Stall 13 Thoroughbreds

08/30/2026

Tuna (I am Fortunata) 16.3+h 2017 former steeplechaser located in Lansing, NY

Adoption fee waived for an ASAP placement. Our efforts to get him riding sound have been mired in abscesses and issues and have hit the 9 month mark of not getting very far. He absolutely has potential for a light riding career. And historically he has done quite well on trails, but he is not an easy horse and is not for beginners.

Tuna is a sweet, simple dude who it turns out has the type of brain (his one or two brain cells often get borrowed out to friends) that is going to do best with an easy going life with lots of turnout. If you’re looking for a sweet guy for a companion or who with some work likely may make a good riding partner and want to take a no-money-down gamble on a lovely, big moving guy, reach out ASAP.

Tuna is currently returning to work from abscess land and is mostly serviceably sound on old injuries that landed him at Stall 13 Thoroughbreds. With maintenance and a lot of consistent on-the-front burner work, he will very like be rideably sound again.

Take a chance on him, and know he can always come back if he doesn’t work out.

Reach out directly if interested. Www.stall13.org for more info

08/17/2026

Hey folks, so a very, very kind soul sent a gaggle of wonderful fly masks for our Stall 13 Thoroughbreds! I found the gift message and tacked it up on the barn to remember to write a thank you message but it blew away in the barn before I could reach out 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ If it was you, please send me a message! So much gratitude from myself and all our fly-hating horses 💚💚💚 (Pic of Henny heading out in his new gear)

08/14/2026

William (Moro Drama) 16.2h 2016 OTTB Gelding with Tapit lines located in Lansing, NY

**Stall 13 Thoroughbreds supported horse**

William is a lovely, kind Thoroughbred who has a good bit of experience in lesson land. He’s pretty sure that the lesson life is built for horses who are definitely, 100% not him, though. He’s made it clear that he wants a long-term one partner relationship who wants to do a little bit of everything - but mostly on the flat. (He *can* jump, but would prefer them to be small and not his full time job).

🎥 in comments, adoption 🥕 and ℹ️ at Stall 13 dot org or KivuSporthorses dot com

William is a little old school. He likes consistency, and wants someone he can trust to be who handles him and swings a leg over regularly. He is brave once he trusts you and happy to hack out etc, he’s one of those can-be-a-little-anxious until his human shows up and then he takes a breath and things seem a whole lot more right with the world.

William settled in here and we went slow with him, putting on the rides and introducing the group turnout. He was initially scared of fly masks of all things, but has gotten far, far better about this. In fact, he's so settled in now that he is now in charge of his herd, has a best friend (Zeke), has ample new confidence, and occasionally pulls out a lesson horse trick or two. I find him hilarious and endearing, but he will need a good balance of calm, quiet boundaries, understanding, and "I'm sorry, you still have to do X."

William would love an all around-mostly non-jumping job - he'd be great in second and third flight fox hunting, out on hunter paces and in local dressage or HJ flat classes. He would also be thrilled to stay home and just have a lovely human to hack him around and love on him. But the big things with him are we need someone to prioritize saddle fit and have the skills to listen to their horse. I am not interested in him returning to a lesson barn.

Here's the backstory: William got lucky in his past months, but has had a bit of a rough go previous to that.

William came off the track and in the past couple years, and bounced around a bit but then found a job as a lesson horse on the flat and over fences. At some point they radiographed his back and found significant kissing spines.

As he no longer wanted to pack kids over fences, the barn's next move was to reach out to a nearby barn who has taken their horses in the past or consider sending him to New Holland Auction if the nearby barn wasn't interested.

A friend who runs said nearby barn stepped in and helped William get here. New Holland would have meant bouncing through the auction circuit and potentially to kill buyers (especially if the status of his back was known).

I have found backs go one of two ways - they are either painful and hard/ impossible to fix and thus cause pain and problems, or with the right saddle, right fit, and a ride that accommodates, horses with even the gnarliest of backs are able to get stronger and go and do many, many things. William falls into the latter camp.

He WTC with zero anxiety and no appearance of pain or resistance. With a rider who knows how to get a horse to use their core, he drops into a lovely frame and moves well and comfortably. He will pop over small fences but he's not the biggest fan of jumping and will occasionally stop making me happier to move him to a mostly flat home who might want to do a small fences class here or there or pop over logs on the trails but not work their way up the jumping levels.

In general, William has just been a super good, easy going kid who needs a confident, soft ride, to help him keep all the confidence he has recovered.

William has no vices (aside being lightly afraid of fly masks???) and is generally a very good egg. He does get attached to a buddy, so he'd be best suited for group turnout, not just a situation with two horses. He is not one I leave tied or on the crossties alone though as he may sit back and scare himself. He stands great when you're there with him.

William is available for adoption through Stall 13, Inc (the non profit wing of Kivu Sporthorses) at a low adoption amount to a suitable home with support and a “he can always come back” contract. Please reach out directly for more information about the adoption process.

(And by reach out, I do mean directly. I dont see all comments and don’t have time to chase loose ends or tire kickers. So please see 🔗 in comments or google Stall 13, inc. thanks, folks!

08/13/2026

Hennessy (Johnny Bootleggs) is featured in this week’s Thoroughbred Logic 💚

08/09/2026

Hey folks! We’re nearing the end of fly season (kinda) but our Stall 13 Thoroughbreds are creatively destructive forces of nature who like to remind us why we can’t have nice things.

In line with their ruinous talents, we still need fly sheets with hoods and fly masks with ears. If anyone has spares lying around or would like to contribute to our buying power for these, it would be super appreciated. Any and all donations or fly gear are appreciated! (All donations are tax deductible.)

Shipping is to
Stall 13, Inc
655 ridge rd
Lansing, Ny 14882

Stall 13 and all the care for their currently six horses is currently funded only by donation (aka every single penny helps!) Venmo is the best route for donation (@ stall13 phone confirmation 2727)

For more info on Stall 13 and our available horses, see www.stall13.org

We also had a blast being featured on OTTB on Tap here (https://youtu.be/-p_OJ4-dPVs?is=ZubZ5XVuNbSAxL7E) and there’s lots of great stories and info about how we work if you have a couple hours to listen to me ramble after a really long day.

08/09/2026

Hey folks! We’re nearing the end of fly season (kinda) but our horses are creatively destructive forces of nature who like to remind us why we can’t have nice things. That said, we still need fly sheets with hoods and fly masks with ears. If anyone has spares lying around or would like to contribute to our buying power for these, it would be super appreciated. Any and all donations or of fly gear are appreciated!

Shipping is to
Stall 13, Inc
655 ridge rd
Lansing, Ny 14882

Stall 13 and all the care for their currently six horses is funded only by donation (aka every single penny helps!) Venmo is the best route for donation (@ stall13 phone confirmation 2737)

For more info on Stall 13 and our available horses, see www.stall13.org

We also had a blast being featured on OTTB on Tap here (https://youtu.be/-p_OJ4-dPVs?is=ZubZ5XVuNbSAxL7E) and there’s lots of great stories and info about how we work if you have a couple hours to listen to AP Graham ramble after a really long day.

08/07/2026

Looking for a damn good looking trail buddy, and easy-going all arounder who could also dabble in dressage? Great! We have your one seriously lovely (also seriously affordable) gelding with all the personality who is craving a job and his own human.

Hennessy (Johnny Bootleggs) 2019 16.3 OTTB Irish bloodlines located in Lansing, NY

For ℹ️ and 🥕s head to Stall 13 dot org or the Kivu Sporthorses site. See comment for link. Stall 13 Thoroughbreds

Hennessy has been here for some time and has made the move from being a Kivu consignment horse to our non-profit wing as a Stall 13 horse (more about that below). This means that we have been able to assess his hind end, get him the maintenance he needed and help him launch into his next home and career. I am freakin thrilled. He feels AMAZING- and is finally letting his back soften and reach into contact.

See more recent video in media section or in the comment.

Henny has risen up the ladder here to become one of my favorite rides. He’s smart, kind, and willing but requires just a little bit of tact that makes the ride fun. Overall, he is a total class act. He is also going to turn heads anywhere he goes, both for said class and just how lovely of a horse he is.

Undersaddle, Hennessy is naturally fancy. His carriage is correct and he covers ground beautifully. He’s good in the field, good on the ties, in his stall and all around just that same class act. He is red though, so he does like things like grooming, patting, and riding to be his way. And that redness (and smart thoroughbred-ness means he’s not for beginners).

Before coming here, Hennessy had a start to his second career with his owner who did a bit of all the things with him. He has been on trails and done some pony club work. That said he’s not a packer. I absolutely think that with proper maintenance and training he could run second flight with some of the less intense hunts.

So what does it mean that Henny is now a Stall 13 horse? It means that his owner donated him to the program to keep him safer and help him get the care he needs that was otherwise financially out of their ability. Henny required some exploration to figure out his hind end and by donating him to the non profit, we were able to use our donated funds (thank you- literally every penny helps!) to diagnose and treat. I was almost teary at his first ride back post treatment for just how much of difference it made (and if you know me, you know I don’t do tears- so that’s a big thing).

As part of Stall 13, Henny will come with a contract (he can be resold but we stay involved) and we can be quite flexible on his adoption fees. So if you’re looking for an amazing horse and partner to do flat work, trails and the like, he might just be your dude.

Because I like full disclosure, here are the dents and dings: Henny does have knees- so his jumping is limited but he will be happy to be your flat horse. He also just received TMT and DIT injections in his hocks and holy hell did it make him a happier horse! We are still working on growing out a toe bruise left hind and supporting with correct shoeing but that’s all heading in the right direction.

So if you can handle a small laundry list of imperfections in order to gain access to a horse who will absolutely go to bat for you every day and love any job you want to give him, please reach out!

Louder for those in back: For ℹ️ and 🥕s: stall 13 dor org or the kivu sporthorses site. Read up there first and then reach out directly. Nearly all questions are answered there. Please do not comment questions. I rarely see or can keep track of them - questions are best messaged or texted to me - I’d love know about you and your goals and how Hennessy might be a match.

08/06/2026

Hey folks, this handsome kid who had a hell of a career still needs a pasture home. We don’t have the best grass here and I really would love to get him to a long-term home. All adoption fees are waived. If your pasture needs another potato, we’d love to help ship him to you. Please reach out directly with any inquiries.

08/04/2026

I (Aubrey) had the best time chatting with OTTB on Tap about all that Stall 13 does! As always, when you catch me at the end of the long day and the conversation covers a LOT of topics and goes in a lot of (all TB-related) directions. Have a listen here and check us out at www.stall13.org

🎙️ NEW EPISODE: Inside Stall 13 with AP Graham: Helping the OTTBs Who Fall Through the Cracks

Many off-track Thoroughbreds transition successfully into new homes and careers. But what happens to the horses who need more time, deeper investigation, rehabilitation, or specialized support along the way?

Fan-favorite guest Aubrey “AP” Graham returns to OTTB on Tap to introduce us to Stall 13, her nonprofit created to help Thoroughbreds who encounter complications during their transition from racing or later in their second careers.

Aubrey shares real-life cases involving kissing spine, hock arthritis, suspensory injuries, ulcers, hoof pain, and the complicated relationship between pain and behavior. We also talk about why rearing, rushing, bucking, or spooking may not be simply “training problems,” why the most obvious diagnosis is not always the correct one, and why a horse may behave very differently after moving to a new home.

Plus, we dig into honest OTTB sales, what buyers really mean when they ask for a “safe” horse, and why producing a reliable trail horse may require far more experience and training than many riders realize.

This is a thoughtful, fascinating conversation about horse-first training, responsible placement, and giving challenging OTTBs the time and support they need to succeed.

🔗 in first comment, or check out OTTB on Tap wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!

07/28/2026

Ever wonder what happens to our adopted Stall 13 horses? 🏇

Well, they get featured on our Substack of course! ☺️ Generation (now known as Duke) is living his best life with Myopia Hunt Club these days, and Board Member Kat got the inside scoop from his new human Sam. 👀

Check out the story on our Substack, and while you’re there, give us a Subscribe and support Stall 13’s horses! 🐴

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