Snowalker Stable of Santa Fe, New Mexico, (bordering the Tesuque Indian Pueblo and Santa Fe National Forest) Snowalker Stable had it's beginnings in suburban Chicago in the 1950s when my grandmother would tell me stories of her Tennessee Walking Horse, Red. I grew up horse crazy, falling asleep at night in the cowboy outfit my grandmother had purchased for me. My parents wondered where I had come from.... certainly not from them. When I was thirteen I bought my first horse for $5, a red roan aged Welsh Pony mare, who taught me the real world of horses from the ground up. I traded up to my first horse at age 15, a two year old Appaloosa/TWH cross mare with 4 weeks of training under her belt. She was sweet and smooth. We did everything together until I went to college in 1972.

In the early 1990s the present day elements of Snowalker Stable came together while we were in North Dakota. I purchased the 1987 red sabino mare F-88's Pearls and Lace from Duane Ripple. Pearl became our first foundation mare. She carries Allan F-1 on her papers twice. Both lines of her pedigree contain foundation horses. She is line bred Merry Boy to the point of being a genetic daughter. Pearl was tough, hardy and naturally gaited. Perfectly suited to the harsh climate of North Dakota and required no special training to achieve perfect Walking Horse gaits.

My daughter Sally wanted a palomino mare. We searched the country until we found Miss Golden Girl, aka Missy, a 1984 model at Walkers West in Texas. We fell in love with her sire, The Gold Rush Is On. Missy needed a lot of work, but we knew she would be just like her famous sire with a little TLC and time. Missy has never disappointed us! She was a top show horse for Sally and trail horse/broodmare for me. Missy is line bred Midnight Sun. Missy is the foundation member of our rider rehab program giving back courage and trust to all privileged enough to ride her. Her daughter, Investment Vixen, and son, Too Much Sangria, are following in her hoof prints. Before The Gold Rush Is On passed away in 2006, we bred Pearl to him and got Tesuque Gold Rush and Dangerous Flaming Flicka to him and got Senorita Milagro De Oro (Miss Miracle Of Gold.) Also in the early 1990's, I attended the Minnesota Horse Expo where I watched and then met Pat Parelli for the first time. I was very impressed with his message and try to follow it to this day. Parelli taught me horse problems were human problems and if something doesn't work, try the opposite. With his influence we have taken many horses that were going to be put down or sold to the killer buyers and turned them into well trained, beloved trail horses. Thank you Pat!

The goals of our breeding program are to produce naturally gaited, healthy, sound, sane horses that can adapt to whatever is put before them. Horses live a long, productive life (30+ years) with good care, sound genetics, a solid training foundation and some luck. We use a Parelli based training program for both the young stock and the horses that come in for rehabilitation to build the foundation they need in life. Parelli's work is reproducible for all horsemen and women, off all ages, fun to work with, promotes safety and common sense with horses and gets excellent results.

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