Horse Illustrated Magazine

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 My Man Ira! Check back weekly for a new featured horse so you can find your Right Horse.

Adoptable Horse: My Man Ira, a 4-year-old, 16.0hh Thoroughbred gelding
Organization: Second Stride, Prospect, Ky.

Get to Know Adoptable Horse My Man Ira

Meet My Man Ira, a 4-year-old Thoroughbred gelding by Java’s War and out of Speighty Girl (by Speightstown). He last raced on May 20, 2023 — with his last work on the track in July 2023 — and retired with a broken right front sesamoid. He is currently turning out with other geldings and does very well.

Ira is an energetic and kind fellow. He loves all-over currying and scratches and will groom you back. Relationship-building is important with Ira; he will repay time spent grooming and in groundwork with better performance under saddle. Ira will need time and patience in his ridden training. Ira will require an intermediate to advanced rider who can offer him confidence and guidance. He is riding sound and, with work, should become a nice partner for a person willing to bring him along without rush.

Ira is suitable for any disciple on the flat. He is not the best option for polo, barrels or poles.

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.