Jen & Puddles

Puddles and Jen are soul mates. Puddles, aka The Sweet Revenge of Chocolate, is an American Warmblood and will be turning 3 before the end of the year. Someday she will make a fine dressage horse! Until then, she enjoys playing outside with her buddy Divot.

Britt & Divot

Jenny & Prowler

My name is Jenny and this is my horse Prowler. I have owned him for three years, and we enjoy trail riding and western riding. I am also training him to drive.

Sara & Precious

I have owned Precious since I was 14 years old. She was the best thing I could ever have asked for. I got her for my birthday when I turned 14 in June of 2005. Not only did I gain so much knowledge and a great horse I also gained my best friend Lauren Sickert.

Precious will be 11 years old March 9th 2008. She is a half Arabian with 1/16 of quarterhorse from her mother. We together are apart of Erie Hunt and Saddle Club and also Lost Hounds Pony Club. We joined Pony Club two years ago and I was just recently rated to a basic D2 level. Precious enjoystrail rides more than anything and LOVES the water at Walnut Creek, one of the places we most often ride at.

Over the years Precious has transformed into the most amazing friend and horse I think there could ever be, and she is Gods greatest gift to me as well. Zucks is a great place and Precious is extremely happy out there, I could not ask for a better place to enjoy horse back riding. My mother grew up at Zucks around the same age as me and also had an arabian she enjoyed her days out there just as much as I am, and the group of people out there are just too much fun!

Precious and I have nine ribbons three third one second and five first place, one of which is the Walk/Trot Champion at EHSC. Along with a giant two foot blue ribbon we got a wooden plaque and silver plate with out names engraved.

Nancy & Shyanna

Shyanna is my name and I'm almost 13. Not sure what that makes me in human years! I have had one baby (a girl). I have a lot of friends to hang out with and who look after me in the pasture, its an Appaloosa thing. My owner Nancy takes me on trail rides, bareback leisure strolls, and we even enjoy sport activities like barrel racing & some jumping. My most favorite thing is 'Spa Day at Zucks.' I get brushed, a pedicure, and even a breath mint! Oh, I love being a horse!

Bob

Bob is an APHC Appaloosa gelding. His coat is a leopard pattern with blue points and he has a salt & pepper mane and tail. Bob is still young enough to occasionally try to buck off his rider and old enough to know just the right time to make the attempt. Some of his favorite pastimes include: playing in the pasture with his buddies Hershey and Tim, participating in the occasional horse show, trail riding through Elk Creek and (his very favorite thing) - rolling in the mud.

Lauren & Lily

I have owned Lily since March 22, 2008. Lily is a nine year old mare.She is a bay thoroughbred and she also used to race. She is currently the third horse i've owned, and I got her for my 15th birthday. I have been at Zucks since I was nine and it's the best I have been so far. There I have not only gained most of my knowledge of horses but I also gained one of my best friends, Sarah Formanski.

Mike & Leah

My name is Leah and I'm 7 years old, young at heart, and wanting to learn new things. I am a Quarter Horse/Grulla, and Mike is my owner. I will bow for cookies and will also give hugs. I enjoy western pleasure and trail rides, as long as I'm leading! I also enjoy outdoor time in the pasture sunbathing with my friends.

Tim

Zuck Farms welcomes Tim back! Tim was originally purchased by Heidi Zuck as a three year old many, many years ago. She trained him in basic hunter/jumper and pleasure, then went on to dressage and eventing. While Heidi was in college (and not riding enough!) Tim was sold to a local woman who took wonderful care of Tim and trail rode him over the last years. Heidi plans on reschooling Tim, waking up some of those old skills, and putting him to use in her lesson program. He's over 16 hands tall, so he will be great for larger students, and as a challenge for the advanced beginners.

Poncho

Poncho is the patriarch of Zuck Farms, having lived here almost his entire life. A ripe age of 36 (notice we didn't say old), Poncho is everybody's friend, and is still full of pep. A registered Quarter Horse, he can trace his nearly royal lineage through the Poco and King lines. He gets certain privileges around the farm, such as his own grazing areas, and he eats only beet pulp and senior horse pellets. Martin and Poncho were quite a team in the past, and used to pony a lot of Thoroughbreds during the Commodore Downs days.

Heidi used Poncho for lessons for many years, and has recently reintroduced him to the lesson program at Zuck Farms. Poncho is great for one-time pony rides, and is very popular with young children. He "moseys" at just the right pace, has a great personality. We hope he is with us for many more years!

Ben

Ben is Zuck's newest lesson horse. He comes to us from the Therapeutic Riding Equestrian Center where he was used in the therapy program for many years. A stocky, well-built Morgan, we believe Ben to be in his mid-twenties, with many more years of teaching new students the art of horsemanship.

Update: Ben has adjusted well to his new home at Zuck Farms Stables, and is busy most every day with riding lessons. We find that he likes to busy, and gets bored if he sits around too long! He is very good at his job, and he adjusts his manners to the student he is working with - he will challenge the more experience riders, and be very gentle with the true beginners.

Lead Foot Boy aka: Bud

Hello! My name is Bud Valimont and this is my owner Stacey. She is 13-years-old and we get along great! I am an 11-year-old Bay Gelding Quarter Horse. I came to live at Zuck Farm Stables in June 2008. I really like it here because I get to just be a horse. When I first came to Zuck Farms, I was overweight (that's a nice way of saying I'm fat). Now I am on a diet...so they just wave the grain bucket under my nose and let me take a deep whiff. Yikes! It sure is hard to count calories when your stall is right across from the feed room. Hey, does anyone have an apple they don't want?

Emily & Jitterbug

Jitterbug is my first horse. She is 1/2 Arabian and 1/2 Quarter Horse. I am learning what she likes to eat, how to lunge her, how to groom her, and soon I will be riding her! She is a beautiful dapple gray.

Klondike

Zuck Farms welcomed Klondike into the lesson program in November of this year. He is a draft pony, only 13.2 heads tall, but well-built and sturdy. He's great with beginners and experienced riders alike, and has been shown competitively. He is blind in his right eye, so riders learn to help him accomodate his surroundings. He has pulled a cart and sleigh in the past, and Heidi is looking forward to him teaching her how to do that this winter!