Success Stories
Isaac, now Sinatra
Isaac, now Sinatra
Isaac, now Sinatra
I had been looking for a second husband type horse to use to teach my husband to trail ride on, be a guest horse and a buddy for my 11 year old paint horse for well over a year. I even upped my budget in to the five figures and still struck out with horse after horse not being a good fit. I hadn't considered a rescue horse as I wasn't sure I was a good enough horseman to be able to deal with any major trauma or issues as the reputation of rescue horses typically have. Ironic as all of my other pets are rescues. A girl I met through a horse group on Facebook out of the blue forwarded me an advertisement for Sinatra (formerly Isaac) at Omega Horse Rescue she thought I might like and boy was she right! As a type-A over analyzer I don't make ANY decision lightly, but when I saw his pictures somehow I knew he was my horse. I called the old fashioned way using a telephone instead of messaging and got Kelly the owner. She was very honest with me about how he was very shy of people so much so that he'd been at the rescue for seven months, he was hard to catch and while he was an awesome driving horse he was very green under saddle. This should have rung alarm bells in my head as none of that equaled "beginner safe husband trail horse", but still I had to go drive the three hours to meet him 🤣 I was very impressed when Kelly slowed me down and said if I was looking for a trail horse then she insisted I wait until their trainer was onsite so we could take him out on a trail ride. Such a responsible suggestion that made me feel so comfortable that she was telling me the truth and really cared about a good match as most horse people had just lied to me. When I got to the rescue it was clean, the horses seemed happy and when she brought out Sinatra he wanted nothing to do with me! Ha! Well I could see he was just shut down and apprehensive of people as many had let him down in the past so we proceeded. While he was very green indeed under saddle with the stiff feel of a driving horse, my gut told me I could complete his training and that his personality would be a match for my other goofy gelding. I went home to think it over and after speaking to my husband we made arrangements to pick him up after the Fourth of July weekend. He was very scared and it took three people 30 minutes to get him on my trailer to take him home. I had a quarantine paddock set up so my horses could see each other but couldn't touch just to be safe. They instantly took to each other and even once out together they never had one firework and nastiness; they love each other so much it makes my heart melt. From the moment we brought him him home I went out to just sit with them in the pasture with zero expectations from him. After a week I could catch and halter him without problem and soon after he'd come up to me. I started him on the Clinton Anderson fundamentals training and discovered what a smart fast learner I had on my hands. We've worked through his minor issues with spray bottles and the trailer and have now taken him on multiple group trail rides where everyone thinks he is a warmblood or fox hunting draft cross. He is brave and nearly unflappable in everything I've thrown at him from swimming in the lake, to dress up on halloween, to ponying him on a 6 mile trail ride, mounted games, following me through our wetlands and forest trails, western/English/dressage... His body went from slim to muscled and filled out with a glorious dappled butt in just a few months and his personality has blossomed. He is a very goofy entertaining boy who can open doors to the hay room, pick up the hose to spray me or his brother, grab and toss things over the fence and give the best standing hugs (beings 16.3h helps). He really has been an easy horse willing to please me so long as I listen to him and let him take his time. I guarantee any of those $12,000 horses I went to see would have just as many issues to work out if not more than my beautiful rescue draft cross Sinatra. I'm so glad to have rescued him and you can guarantee this boy will have a happy home for life : )
Isaac, now Sinatra
Isaac, now Sinatra
Isaac, now Sinatra