Oakbriar Lacy - The Diva

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Tara's World

"Kissed by sunlight,embraced by open fields. The horse is the center of all beautiful things."

Barn name: Rhea

DOB: 3/12/08

Expected height: 15.3h+ Currently about 15h

Color: Bay, one star and one sock w/ ermine

Enjoys: playing with her toys, jumping and grooming Kira

Rhea Fun Facts: SInce arriving at the farm last October Rhea has: jumped out of stall (approx. 4ft6), jumped the arena fence, jumped the field fence, attempted to climb out of her stall (walls were over 10 feet in that spot), tried to jump a 6 foot fence, free jumped a line of 18 inch fences for no apparant reason, trotted through trot poles, jumped canter poles, jumped a pile of jumps, unlocked some gates, hopped around the barn on 3 legs when the farrier tried to do her feet (are we seeing a trend here?), tried to lay on her farrier...

Hackney Page

Rhea's Registries:

United States Equestrian Federation Lifetime: #5061199

American Hunter/Jumper: #5061199

American Hackney Horse Society: #25922

United States Dressage Federation: #10795620

Performance Horse Registry: #5061199

Silver Stirrup: In 2010

American Perfornance Horse Registry: Pending

Rhea's Pedigree

Rhea is learning to be tied

Rhea in Kira's Stall Part 1

Rhea in Kira's Stall Part 2

Rhea's Blog

Rhea – Learning to Tie

Rhea is now tieing wonderfully, getting her hooves picked out by me, having her farrier trim her feet, as well as all other grooming activities.

Baby Rhea - March 2009

Rhea Quotes:

The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire. ~Sharon Ralls Lemon

I found one way to fly; On the back of an airborne horse! ~Sarah Z.

Ask me to show you poetry in motion, and I will show you a horse

A horse is like a violin. First it must be tuned, and when tuned, it must be accurately played.

"Where in the world is nobility found without conceit? Where is there friendship without envy? Where is there beauty without vanity? Here one finds gracefulness coupled with power, and strength tempered with gentleness." ~ Isenbart

Sometime he trots, as if he told
the steps with gentle magesty and
pride. Anon, he rears upright,
curvets and leaps, as who should
say 'Lo, thus my strength is tried'
--Shakespeare "Venus and Adonis"

Nothing is more sacred as the bond between horse and rider...no other creature can ever become so emotionally close to a human as a horse. When a horse dies, the memory lives on because an enormous part of his owner's heart, soul, very existence dies also...but that can never be laid to rest, it is not meant to be...

"I am as docile as I am courageous, the only of earth's creatures who sacrifices his own being to exist through the will of another."

I saw a child who couldn't walk, sit on a horse and laugh and talk.....I saw a child who could only crawl, mount a horse and sit up tall.....I saw a child born into strife, take up and hold the reins of life....And that same child was heard to say, thank you God for showing me the way. -John Anthony Davis

A Dog looks up to a man, a cat looks down on a man, but a patient horse looks a man in the eye and sees him as an equal.

"Somewhere...Somewhere in time's Own Space
There must be some sweet pastured place
Where creeks sing on and tall trees grow
Some Paradise where horses go,
For by the love that guides my pen
I know great horses live again." ~Stanley Harrison

Rhea (Oakbriar Lacy) was purchased in Sept 2008 from Rene Wade (Oakbriar Hackney Park) in Camas WA. She was purchased to be my future show jumper, but since then she has grown to become a member of our little family. She is a very affectionate, goofy girl who loves to play and investigate objects with her new family.

Rheas's bloodlines include a whos who in the Hackney world and it shows in her quality, athletism, and intelligence. Like any proper Hackney Horse Rhea is an affectionate and sound filly.

The name Rhea is the name of the Roman Goddess who protected Rome and therefore (at the time) civilization, since Kira believes herself to be royalty and evidently more civilized then most with Kira representing Rome it can be said then Rhea is Kira's protector also for later in life (there is nearly a decade difference between their ages).

Other meanings:

Greek: mother of the gods, A Titan and means flowing

Hindu: Sucessful

British: River

Roman myths: mother of Romulus and Remus

I will be updating this page on her progress.