFROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMERSERVICES BY CALLING (800) 435-7352WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVALOR RECOMMENDATION BY THESTATE OF FLORIDA. Florida Department of Agriculture & ConsumerServices registration #; SC-02543.Percentage of each contribution retainedby any professional solicitor: Zero %.

HPAF Success S to r ie s

Family Life & Long Happy Years for Lolly In 2000, HPAF rescued an elderlyShetland pony mare Lolly from a hoarderin Miami. Lolly had been neglected foryears and came to us emaciated andpregnant in addition to being crippled ona hind leg.Lolly gained weight and produced alovely bay colt. Morgan's long time friendJoanie Baur now living in Ocala adoptedLolly and the colt, named Figment. Joaniewas worried that Lolly would not survivethe year but wanted to give her a lovinghome for whatever time she had left.Figment grew up and was trained todrive, winning at his first drivingdressage competition. Lolly continued toget better and better, her crippled legeven improved.

Fast forward to 2011: Figment will be 11years old this year and Lolly is still goingstrong. She is an elderly little old ladynow, but one who has enjoyed ten yearsof retirement with the best care any horsecould ever wish for. She and Figmenthave spent their years in beautifulpastures shaded with granddaddy oaksand their own spacious box stalls forinclement weather. Best of all they areloved and cared for by Joanie, and are apart of her family.Joanie is one of our angels, providing ahome for a crippled, unwanted pony andgiving her a life of being treated like aqueen. Thanking you Joanie for makingLolly and Figment a part of your family.

Amy SperlingRay & Lise KauffmanMichael NuzzoSusan StanleySusan NulmanR. Kirk LandonThe Folke H. Peterson FoundationFlorida Thoroughbred Farm

Managers, Inc.Florida Thoroughbred Charities, Inc.Andrews Family Foundation

Korth Family FoundationGelina/McClees FoundationQuail Roost FoundationThe de Hechavarria FoundationSusan EdwardsDonald ManuchiaThe Chi InstituteFlorida Thorobred Fillies ClubArdath B. RosengardenBonnie Heath FarmRichard Reed

Sara & Jeffrey KirkWendy & Sammy HansonGordon SummersStephen J. EhrhartElly MimsCarol NulmanBernard LittleGeraldine FullerRichard GreenfieldVirginia Day & Michael Chapman

Glenn & Becky BrokJim & Mary Esther McColloughJeff & Emily ThornburyCarolyn CoxSydney & Jacque DrashimBill & Alice RussellDarby Dan FarmRobert Schaedle IIIGary CapleOliver, Maria & Anna OswaldKen & Cheryl BrietenbeckerLarry Wood, CPATom Caruso

Valerie, Miguel & CharlotteChristopheEdith MalloryWayne & Lynn ThomasSteve & Katheryn LombardiAnthony CecilMandy PopeJohn & Noni SullivanKathy TaylorJ. Alberto RoigBob & Laura PosadaTom & Henry HinkleMr. & Mrs. John Milward

Rich & Carol DeluccaMichael MeuserHeather PenningtonThe Zack'sJennifer WaggonerJean CannonAdam & Elizabeth HebertLois HebertAl HebertAmelia AndradeDelia ArredondoMaya & Scott Hebert

Outs tand ing Con t r ibu to r s

Bonn ie Hea th Fa r m Made a Dona t ion i n Honoro f t he Fo l low ing fo r t he 2010 Ho l idays

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Success , con ’ t

BUZZY, 9/20/10

ESTELLINA, 10/21/10

EXPLOSIVE SECRET, age 23, 10/2`1/10

LOLA, 9/20/10

ABBEY, 9/20/10 ABBEY, 2/23/11

BUZZY, 1/28/11

ESTELLINA, 12/21/10

EXPLOSIVE SECRET, age 23, 12/21/10

LOLA, 2/23/11

Ocala HorsewomanFinds Homes forThoroughbreds

With the continued rise in the number of homeless or neglected horses, the

need for supplies and equipmentincreases. Your generous support helpsensure a road to recovery for so many

of these horses.

Quarantine BarnIntensive Care Barn / Mare Barn

Indoor ArenaTree trimming, culverts, & fill dirtNewer truck for hauling horses

24’ x 7’ or higher stock trailer with cut gateOak trees

1000 ft. of 4 ft. no-climb horse fencing 400 – 6 - 7” posts / 1200 fence boards

Horse-safe black fence paint 3 miles of Gallagher electric fencing,

insulators, tensioners & gate hooksGallagher Solar Fence Chargers

10 or 12 foot Bush Hog Weed eater / Pasture drags

5 ft WW stock Panels Stall mats

Natural Horsemanship 12 & 22 foot linesPrinter Ink (HP 93, 95, 98 & Brother LC 61)

Stamps / Recycled copy paperFeed store credit

W I SH L I S T

Last November, during an emergencyrescue, Ocala horsewoman JolaneMcAllister, didn’t think twice when shecame to the aid of six neglectedthoroughbreds. McAllister adopted orfound homes for three weanlings, two2-year-old fillies and one broodmare.Jolane and her clients also donated 12rolls of delivered peanut hay for thefarm which was a wonderful blessing.

If you have an unwanted item todonate or and / or would like tomake a contribution please call:

352-466-4366

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Hor se Sponso r s

Dona t ions — In Honor o f

HPAF's Volunteers are Terrific!We are so grateful to Sally Dogget whovolunteers in the office every Thursday andto her husband Alan who brings her and isalways willing to help with technicalproblems. Thank you Nicole Swen, SueTobin & Lynn Conderman for holding HPAFhorses for four hours during each of two CHIInstitute classes here at the HPAF farm.Thank you Wilma Schwarz who volunteersevery Tuesday grooming horses and alsoheld horses for both the CHI classes.

A special thanks to Lynn Conderman &Nan Economy who come to the farm twoafternoons a week to help with eveningfeeding. Lynn is an old friend from Miamiand the Arabian world who recently savedthe day. Our weekend employee quitsuddenly with no notice and left usstranded on the weekend that Sharon wasaway on her annual birthday vacation tothe Rugby finals. Lynn came in for fiveafternoons to help with feeding and trulysaved the day. Thank you, thank you,thank you Lynn & Nan for all of yourpriceless help!

Thank you to our good friend Amy Glick foradopting two of the older McKillian Thoroughbred mares, SilverChampagne & Grace and giving them aloving home for the remainder of their lives.Amy has generously fostered more HPAFhorses; Mara, Cody, Meredith, Sweetie andBritches. Bless you Amy for helping out withthese unrideable, hard to place horses.

A very special thanks to Kirk Landon andthe Kirk Foundation who donated the fundsfor a Polaris All Terrain Vehicle for the farm.This vehicle will be extremely useful. Notonly will the ATV help with our everydayfarm chores, but it will allow us to give farmtours for up to 5 people at a time. We areso grateful to Mr. Landon and theFoundation for their long time support ofHPAF and the horses.

Donat ions — In Memory

Jack Leitner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheila BlanchardEdd Lookingbill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Diana GravesJeanne Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margaret ReedWilliam Merriman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary Ann MerrimanEdith Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenneth RobinsonCelia W. Coll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Celia CollEdmund “Duke” Downer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judy DownerGenevieve Herrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan AzevedoKenny Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lou & Howard MeucheEdd Lookingbill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauri RiceCharlotte Nagymihaly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ingrid Savin, Jennifer HerrickLaila Vitolins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shane VanskyhockWilson R. Wortman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mary & Jim MolterLinda Wittosch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian ConroyJerry Cutrona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ralph & Dorine RaunTall Timbe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marilyn CarneyMystic Sailor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie HicksGambler, Sunset, Rising Sun, Starlite . . . . . Earl & Sheron FlippoHawk, April & Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerrie FullerWendalie & Loki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gay SmithSouthern Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lyn HolcombBarbaro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marianne ScholerMolly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katherine RichardsonLike Mama Like Mia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janis TrippSaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karin EspositoTenacious Jubilee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol KubieAdonis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apryl CruitDolly & Fancy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blanche StearnsMarco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claudia & Bill Parkhurst

Spec ia l Thanks

Dot Gross. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Karen LappiLorraine Cibley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laurel DavisLaBelle Allure Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean M. CannonDebbie Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Debbie HallJim Jacobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackie TurkoMr. & Mrs. George Ganns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat & Ron MumperGeorgeanna Rokos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat & Ron MumperThunder, Penelope & Morgan Silver . . . . . . . . . . . Bob & Helene SummersBoomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia JeffreysTsultana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madge GuniaAlachua Multi Co. Migrant Education Program . . . Laura Castanos

BIRTHDAY:Lois Nulman's Birthday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roseann NulmanJim Hoffman's Birthday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie MaguireMadge Gunia's Birthday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donna Wartman

Jean Pecor of Shelburne, VT - CindyKaren Fischer of Ocala, FL - Bandero

Michael Nuzzo of Miami, FL - ScarlettVirginia Day & Michael Chapman

- Prince EdwardRichard Reed of Miami, FL - Toni

Rosemary Taylor & Eugene Rodriguez of Brandon, FL - FezKathie Schlesinger of Coral Gables, FL - MooMooSusan Dresnick of Pinecrest, FL - TawandaDianne Haddick of Cheverly, MD - ButtercupElly Mims of Miami, FL - Safiro

(Name of Horse follows the Sponsor)

featured horsesREADY FOR ADOPTION

Marque3-year-old 15:1 hh TB filly.She is beautiful and has a good mind, withpotential for anydiscipline.

Sweetpatatapi 10-year-old 15:2 hh TB

mare. This a lovely mare,a nice mover and a

pleasure to ride and handle.

Montego3-year-old TB gelding,

15hh. Montego wasstarted by Martin Black in

March and has 15 ridesunder his belt.

Thank you Joe Schomberg & Andrea Hallerof Wellborn Quarter Horses in Wellborn,Florida for transporting the fourThoroughbred mares and the 2 year old coltfrom Suwannee County to Micanopy. Joethen assisted HPAF with the loading andtransport of the 9 Thoroughbreds fromNewberry to Micanopy the same day

Thank you to Sharn Wordley for fostering andproviding care for the four remainingMcKillian horses when they were evictedfrom the McKillian property and forproviding a home for Dreamy.

A special thanks to the Stewart family ofHawthorne who adopted two horses whowe thought would never be adopted. TheStewarts adopted Nelly a Standardbredmare who is crippled from an old injury andKissy, one of the abandoned McKillianhorses who has arthritis. George Stewart alsodonated $2500 worth of Gallagher Electricfencing for the HPAF farm. Thank you to theStewart family for giving these two sweethorses a wonderful retirement home andloving family of their own. TRIXIE, 11/29/10

MEREDITH, 11/15/10 MEREDITH, 12/28/10

TRIXIE, 1/29/11

Hop14-year-old TB mare. Hop has excellentground manners andwould make a trail horsefor an experenced rider.

Congratulations New Adopters!

Amy Glick and Silver Champagne

Cassie, Ron and Debbie Holthouse Dempsey & Susan Woods Jenny Elliott and Suspended With Pay

Kristina Watkins and Grace Suzy DeChamplain and Estellina The Stewart family Kissy and Nellie

Annie and Johanne Fiske Bonnie, Chris Kellogg and Angel

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can prepare them for a lifetime of beingwanted by people. We use ParelliNatural Horsemanship at the farm withassistance from Karen Woodbury andAnnie Shank, Parelli 2 Star JuniorInstructors for handling and groundtraining. But for saddle training the onlyoption was to send each horse out fortraining which is cost prohibitive. Thiscolt starting is an answer to our prayersfor the unstarted horses. Martin Black isone of the best colt starters in the countryand the foundation he has put on thesehorses will make all the difference intheir lives.

With 19 horses from the farm atthe colt starting I was able to goand watch the training sessionsmost days. It was incredible tosee the transformation in someof the horses. Montego whocame to us as a feral,untouchable 2 year old was oneof the first to figure out whatMartin was trying to help thehorses find; that stopping andchilling out was the best optioneven when the other horseswere moving around the roundpen. It was amazing to watchhim stand quietly by himself asthe other horses ran past him,sometimes bumping into him orjostling him but he never got bothered,he just stayed relaxed.

Mr Hollywood came to us untouchedand leery and after a bad experience in around pen became a scared, defensivehorse, always tentative about what ahuman would do to him. He could neverrelax with people, he was always onedge, ready to explode or run away. Ittook longer than most of the horses butMr Hollywood found the answer by the6th day. He finally realized that he didnot have to keep trying to run away, thatnothing was going to hurt him and hefinally let go of all his tension and worry.He is a transformed horse in the secondweek of training. His whole body hasrelaxed; his head down as he licks hislips, chilled out instead of the highheaded, tense horse he has been for thepast nine months.

Vinny who is now 6 years old came toHPAF in March of 2007 and for the firsttwo years was one of the toughest horseswe have had at the farm. At two years oldhe had never been touched and was stillon his mother’s side and was dangerous to

handle. With 3 years of handling andPNH, Vinny became very good to handleon the ground. That is unless you askedhim to do something he really didn’t wantto do like load into a straight load trailerhe was not familiar with. We knew Vinnyrequired a skilled professional to makesure he found the right mindset when itcame to under saddle training. During thecolt starting it has taken Vinny a few dayslonger than the others to find the rightmind set but on days 8 and 9 of the classhe made some amazing progress. Thankgoodness he has been started by Martin,who has addressed the issues as theycome up.

Another tough horse to deal with hasbeen Velvet, the little Paso mare with ayearling colt at her side who came inferal and beyond terrified of people afterbeing seized by Marion County. It tookmonths for Velvet to willingly accept ahuman touch, accepting brushing hertook additional months and picking upher feet quietly was a year long project.During the colt starting Velvet realizedshe did not have to run away whenscared and that if she stopped, nothingbad was going to happen and that shecould accept new and formerly scarythings quietly.

Then there is Glory, the big beautifulThoroughbred gelding who came to usin August of 2009 at 5 years old, atraumatized emotional wreck. Glory hada bad wreck in a round pen when hisformer owner put a saddle on him forthe first time. A year and a half ofplaying the Parelli Seven Games withhim along with daily grooming andhandling, Glory had learned thathumans could be trusted. However a

saddle pad was an object that stillevoked terror in Glory. Knowing hishistory Martin introduced Glory to theround pen and saddle more graduallythan the other horses that had never hada bad experience. On the second dayGlory was saddled. He blew up at firstand did one lap of the pen bucking like abronco but then Martin rode up to himand caught him and helped him find thathe could relax with the saddle on. Hesimply made him disengage his hindquarters and move his body in adifferent way than the pattern he hadlearned in his first experience being saddled.

On the third day, Glory wasridden by Antoine and it wasbeautiful to witness. Glory gota little concerned with thesaddling and mounting, butnot much. Martin had shownhim that relaxing and standingstill was safe to do whensomething was scary. Over thecourse of the two week sessionGlory has become quite a solidcitizen and Martin doesn’tthink he will have anylingering effects from his badexperience years ago. Gloryhas new memories and feelingsthat he has learned to like andseek out, that being comfort

and relaxation.

The other horses have all been stars,progressing daily under Martin’stutelage. Heaven, Hop, Angelic Pal,Bonnie, Beach, Sweepatatapi, Marque,Magic, Beach, Brando, Montego, Mac,Grayson, Barron & Izzy are all goingunder saddle. On day nine and ten all ofthe horses went out on a trail ride, downthe road to a huge open sod farm.Watching them walk down CountryRoad 315 relaxed as cars whizzed by wasamazing.

Martin Black coming into our lives wastruly a gift from God. This wonderfultraining that has been made available tothe rescued horses has transformed theirlives, giving them the foundation thatwill allow them to move on to newhomes, ready for further learning and arelationship with their own humanpartner. The education that they havereceived from Martin Black will servethem throughout their lives makingthem wanted by people instead of justanother unwanted horse. v

Grayson and Martine, Glory and Antoine, Mr. Scott and Bryher Williams

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