Dexter is a gorgeous, goofy boy. He has gone though multiple rounds of training, but has been deemed unsafe to ride. He is a sweet boy otherwise and makes all the mares swoon with his good looks! 

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Breed: Dutch Warmblood

Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 2008

Color: Dark Bay

Training: Has been trained in riding but will not accept a rider

Tiny Tim is a Morgan who arrived at Cracker Box in 2022 with 4 other Morgans after their owner passed away. It was his first time leaving the farm he was born on and he was very brave making the journey. Tiny Tim tends to be nervous around new people, but has come very far since arriving and is one of the more dominant horses in the West Barn. 

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Breed: Morgan

Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 2011+/-

Color: Dark Brown

Training: Untrained

Special Needs: Experienced Home

Socks is a timid senior Morgan who arrived at Cracker Box Palace in 2022 after his owner passed away. Due to neglect and mistreatment, he is extremely shy and nervous around people but has taken many baby steps towards learning to trust. Socks has had no handling or training and will require an owner experienced with abused and unhandled horses. He would do well in a companion type home. 

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Breed: Morgan

Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 2002+/-

Color: Palomino, Dappled

Training: Untrained

Special Needs: Experienced Home

Ember is a beautiful, untrained, mare who arrived at Cracker Box Palace in 2022 with 4 other Morgans, including daughter Reigna, after owner passed away. Due to neglect, the group needed time to relax and learn humans can be trusted. She is known for her love of selfies with people she knows and trusts around the farm. Ember is a warm soul and glowing personality, and with patience and training, is sure to be someone's long-time partner and companion. 

 

Breed: Morgan

Sex: Mare

Birth Year: 2004

Color: Chestnut

Training: Untrained

Special Needs: Experienced home

Reigna is a fiery mare who arrived at Cracker Box Palace in 2022 with 4 other Morgans, including her mother Ember, after their owner passed away. Due to neglect and mistreatment, she is quick to put people in their place when offended and needs time to relax and learn that humans can be trusted. She has had minimal handling and will require an owner experienced with abused and unhandled horses. Reigna will do well in a companion type situation. 

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Breed: Morgan

​Sex: Mare

Birth Year: 2016+/-

Color: Chestnut

Training: Untrained

Special Needs: Experienced Home

Luca joined the West Barn Morgans roughly ten months after their initial rescue. He went through extensive professional training, but Luca was deemed unrideable due to his high level of anxiety.

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Breed: Morgan

​Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 2015

Color: Dark Bay

Status: Can be handled, but nervous

Training: Deemed unrideable

Special Needs: Experienced Home

Tender is a sweet, old man, but demands he be a spoiled boy. He wants to be the first to get his breakfast and the first to be turned out in the morning.  He also believes in keeping clean and tidy, so he likes to wipe his face on his people whenever he gets a chance. If you're looking for a silly, sweet goofball, Tender is waiting to go home with you!

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Breed: Quarter Horse

​Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 1995

Color: Chestnut w/ white star & rear socks

Status: Retired, Easy to Handle

Training:  Well Trained in both English and Western Riding

Beebe was surrendered to the farm as a stallion when his owner had to move of state. His personality has calmed down since he was gelded. He loves treats, interacting with visitors & staff and any chance he has to canoodle with his favorite minis, Gracie and Sunshine.

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Breed: Chincoteague Pony

​Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 2013

Color: Bay Pinto

Status: Can be handled, but spooks

Training: Learning to lead

Eddie is a super sweet, gentle senior boy that had been used during horse camp and pony rides. Eddie occasionaly leads himself to his stall or walks beside us on an "invisible" lead rope. Eddie can be ridden for short periods on flat ground, he is not able to tolerate any hill or trail rides. 

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Breed: Paso Fino

​Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 1995 +/-

Color: Bay

Status: Easy to Handle

Training: Well trained

Midnight arrived at Cracker Box Palace from a neglect case. She is a hardy breed and easy keeper. She has had minimal handling and although she's shy with new people due to her past, she has been gradually developing trust and interacting with staff and volunteers. Midnight would do well in a companion type home with an experienced owner, ready to commit to bonding and ground work training. She needs to develop a trusting bond with someone.

 

Breed: Standardbred

Sex: Mare

Birth Year: 2001

Color: Black

Training: Untrained

Special Needs: Experienced Home, Cushings Disease, Lyme Disease

Double is an unhandled gelding who has resided at Cracker Box Palace for a number of years and was recently gelded for medical reasons. He is up for adoption but only to a highly experienced owner, familiar with care of unhandled horses and long-term stallions. He has minimal ground training but has been socializing well. He must be fed soaked grain mash, as he is prone to choking and colic. 

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Breed: Standardbred

Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 1991

Color: Black

Status: Unhandled

Training: Untrained

Special Needs: Highly Experienced Home, Senior diet (wet food)

Fabio, Gracie and Sunshine were surrendered to the farm together. Fabio tends to be a little shy with people. All three love getting into mischief whenever the opportunity strikes and are as silly as the day is long.

Fabio is father of Gracie.

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Breed: Miniature Horse

Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 2010

Color: Fawn w/ flaxen mane and tail

Status: Skittish, but will walk on lead

Training: Untrained, Walks on Lead

Sunshine was surrendered to the farm with Fabio and daughter, Gracie. Sunshine loves attention and cuddles. All three minis are silly and will get into mischief if the opportunity strikes.

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Breed: Miniature Horse

Sex: Mare

Birth Year: 2010

Color: Liver Chestnut w/ flaxen mane and tail

Status: Easy to handle

Training: Driving & Jumping Obstacles in Hand

Gracie was surrendered to the farm with parents, Fabio and Sunshine. She is always looking for attention or cuddles. All three of them love getting into mischief whenever the opportunity strikes and are as silly as the day is long.

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Breed: Miniature Horse

Sex: Mare

Birth Year: 2013

Color: Chestnut w/ flaxen mane and tail

Status: Easy to handle

Training: Green Trained for Jumping Obstacles in Hand

Misty is a very sweet miniature mare, who enjoys being brushed, loves kids, has lots of attitude and will do anything for a snack! She is an easy keeper, but does have several medical issues that are being managed with proper diet and medicine. An owner experienced with her medical needs is preferred.

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Breed: Miniature Horse

Sex: Mare

Birth Year: 2003

Color: Silver Dapple

Status: Easy to handle

Training: Groundwork

Special Needs: Heaves, Cushings, Foundered

Miss Flash arrived at the farm in 2021 after being a lesson pony for many years. A gentle senior mare, Miss Flash would make an excellent companion pony. She has good manners, loves to be brushed, and has settled in with confidence that quickly earned her respect in the group. Miss Flash required medication for Cushings as well as soaked food due to her age, but is generally an easy keeper. 

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Breed: Welsh

Sex: Mare

Birth Year: 1985

Color: Light Chestnut

Status: Retired Lesson Pony

Special Needs: Cushings, Soaked Food

Betty is blind in both eyes and came to Cracker Box Palace when a good samaritan took her in after her blindness made her useless to her Amish Farm home. Now a companion horse, she is an easy keeper and does best with comapnions who do not bother her. She requires an owner experienced with blind horse care and time to adjust to new surroundings, but would love a forever home of her own. 

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Breed: Thoroughbred

Sex: Mare

Birth Year: 2000+/-

Color: Bay

Status: Retired from Amish Farm

Special Needs: Blind

Sweet Betsy was rescued from a severely neglectful situation in October of 2023. She had recently aborted a premature foal and was not in good physical condition. Betsy has blossomed physically and emotionally since coming to the farm. Betsy may be completely blind in her right eye and mostly in her left eye, but she has no trouble finding treats or attention!

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Breed: Standardbred

Sex: Mare

Birth Year: 2008+/-

Color: Dark Brown

Training: Worked on an Amish Farm

Special Needs: Blind

Merribelle and her daughter, Dannie, welcome visitors to the Cow Barn area of Cracker Box Palace. They are easy keepers and great herd protectors but they do require an experienced home. Having been together since Dannie was born, they are a bonded pair and must be adopted together.

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Breed: Donkey

Sex: Jenny

Birth Year: Merribelle 2003, Dannie 2010

Color: Merribelle Light Gray, Dannie Dark Gray

Training: Minimal

Special Needs: Experienced Home, Must be adopted together

Millie was surrendered to the farm in February 2024 with her son, Ziggy. Neither have had much handling before their surrender and are very fearful of the farrier, due to some past abuse.

Ziggy is very food oriented and very much enjoys attention from visitors and staff alike. He and Millie love to greet visitors from their pen across from the bunkhouse.

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Breed: Donkey

Sex: Millie -Jenny, Ziggy -Jack

Birth Year: Unknown

Color: Millie Light Gray, Ziggy Dark Brown Gray

Training: Untrained

Special Needs: Must be adopted together

Amp is an Off the Track Thoroughbred (OTTB) who was raced until suffering a severe injury as a youngster in a starting gate accident. His racing career over, he was retired to Cracker Box Palace around 2008 after a tie-back surgery to repair his collapsed trachea and having developed Potomac Horse Fever. All healed and a long time resident of the farm, Amp is a very pleasant and friendly horse whose "roar" whinny is a reminder of his past injury. 

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Breed: Thoroughbred

Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 2005

Color: Bay

Registered Name: Amped

Status: Permanent Cracker Box Palace Resident

A Quarter Horse with a fun personality, Buddy loves to stir things up. People and equines alike should be on their toes in his presence or risk a sneak "attack"! Buddy is a lovable, sweet, and friendly horse who was retired to Cracker Box Palace. He's incredibly smart and will occasionally be allowed to bring himself back to the barn from his pasture.

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Breed: Quarter Horse

Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 2002

Color: White

Status: Permanent Cracker Box Palace Resident​

Cute and cuddly! Ellie Mae is a senior retired Hackney Pony who was retired to Cracker Box Palace about 2017 with another Hackney Pony (Matt) when their owner passed away. Trained in driving, they are distant relatives of the show Hackneys that resided at Alasa Farms long before Cracker Box Palace was here. Ellie Mae is a pleasure to be around with a gentle, sweet, loving personality and underlying spunkiness that endears her to everyone.

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Breed: Hackney

Sex: Mare

Birth Year: 1990

Color: Dark Bay

Status: Permanent Cracker Box Palace Resident​

Mathew (Matt)  is a registered Hackney gelding who was retired to Cracker Box Palace about 2017 with another Hackney Pony, Ellie Mae, when their owner passed away. Trained in driving, they are distant relatives of the show Hackney's that lived at Alasa Farms long before Cracker Box Palace was here. Matt is a pleasant horse with a confident personality who can relate to a variety of equine personalities.

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Breed: Hackney

Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 1997

Color: Dark Bay

Status: Permanent Cracker Box Palace Resident​

Riley is a Thoroughbred gelding who was retired to Cracker Box Palace several years ago. Trained English as a Hunter/Jumper, he was also a lesson horse for a short time. Blindness developed in his left eye and while some horses adapt to this fine, it caused Riley too much anxiety to continue with most riding activities. When surrounded by friends and familiar faces he does wonderfully, so he has settled into a relaxing retirement and the Farm. 

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Breed: Thoroughbred

Sex: Gelding

Birth Year: 2002

Color: Bay

Status: Permanent Cracker Box Palace Resident​

Sorceress is a cute mare who arrived at Cracker Box Palace along with other Arabians (Chell-Win bloodline), virtually unhandled, as part of a neglect case involving being shut in a barn for an extended period of time. Due to her past neglect, she does not trust new people easily but given time to adjsut she relaxes and her personality starts to shine through. 

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Breed: Arabian

Sex: Mare

Birth Year: 2001

Color: Gray

Registered Name: Chell-Win Sorceress

Status: Permanent Cracker Box Palace Resident​