Our mission: to re.habilitate, re.train, and re.home promising rescue horses. Your donation makes possible a new lease on life!
Our goal in this IndieGoGo fundraising drive is to raise $24,000 - enough money to cover our hay expenses for 365 days. Your individual contribution will go directly toward the purchase of one or more bales. For this gift of sustenance and contribution toward improving the plight of a discarded horse, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
"Best horsebackriding stables in Sonoma County"
for 2010 and 2011.
Well Trained Horses' (based at Icssoma Farms LLC) mission is to rehabilitate, re-train and re-home promising rescue horses; work to eliminate equine transport across US borders for the purpose of slaughter; and include youth at risk in our rescue programs, helping them to build confidence, compassion, career and life skills. More information about the treatment of horses brought to slaughter can be found on our Links page.
A look at Horse Rescue
As horse people, it is critical that we understand the current nexus between horse slaughter and the need for horse rescue.
Horseshoes to benefit our Well Trained Horses, a rescue & so much more. On sale at Frizelle Enos in Sebastopol & Penngrove. Starting in February 2012, at $14 each. Sweet messages on the back. Through the website, $25 includes postage, tax, & a card. (2 for $30 mailed to the same address). Every penny goes straight to our horses for hay & grain.
Online orders will be sent priority mail. For overnight mail please add $12.
Personalize shoes available for $30 each, 2 for $50.
Tours 2nd Saturday of the month at 9:00 AM. March 10th, April 14th, May 12th. $10 donation requested, reservations encouraged. Family rate $30 for up to 5 people.
Order online through our form here.
Our 2012 summer camps are just around the corner. This year we will have a total of 7-five day camps running most weeks. For details & schedules CLICK HERE.
The only stable where all profits go to saving horses & helping youth at risk.
For $29 you receive a Certificate of Gratitude (suitable for framing) telling they have helped save a horse's life, they will also receive a picture of the horse, with his or her story on the back.
or Save a life and get a warm feeling/fuzzy/plush gift
For $39, all of the above plus a sweet stuffed horse, unicorn (specify color), or key ring
We can send priority mail for an additional
$5 to each address,
we can send overnite for an additional $12
for each address.
we will happily provide gift wrapping or
gift bags for $5 for gifts over $125 we
will provide
priority shipping
"I love the barn environment... it's one of the healthiest places kids can be...I can't say enough about how much we enjoy being with the horses. we feel really fortunate to have Icssoma Farm" - Ben Heschen, Sebastopol
The only stable where all profits go to saving horses & helping youth at risk.
Icssoma Farm LLC is a full range equestrian facility nestled in a serene country setting. We offer lessons, training, mini lessons, Pony parties, summer camps, and sales. Our focus is on dressage and jumping with a natural horse training perspective.
Boarding is available for students and horses in training.
Saving horses from slaughter... Changing all of our lives. Read more.
Check back here for the latest news and updates
from Icssoma Farm LLC.
Ricky Finn is not just the best horse I have ever owned, he is the best horse I have ever known. To imagine what might have become of him if he hadn't been rescued is just unthinkable. He is cute as can be, playful, so smart, so affectionate, but also so steady under saddle that I feel we can do anything together. I am so grateful too for the care you took in retraining him. I never owned a thoroughbred before, maybe lot's of them are like Finn, but to me he is one in a million. I just love him so much, we are definitely a forever match! Thank you Susan.
Marcia
We Rescue Horses, train, take care of their medical needs & rehome and sell them, or will take donations for them. See Rescue Horses for more.
We've opened a new section of the site, Equine Angels. Join us there and share stories of friends that are no longer with us.
PASTURE PALS/Free horses to good homes: We have several horses that are free to good homes. See Sale Horse page for more info.
Job Opening! We are currently looking for working student, part-time catch rider and/or part-time instructor, see Job Opening page for more info.
"I have ridden with numerous clinicians and Olympians,
but I drive four hours to ride with Susan Jan. She was
able to restore my confidence and skills, and put the
joy back in my riding and training. Anyone would be lucky
to ride with her ." "My first experience with Susan Jan
was as an adult beginner. She is extraordinarily insightful
and sensitive to the unique challenges with which adult
learners struggle. Her tenacity and dedication to my success
and mastery of the skill and the fine art of classical
riding have persisted to this day, 15 years later."
~ Mary Fallon, Student,
Roseville
"Thank you again for the incredible experience
you provided me with... I was treated to a tremendous
lesson ! You spent a huge amount of time with me,
going over what I needed to understand. You worked
me through my fears and concerns. You encouraged me to
try movements that I would not have tried on my own.
Your support and encouragement were incredibly helpful
and your energy and enthusiasm contagious."
I learned more in that one hour from you
than in the 10 years previous!
~ Deborah Scherrer, Castro Valley
"My skill level and confidence has improved immensely through Susan
Jan's instruction. I highly recommend her to any level
student"
~ Diane Perro, student
"No one could be more sensitive to the client
and the horse"
~ M. Bishop, Rohnert Park
Well trained horses is a 501.c3 charity, all donations are tax-exempt as provided by the laws of California our tax id # is C-316-9607 LLC # 71-087-3010.
