 To highlight our Rescue page, we thought we would tell you the tale of Plum Rum Peanuts, a retired pacer we purchased as a pleasure horse long before we became involved in the harness racing business. This is our testimony about what terrific family horses these
Standardbreds can become.
 Born in 1969 from Hanover
stock, Peanuts first raced on the east coast. He arrived in California in 1976, finally
leaving the track in 1978 with 18 career wins. We're still looking for specifics, but
assume Peanuts was retrained and became a pleasure horse shortly thereafter.
In 1982 we purchased Peanuts for trail riding. We had to teach him to neck rein and
acclimate him to the trails, but he learned quickly. His early training gave him terrific stamina. In his prime, he never failed to keep up with the other breeds, and in fact often leads the group. He is a pleasure to ride: his slow lope is as smooth as glass and the few times he slips into a pace he just glides.
 In 1996 at the age of 26, Peanuts was invited to return to Cal Expo and lead the post parade for the first few weekends of the
meet.
September
20, 2001 update:
We lost Peanuts late this afternoon; I guess he decided it was his time
to move on. He had his dinner and we found him about an hour
later. At age 32, Peanuts was healthy and seemed content
throughout his old age. A wonderful all-around horse and pet, he
will be missed very much.
Recently, Keith took one of our horses that did not make
it to the races on a trip to Bodie, California for some trail riding
experience. Take a look at
Hibeamer's first trail ride here.
Also his 2nd ride in 2004 here
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