VALENTINO

          8 YEAR OLD GAITED HORSE CROSS

Donated to TAP 8/2007 by Nashville Author and Therapeutic Animal Partner's NARHA Instructor, Lisa Wysocky.

Vali was rescued in January 2005 by Horse Haven of Tennessee located in Knoxville, TN.  Vali (known as Black Jack to them) had been abandoned for over a year, left alone in a pasture with no care.  His human neighbors fed and watered him until they were no longer able to and they called Horse Haven.  In March 2005, executive director, Terri, Lisa, Michele and others went to the TN Horse Fair to meet Vali and bring him home to middle TN.  After nine months of training Vali began his new life as a therapy horse.

Vali is trained to long-line and will be pioneering TAP's driving program in 2010.                                                                                                  Vali is currently the lead horse in our Therapeutic Horsemanship program and occassionally jumps into a vaulting lesson when needed.

He LOVES giving rides to all the particpants in his lessons!