Friends Don't Eat Friends: Louisville draft horse needs a new home to make room for tennis complex

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Louisville draft horse needs a new home to make room for tennis complex - Longmont Times-Call

Louisville draft horse needs a new home to make room for tennis complex - Longmont Times-Call

By Laura Snider Camera Staff Writer
Posted: 03/30/2012 06:01:40 PM MDT
Updated: 03/31/2012 12:38:20 PM MDT

Anyone interested in giving Levi or Little King a place to live can contact Denise Ramunda atguster4@yahoo.com.

CORRECTION: The e-mail address originally listed for Denise Ramunda was incorrect. It is guster4@yahoo.com.

A gentle giant in Louisville is in need of a new home.

Levi, an 18-year-old draft horse with a thick blonde mane, has spent years rambling around a pasture and taking shelter in a barn near the corner of 96th Street and Dillon Road in Louisville.

But now the property -- which also used to house the Flatirons Equestrian Center -- is scheduled to become part of a new tennis complex, and Levi needs to find a new pasture in the next couple of weeks. But Denise Ramunda, Levi's owner, said it hasn't been easy to find a place for the massive horse, a well-known character in Louisville.

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Polish Arabians - March Breed

Polish Arabs: check out the page on the Arabian Horse Association website.

I decided to start with Polish Arabs since that is the breed my Crystal is! Polish Arabs have much more bone and size than most Egyptian Arabs. Crystal is nearly 16 hands and 1200lbs with isn't uncommon for this breed. The Polish breed the Arabs they imported from Egypt with the cold blooded horses of Europe and over time this is the exquisite horse they wound up with. They are breed to carry weight as much as they are bred for stamina. They are still raced in Poland, not to see how fast they are, but to see how much stamina they have while carrying more weight.

The have brains, they are sensible and gentle, and really want to please. I've owned and been around so many horses, and Polish Arabs never fail to impress me. They have brains AND beauty, the very best of both worlds.

I do not have lots of experience with the breed. I was a "dyed in the wool" Quarter Horse person, but I can now surely say, I am hooked on the Polish Arab breed. And it's not just because Crystal is "my" horse, I've read it, and heard it from other owners and breeders.

So if one comes to you and you're looking for a horse and you fear the high strung ways of the Egyptian Arab, give the Polish a try. I doubt you ever go back to anything else.

FDED