07/16/2026
Spirit 🥰 This guy's story deserves to finally be public. I always hesisted to post him due to the nature of how he was found....literally.
My uncle found this horse in the middle of the woods. Showed up on his hunting property and was there for months. He had a pond and grass so his case wasnt urgent. But, nobody could catch him. At Thanksgiving my uncle told me about this little squatter. We were worried with winter coming he could go hungry or not have access to water at some point. My husband and I loaded 2 horses and drove 4 hours. We searched high and low for him and couldn't find him anywhere. After we finally split up to look i heard hooves come crashing through the woods at me. It was Spirit and he was SSOOO happy to see another horse. While he was paying more attention to my horse than me I very quickly got a rope around his neck. I was prepared to let go if he took off. But, he didnt. Once I had him...I had him. I thought that was odd. He ponied all the way down the mountain with zero hesitation. We got to the trailer and I just knew it would take us HOURS to load him so I attempted to load him immediately. He walked right in! I couldnt believe it. So, I pushed it a little further and saddled him and climbed on. He was a little nervous but he stood there. This horse was broke. Left in the woods for MONTHS but he was broke?!?! It just didnt make sense. There were attempts to find his home but he was never claimed. Spirit spent a couple of weeks with my amazing friend and she said he was great and was obviously a trained horse. Spirit eventually came to live with me and did trail rides and became a lesson horse. He was a favorite of so many students. We knew he was older but he was in fantatic shape and was so willing. We had good years with Spirit. Unfortunately, he choked and never fully recovered. We lost him a few months later. Spirit was loved from the day he was rescued until the day we lost him. He knew the love of little girls and always had a full belly. My husband sent me these pictures from the first time riding him at home and it made my soul happy. I wanted to share the wild story of how we got out very own Spirit.
