This is HFR Josiah, our CHC mascot.

Josiah is a registered Moriesian. He is about 2½ years old in this picture in 6/07. He was my dream horse, an answer to prayer! He is very playful and LOVES people so he enjoys his training time with us. It's all fun to him!
He is named after my favorite king in the Bible, good King Josiah, because the king loved the Word of God and always did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. Josiah also means "the LORD supports."

Breeding: I love Friesians, but they are so big and expensive. So I decided to buy a Morgan mare (I have always loved Morgans  and breed it to a Friesian stallion with an excellent temperament. His mother is Singular Sensation (aka Fiesta), a seal brown Morgan mare out of Bethesda's Carbon Copy. His father is the FHS 2003 Reserve Grand Champion, Sietze RV.  What I liked best about Sietze is his high scoring (he received a 10 out of 10 for temperament), his more refined face and his beautiful movement. Another dream come true was that I was invited to ride Seitze! To ride a Friesian black stallion....wow! God is SO good!!
Much CHClub #1 prayer went into choosing Fiesta's stallion and for a good, safe birth. Fiesta "took" the first try (almost a miracle for an 8 yr-old maiden mare). PTL! I (Kim) was privileged to be there at Josiah's birth and imprint him. He was strong!  We did have a scare: at 4 days old he came had "septic anemia" but we caught it very early. All the CHClub #1 girls prayed hard and our vet (Dr. Schwisow) worked hard and he was out of danger within a day. Even Dr. Jim was amazed! Again we praise and thank the LORD!
Training: We have enjoyed working and training Josiah. I ponyed him all over our woods since he was a weanling - till my accident. He was already in the Whitewater 2006 Christmas parade - carrying a gold present for Jesus.  Josiah loved it all!
He is very intelligent and a quick learner. We have been ground driving him in '07. He has been so cooperative that we even had our grandchild up in a saddle on him (holding on to him to keep him safe).  In 2008 we had him ground driving using a driving harness and we saddled him up with the girls who have been helping me. Ashley R. has been my training hands and feet. Geena R. has helped as we begin to ride him. He took to riders on his back like that is where they should be. He truly loves to "play" with us all. I groom him, lead him, lunge and "lunge for respect". I even round pen him from my Frontier electric wheelchair.

From about Sept. 2009 to 2012  HFR Josiah has been in dressage training with excellent riding abilities of Danielle R.  We have gone to Sorenson's Equestrian Park the past two years as we did the Introductory tests A, B, and C as well as, the Training level tests 1,2, & 3.  He has excelled with all but one score (59.8) were in the 60's.  He really showed a wonderful presence and only got friscky a few times.  Since Danielle graduated and moved on Mikaela my most expirienced CHClub member started learning dressage riding Josiah in her lessons. She worked with him for about a year and together we developed a very nice musical dressage presentation at her Graduation Ceremony in 2014.  In fall of 2014 Katie R from the college has been taking lessons on him and in autumn of 2015 we have been teaching him to jump.  He loves it too!  

I (Kim) have been happy to be able to ride him several times too!

Josiah: helped in CHClub activities, such as drills (ridden by Kristen D, a CHClub co-leader) and using him for lunging activities.  With his dressage training he was very balance and steady.  Sadly he passed away in 2021 from a strangulated colon.
Kim, CHC President

Foxy Lady is our dependable CHClub #1 Mustang pony.

Foxy is our 13.3hh teaching pony. She is a great confidence builder, a very smooth ride for a pony and very lovable. The picture on the right is Foxy and a CHClub #1 girl waiting to begin a trail ride for the Trust & Trails Unit -summer of '07.
Foxy Lady as been around!
She is actually a BLM mustang from Nevada!  She was first rescued and trained by a boy and then through several others until a CHClyb #1 girl bought her for showing. When she outgrew Foxy we bought her, but not till after the both of them were very successful in showing (1st & 2nd place) at the state level. Foxy has also been in the Mid-West Horse Fair representing the BLM mustangs with her co-owner and the Mustang Pride club.
She is our main CHC horse because she is great with beginners. She is patient, forgiving, tries to please, yet a bit lazy, so the rider needs to use the right cues accurately and energetically.
Foxy is smart, sometimes too smart. When the CHC girls are practicing an exercise, by the 3rd time Foxy does it without the cues! When I use her for a regular lesson horse, sometimes I literally spell out what I want because she listens to my voice commands so well she does what I ask before the student has a chance to do the asking! Lol!
Her one fault, like many mustangs, is she gets very nervous when it's very, very windy and gusty so we just don't use her when it's like this outside.
Foxy loves trails rides! She is completely different -energetic!  She really moves out, and when a gallop is on she races her heart out to keep up with the leader. (She doesn't really want to be the leader!) We believe she even has one "paso" type gait: it comes out when she is in a hurry and the rider keeps her collected. It is as smooth as silk, yet quite fast.
Foxy Lady's co-owner is a dear friend of mine who helps with many of the CHC field
trips. She is one of those priceless ponies!  As she aged by her late 20's we didn't ride her anymore but still use her for ground work and ground driving.  She is still alive and moving a little crooked at 33 years old.  With the help of a Chiropracter he straighten's her out and keeps her comfortable!
We thank the LORD for her faithful work in CHC.
Kim, CHC President

This picture is from a trail ride as we completed the TRUST & TRAILS Unit.  We have gone to Southern Kettle Moraine Horseman's Park in WI. each time we do this Unit.  Its one of my favorites!

The last few years we have been using Fiesta in CHClub #1 activities.  She is for the girls who move up from riding Foxy Lady.  Fiesta is a very forward horse so the rider needs to be quick and confident rider.  She has mellowed out since being a mother and now does a nice slow jog trot when asked correctly.   

HFR Jhenhi  is Josiah's full sister.  She was born in 2007, we breed Fiesta to the same stallion hoping to sell her for a profit.  But because of the Obama crash of 2008 you could not even give a horse away.  But our Jhenhi was the most lovable sweet horse we've ever owned.  She is smart like her brother, but was a totally different personality... much more laid back with a "give me a reason to do it!" attitude, which for her was praise, a scratch in a favorite spot or of course a treat (usually an alfalfa cube.)  Because of being in a wheelchair I did use treat training for certain things.  She is build more like her Friesian dad with a nice wide back so she was the horse I rode often with good friends who walk with me.  With her quiet temperment I started riding her when she was a 4 year old.  I started using her for CHClub #1 with ground work, ground driving and eventually riding.  Her biggest vise was trying to snatch grass with young inexpirenced riders, so they soon learned to keep her focused on her rider.   She has been a wonderful, loveble horse a true blessing to us and CHClub #1.  Picture to come soon.