Belgian-Percheron gelding born 2013. Rusty and his brother, Red, came to Tally-Ho in 2022 from Southern Alberta where they did chores on a large ranch. These beautiful horses have a rare coloring called ‘red roan’, where they have an even number of white hairs and ‘red’ hairs on the body, while the head, lower legs, mane and tail are a solid reddish color. The body of horses with roan coloring will change color throughout the year, ranging from a light red/white in the spring/summer to a dark red in the fall/winter.
Rusty came to us with mild lameness in one of his feet, and has been under the care of our veterinarian and farriers who have designed a corrective shoeing program for him. His biomechanical issue is now resolved and he is ready to start his training program in 2024. This will begin with basic groundwork and confidence building through games and positive new experiences; and when he’s ready, will move into learning how to work as a single carriage horse.
On the farm, Rusty has become buddies with our little Welsh pony, Jazz, who thinks he’s pretty great!
