Israeli Army is the most handsome, dark bay, 15.2 hand gelding we've had come through in quite some time! And he eligible for the Recover at Home program (see our website).

This chonky, 5 year old gelding came to us in partnership with Beyond the Wire in Maryland. Israeli is by Army Mule and out of a Dixie Union mare. He raced 7 times, never winning, but hitting the board a couple times.

While still in training in 2024 he bowed a tendon (we suspect it occurred early Sept, 2024), which was his reason for retirement. A colt when he arrived, he was a terrific patient for the first 6 months of his rehabilitation, including when he had to stand in ice boots for multiple hours a day!

After seeing significant healing both in January and again in March ultrasounds, our vet cleared him for castration and more turnout. His castration was textbook and while he was always a good colt, he's a fantastic gelding! He is currently turned out with a small group of geldings without issue.

Israeli will need to be turned out until October at minimum, when he should be rescanned/evaluated to go back to work. He is so much fun to interact with that adopting him during this turnout period would give you ample times to do simple ground work and bond so that when he goes back to work, you already have that foundation of trust and a relationship there to support you.

This is one really cool gelding who is going to be a lot of fun for the right person! Our vet thinks he could do anything on the flat like dressage, trails or pleasure riding. We think he'd make a super cute dressage horse or even small hunter in flat classes. He's adorable.

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For those who want more information on his tendon injury:

His LF SDFT had a significant tear mid-body and was enlarged up into the carpal sheath. His DDFT was okay thankfully. There was some enlargement of the lateral check ligament, but no tear. As of 3/18/25 most of the tendon has healed/fibers have filled in with the 3A region being the last to do so but it is healing and progressing with each scan. Our vet recommended a full year from injury to starting back under saddle and he's in the phase now where he just needs time for Mother Nature to do her thing as it heals while he enjoys getting to be a horse in turnout with other horses.