Welcome to Horse Illustrated’s weekly installment of the Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, offered in partnership with the ASPCA’s Right Horse program. This week’s adoptable horse is Corazon! Check back weekly for a new featured horse so you can find your Right Horse.
Organization: Longmeadow Rescue Ranch, Union, Mo.
Get to Know Adoptable Horse Corazon
Corazon is a handsome Appaloosa gelding who was returned to Longmeadow in September 2024 when his owner could no longer care for him. After his routine 30-day quarantine ended, this stunning gelding was able to be reevaluated by their training team.
Upon evaluation, Longmeadow’s trainer found that Corazon was more of a forward ride. He had no problem moving fast — in fact, she spent a lot of time trying to hold Corazon back. The man just wants to go! He is soft in the bridle and rides off leg. Although he tends to have moments of stubbornness under saddle, Corazon can be easily redirected by a confident, knowledgeable rider who isn’t afraid to send him forward during his little “temper tantrums.”
Corazon truly enjoys having a job and is an intelligent horse. He will need a handler and rider who isn’t afraid to correct certain behaviors, such as pushiness on the ground. He will also need an adopter who can work with him through the occasional spook. Although mighty, this gaited gelding can be a scaredy cat sometimes. At the Ranch, Corazon has been ridden both outside and in the indoor arena. He has been ridden both alone and with others. He tends to need a little more confidence from his rider when being ridden alone.
Corazon is good for grooming, tacking up, and standing tied. He also stands well for the farrier and vet. He is not a fan of fly spray or trailer loading. Corazon has a silly, endearing personality. While he also isn’t the biggest fan of getting bathed, he does like being sprayed in the mouth and playing with the hose. He also loves to eat. Because of this, he will need a grazing muzzle or dry lot at his future home. At the Ranch, he is on a daily dose of Thyro-L to maintain a healthy weight.
Contact Longmeadow Rescue Ranch today about ASPCA Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, Corazon!
ASPCA Right Horse
ASPCA Right Horse is the online adoption platform of The Right Horse Initiative, a collection of equine industry and welfare professionals and advocates working together to improve the lives of horses in transition. A program of the ASPCA, their goal is to massively increase horse adoption in the United States. To find more adoptable horses and foster horses, visit www.myrighthorse.org. To learn more about The Right Horse, a program of the ASPCA, visit www.aspcarighthorse.org.
