| Toby was one of the eight Nursemare Foals that comprised our first group. With his lollipop blaze and his "What do I get into next" personality, Toby quickly became a favorite. He is extremely friendly and loves people, a condition brought on by all the love and attention he has received here at Eagle Hill. Toby is not available.
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Toby When He First Arrived at Eagle Hill
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Toby Growing Up
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 Toby Now |
| Andy also came to us in our first group of NMFs.
He was 5 days old, extremely precocious and, in fact, was the leader of
the pack on the first outdoor play time. No one else had the courage to
head on down the shed row into that unknown bright outdoor world, no one
but Andy. He quickly became a favorite with his black color and his frisking and leaping about and soon became a member of the Jone's family, specifically, Tristan Jones. Andy and Tristan are also pictured in the New Parents section.
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Baby Andy
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Andy at His New Home
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 Andy and His Ball |
| Bently was first known at Eagle Hill as Jim Beam
until Darlene saw him standing tall on the hill looking like he owned the
place. She became his adoptive mom, renamed him Bently
and after going through Level I, Intermediate, and Saddle training, you
can see the results. Darlene and Bently are also pictured in the New Parents section. The other pictures below were taken at Darlene's new farm in North Carolina where she has 20 acres of pastures and trails to ride in. Lucky her!
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Bently at Eagle Hill
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Bently at His New Home
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 Bently at His New Home |
Smart Socks arrived in the fall of 2004. He was a sight for all the white blaze on his face was devoid of any hair. Special salves were applied to his face, he was kept inside for a few weeks and his face problems went away. It was during this time that Pam worked with the colt and realized how exceptionally bright he was, hence the name Smart Socks. Smarty was extremely willing and adored hugging and praise which made training easy. He very quickly caught on to all the ground work.
Destined for slaughter, he is now a star at Pam's barn and has returned with her to Eagle Hill for ground work demos. When he was first asked to get into the step up trailer, he thought it was too high to step up into so he just jumped in. People at Eagle Hill lined up to watch Smarty jump into the trailer. Being a big boy now, he has completed training levels Basic and Intermediate and Level 2 ground work in Parelli training. As of fall 2006, he was mounted four times which is enough until spring 2007 when his real training will begin.
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 Smarty at Around 4 Months Old. |
 Smarty at His New Home at 6 Months Old |
 Smarty July 2005 About 10 Months Old |
| Cassandra was on the thin side when she arrived here in the fall of 2004. She was very leary of people and would let no one touch her for weeks. Even after she would allow petting, she was an escape artist when it came to trying to get a halter on her. Once haltered, however, working with her was delightful. She was very curious, smart, sensitive and willing. Teaching her the basic ground level skills was easy. When Heidi met the paint/draft cross mare, it was love at first sight. Cassandra was a x-mas present to Heidi and now resides at their new farm along with Morgan's Miracle and Tristan's Andy.
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Cassandra When She Arrived at Eagle Hill |
Cassandra Now |
| Rodeo was in our second group of NMFs. He was about 10 days old when he arrived. A little on the bashful side, he quickly came out of his shell and began following people around and mouthing every jacket he could reach. Many of us had wet jackets from Rodeo drool. When Gena first saw Rodeo they immediately hit it off. He seemed to adore her and the feeling was mutual. You can tell how much Rodeo has grown by looking at his size compared to Gena's in the pictures below.
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 Rodeo soon after his arrival at Eagle Hill |
Rodeo and His New Owner Gena
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Rodeo and Gena - Now look who's taller! |
| The story of Chance can be found in the article on Stacy and Chance called "Stacy's Story" He wasn't supposed to make it into this world, but he did. Peggy and her family gave both Chance and Palo - now named Sugar a lovely home with green pastures, lots of love and gave them both a second chance. Palo was the mother of Mino, pictured in yearlings. She was terribly emaciated when she arrived here with her two week old baby and Mino looked like a little bag of bones held together by skin, Although Sugar will never be a riding horse because of a broken knee she incured before she ever came to Eagle Hill, she trots and canters across the pastures and seems to be perfectly content with her lot in life as a companion to Chance. We are so glad that Peggy, Harry, and Pam decided to adopt Chance and take Sugar as a companion for him. They both look great!
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Chance as a Baby at Eagle Hill
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Sugar and Chance |
| As I recall, Grace got her name because she wasn't! But she will be some day. As told by her new adoptive parents, the Shollys, the first time they saw her she was galloping along, stopped too quickly and went tumbling head over teakettle as only a young foal can do and get away with it looking cute. Hence the name Grace! Rodney was kind enough to offer his trailer to transport the NMFs. Grace, one of the second group of NMFs was named and adopted by Molly and Rodney before they ever reached Virginia. Just look at the change in about 6 months. She will be a big girl and we hope, very light on her feet!
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Grace at Eagle Hill |
 Grace at Eagle Hill |
Grace and Jewel, Another Eagle Hill Adoptee, at Their New Home.
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| Harley was one of the first group of NMFs to arrive at Eagle Hill last year. He and Art Deco, another paint, were inseparable and as they were a week or two older than the other foals, seemed to avoid their "childish antics" often standing side by side away from the others. They hung together, ate together, slept together. Art Deco now has a home of her own and Harley is staying with us at Eagle Hill. He is becoming quite a beautiful boy, wouldn't you agree?
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Harley Before Arriving at Eagle Hill.
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Harley, King of the Mountain
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 Harley Now at Eagle Hill. |
| This is Mino, foal of Palo who was mentioned earlier. He was a skinny little bag of bones when he arrived at Eagle Hill. Although Palo was a good mother, she, herself, was starving so everything she ate went into milk for Mino. It was quite a chore putting weight on Palo while she was also nursing, but she and her son roamed the area around the barn so that she could get extra feed several times a day. It paid off, and now Mino has become quite a handsome young man. He will always be pony size because of the starvation he and his mother both endured. He loves children and was recently adopted by his foster Daddy, Mickey.
His first winter, he looked like a stuffed animal picked up off a toy shelf he had such a long furry coat. He didn't shed out completely until the end of June. We were all very excited to see what he would look like as a "real horse".
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Mino With Liz
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 Mino's, Yearling Summer, 2005. |
| Lancelot is totally boy; bang, slam, run here, run there, get into this, get into that,oops, sleep, eat, run some more and it all begins again. He was one of our first group of 8 Nursemare Foals that arrived at Eagle Hill Farm last winter. He has grown into a very bright young man and is still at Eagle Hill galloping up and down the hill with his buddies waiting his new parents to take him home.
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Lancelot's First Day Outdoors at Eagle Hill
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Lancelot Enjoying a Nap
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 Lancelot This Winter at Eagle Hill |
| Sheriff was a member of the third group of Nursemare Foals to arrive at Eagle Hill Farm. He has recently been adopted by our volunteer, Robin, is pictured with him in the Adopted Section.
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Baby Sheriff - Does This Make Him a Deputy Instead?
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Sheriff Now
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 Sheriff's in the Army Now |
| Taupe was in our first group of NMFs to arrive last winter. She was named Taupe because her color was taupe at that time. When she shed out this past summer, she became a black and white filly instead. Taupe is a very sweet young lady and since she has completed Level 1 ground training, she has very nice manners. She is extremely willing, very bright, and very affectionate. When her buddies are not around to distract her, she loves to cuddle with a human. You can reach across her back and lean on her a little, touch her anywhere; she doesn't care as long as you keep 'hands on'. She is a nice size and will be a wonderful horse for someone. She is very sane, not easily excitable as long as she has a buddy or a human with her. Taupe is eager to do whatever you ask so she should readily take to saddle training when the time comes. She is available for adoption for $850
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Baby Taupe
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 Having a
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Taupe Now
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| Art Deco arrived with Harley glued to her side in the first group of Nursemare Foals. As mentioned under Harley's description, they were instant friends. We noticed that paints will almost always find another paint to buddy with. Strange but true. Wonder how they know? Art Deco has been adopted and is residing in 15 acres of pasture with Mino and Annie, also adopted from Eagle Hill. (NO not Annie Delp!)
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Baby Art Deco
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| When Morgen met Miracle that was that! Done Deal! But Morgen didn't know that until X-mas. Since Morgen very much wants to be a Parelli instructor when she is older, we have started on natural horsemnship riding techniques in addition to the natural horsemanship basic and intermediate groundwork Miracle has already completed. Miracle, a lovely black and white paint with blue eyes, is now at her new farm home where Morgen can play with her whenever she wants.
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Morgen Desensitizing Miracle at Eagle Hill
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Morgen Aboard Miracle for the First Time at Eagle Hill
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Morgen Riding Miracle at Their New Farm |
