Horse Program

I’ve suffered gross indignities from users and winners,

I’ve felt the touch of kindness from losers and sinners

I’ve given for the cruel hand and given for the kind,

Stood beside the Appomattox when surrender had been signed.

I can be as tough as hardened steel, fragile as a flower

I know not my endurance; I know not my own power

For you who took my freedom, I’ve no malice or remorse

I’ll endure…  I’ll last forever…I am the Horse.

Wylie Gustafson,  Equus Caballus from Hooves of the Horses

 

            No partnership in the history of mankind has endured like that of a man and his horse. The horse has carried man to his greatest victories and defeats, meals that nourish and away from deadly blizzards. What has made the horse such a unique and integral partner with mankind is his patience, tolerance, power and heart. It is for these reasons the horse has been such an essential and healing aspect in the lives of the boys of Morning Star Boys’ Ranch.