"Callie" Bay Mare Quarter Horse

Callie is one of those horses we wish we could keep.

She is a beautiful 14 year old bay Quarter Horse mare standing 15.1 hands, with a substantial, big-boned build, a sweet personality, and smooth, comfortable gaits. She has been part of our family for many years now and is, quite simply, a good girl.

We whistle for Callie, and she comes. She is simply a horse we enjoy going out to feed, handle, and spend time with. Her personality and dependability have easily made her a favorite around the barn.

Callie is only being offered for sale because of the unexpected passing of our father. This is not an easy sale, and finding a good home for her matters very much to us.

For the past three summers, Callie has been part of a children’s riding camp and lesson program, helping children through some of their very first horseback-riding lessons. Kids could steer and stop her themselves, and she was often a favorite in the program. The children didn’t simply ride her… they groomed, saddled, led, and helped care for her as part of their camp experience. Callie is accustomed to children, activity, and all the commotion that naturally comes with a busy barn and lesson program.

She has been ridden both English and Western, in the arena and out on the trail. Callie direct reins, moves willingly off her rider’s cues, and picks up both leads. She has been ridden alone as well as with other horses and has traveled across many different types of terrain.

Callie’s experience goes well beyond the arena. She has been trail ridden through the woods. Open fields, by water, ridden alongside the road, and exposed to traffic, bicycles, wildlife, and farm machinery. The last three summers at camp have also made her familiar with children moving around her and the normal bustle of a busy barn.

Callie is the kind of mare whose value becomes clearer the more time you spend with her. She has that tough to find balance of being patient enough to teach from, yet willing and responsive enough to remain enjoyable as her rider progresses. She has already been a patient teacher to many children, but we believe she still has an exciting chapter ahead of her.

There is an effortless, fluid quality to Callie’s movement. She carries a natural rhythm from one stride to the next, making her comfortable to sit and every bit as enjoyable to ride as she is to watch. She is a lot of fun to ride!

Combined with her naturally attractive headset and easy, rhythmic cadence, that movement gives Callie the potential to continue developing with additional training and refinement. She could be a lovely candidate for English, Western, or ranch classes at local and open shows—or simply enjoyed for everything she already knows.

Callie is easygoing and willing on the ground. She ties, stands quietly for grooming, saddling, bathing, and the activity happening around her, and picks up all four feet. She is gentle for children and adults to handle and behaves well for both the farrier and veterinarian. She loads, unloads, and hauls well.

She is currently shod but has also been kept barefoot too depending on the time of year.. She had her teeth floated in August 2026.

Callie has been part of our family for many years, and this is a difficult sale. Finding someone who will truly appreciate her experience, personality, and remaining potential matters tremendously to us. We hope to find her a wonderful, lasting home with someone who will value her as much as we do.

Whether her next chapter is with a family, in a lesson program, out on the trails, or continuing her development toward the show ring, Callie has the versatility, experience, and willing attitude to be enjoyed in many different directions and she is sure to turn heads while doing it.

$8,500

Located in Northeast Pennsylvania, 18470.

Nationwide shipping can be arranged for an additional fee. Buyers from outside the area are welcome to contact us.

Please message for more information, videos, or to schedule a time to meet Callie.

If Callie is not quite what you are looking for, please feel free to reach out. As our family works through the dispersal of our horses, saddles, and tack following the untimely passing of our father, we have several horses available and may have a different one who would be a better fit.

Our dad spent his lifetime in the horse industry and more than 40 years building his life with horses on our family farm. We are the third generation of our family here, and horses have always been a big part of our lives. We are especially proud of the lesson and camp horses we have right now. They are honestly one of the best groups we have ever had, and finding good homes for them matters a great deal to us.