November 2021 Issue

EAST COAST EQUESTRIAN November 2021 Page 23 BLACK’S LIVESTOCK -The Next Pasture - Where the grass is always green, lush & stirrup high Individual Horse & Pet Cremation Standard Mortality 24 hour service available John E. Black: 610.220.5262 Matthew Hoffman: 610.656.3258 Office: 610.584.4482 Fax: 610.584.9111 BLACK’S LIVESTOCK P.O. Box 662 Skippack, PA 19472 www.nextpasture.com Lisanne echoed those sen- timents, then shared how it felt to close the door and leave her home in Pineville, Wyoming. “It was hard to say goodbye to a job I loved, and my cats. I am such a homebody, so think- ing about not going home for a year is terrifying but it’s also so exciting to be riding with my horses day in and day out. I am putting faith and trust into how it will go.” A list of sponsors will provide food along the way. The girls will camp, but there are sponsors who have stepped forward to provide stalls for the horses, fresh showers and a place to crash, too. “The longest trail ride I’ve done was 10 miles,” Hannah said. “This is pushing me out of my comfort zone and I’m kind of excited about that.” Lisanne has never ridden for weeks on end, but she’s taken many long rides in the mountains and on the ranch where she grew up. She’s bringing along her horse Phineas for the videogra- pher to ride. “The mustangs are on the forefront but there’s also a level of personal discovery,” Hannah said. “It’s not just about the American Discovery trail. It’s also an American Discovery for us. Doing something like this that’s out of the box is good, and it’s shedding light on this lesser-known area of equestrian travel.” Lisanne spoke of educat- ing the public about American Mustangs. “Everyone who is an American taxpayer owns these horses,” she said. “But they don’t know what the Mustangs are up against.” Diersen laughed when she ex- plained a virtual ride you can take. “When we first started talking about this Mustang Discovery Ride, we spoke to a [Christina Hike] who runs the Endurance Horse Podcast in Wis- consin,” she said. “She started Warhorse Endurance Challenges when Covid hit. These are virtual rides. Those who sign up ride their horse at home and then log their miles online. They’ve created a 5000-mile mustang discovery trail ride online and already have 108 riders signed up. Riders pay a fee to partici- pate. The girls get a $5 donation per rider from them. Everyone who does this ride will get their name on a plaque - one plaque will go to the Mustang Heritage Foundation and a second one will go the American Discovery Trail office in DC.” The full schedule of stops and events is listed on the Equus Film Festival Page at www. equusfilmfestival.net . “The reality is that the BLM has captured the horses and now they are standing in holding pens - more mustangs than you can imagine,” Diersen said. “The Mustang Heritage Foundation gets these horses out of holding pens. We are doing what we can do to get their stories out and to get those horses adopted to good homes and not on meat trucks.” Follow the journey on Facebook at Mustang Discovery, join the virtual ride at warhors eendurance.com or visit mustang discovery.com. Tell our advertisers you found them in East Coast Equestrian. (Continued from page 10) RUTHANN PERRY Transformations in Wood morpethcontemporary.com ruthannperry.com | 609.649.4109 Grazer repurposed wood 60 x 64 x 8 inches Friends to Ride to Promote Mustang Adoption