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2009 Magic of Horses

MAGIC

RAINBOW

ANGEL

SUNDANCE

 ALADDIN

ILLUSION

 CHAPS

CIRCUS

SPARKLE

FLAME

ECLIPSE

STARLIGHT

MILKY WAY

COMET

WHISTLE

FEATHER

BRIGHTY

MOONBEAM

STARDUST

DREAMER

SPLASH

PRINCESS

BLAZING STAR

HOPE

SUMMER

BANNER

CONTENDER

RAIN DANCE

MELODY

SHADOW

SILVER

ROCKET

PEANUT

MAGIC MAN'S ON DEMAND

Contact Us

Gentle Carousel Therapy Horses is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity.

Your donations are tax deductible. Help us grant wishes, make memories and bring a little magic into the world.

Gentle Carousel Inc.

P.O. Box 1672

High Springs, FL  32655

Phone: 352-226-9009

MiniHorseTherapy@att.net

Magic selected Most Heroic Pet In America. See her in AARP the Magazine.

Gentle Carousel in Woman's World magazine.

Gentle Carousel was selected a charity partner in Disney's 2010 volunteer program "Give a Day. Get a Day."

 

 

 What an honor and thrill to have Gentle Carousel's Sundance as a riveting character in JASON AND ELIHU.-Shelley Fraser Mickle

" Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses.

Your Reading Is Magic program and volunteers are heroes every time they walk into a school or library.  Using little miniature horses to inspire young children to read is most creative.  Congratulations on your wonderful charity, spirit and service to your community.

- Bill Bennett " Former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett

"Keep up the wonderful work you do.  I often tell people that Lassie was the first therapy dog--the first to be allowed in hospitals more than 50 years ago!      

Best, Jon " Jon Provost - Appeared as Timmy Martin on Lassie

Canine movie star Benji working with Magic.

"What they are doing is just so incredible.  They are making a difference. These people are the real deal.  They are down there in the trenches doing it."

 -Joe Camp

  Film writer, producer, director, bestselling author and man behind canine superstar Benji.

"What 'Reading Is Magic' does for kids by going into schools and igniting excitement for reading a story is beyond compare.  Keep the hoofbeats going."

Carl Joseph, Author of SOME CALLED ME SUPERSTAR

 

"Reading Is Magic!

Every child you inspire to read is a life forever changed. Thank you for that and for bringing books to life...It can take you from outer space to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Either way, the journey is magical.

...Wow.  Love those little horses... Great job you're doing.  I'm proud of you." 

-Homer Hickam

Magic appearing on The Ilene Silverman Show.

 

James Gurney

Best-selling author and illustrator of the Dinotopia book series.

 

 Magic with four-time Olympian and ten-time US Female Equestrian Athlete of the Year, Karen O'Connor.

 

Magic with  David O'Connor, president of the United States Equestrian Federation, Olympic gold medalist and Pan American Games and World Equestrian Games medalist.

 

"Magic and Gentle Carousel,

    Inspiring children to read is magical. You are making a difference!"

 Chris Soentpiet - Acclaimed children's book author and illustrator

Professional baseball player Jon Townsend of the Los Angeles Angels visiting children with Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses.

Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses and Florida Gators football players at a camp for children with cancer.

"To Magic and Gentle Carousel-

 You have a wonderful program. Thank you for bringing joy to children... Keep reading! It is magic!"

-Anna Grossnickle Hines, author and illustrator of over 50 children's books.

"...Thank you for all the work you do.

...Reading is Magic!"

- Linda Sue Park

Newbery Medal Winner

 

Gentle Carousel on television.

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ROCKET

Cool Ridge It's About Time

AMHA/AMHR Silver Dapple and White Pinto with blue eyes

   

Rocket's look-a-like storybook for Reading Is Magic.

Rocket (left) at a photo shoot for Woman's World Magazine.

In Woman's World magazine.

Growing up with lots of attention and kisses has made Rocket a very special boy.

Rocket's fuzzy winter coat.

 

Rocket makes his first newspaper front page.

Thank you Cool Ridge Farm for all of your work and love.

 

We are inspired by Homer Hickam's "Coalwood Trilogy" and include all three books on Gentle Carousel's Reading Is Magic Books To Read List.

    "Reading Is Magic!

Every child you inspire to read is a life forever changed. Thank you for that and for bringing books to life...

...Reading is magic. It can take you from outer space to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Either way, the journey is magical.

 ...Wow.  Love those little horses... Great job you're doing.  I'm proud of you." 

-Homer Hickam

Homer Hickam is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Rocket Boys which received a National Book Critics Circle nomination and was named a New York Times Notable Book of 1998.  He is the author of the "Coalwood Trilogy" (Rocket Boys, The Coalwood Way and Sky of Stone), Back to the Moon ,Torpedo Junction and more. He is also a decorated Vietnam combat veteran, retired NASA engineer, an Olympic torch-bearer and the holder of Alabama's highest award for heroism.

Rocket Boys was made into the motion picture October Sky in 1999.

book cover of 

The Coalwood Way 

A Memoir 

by

Homer Hickam

Baby photos of Rocket. .

The day Rocket was born.

 

Pedigree for Rocket

Sire

 

PINEYS MEDICINE MAN

1991 31.75" Roan Chestnut Pinto

Producer of National Champions

Sire of:

FPF PINEYS BOOTSTRAP

Multiple  National  Color, Halter , Model and Liberty Champion

Grandsire of:

FPR WARBUCKS (front)

National Color and Halter Champion       Supreme Halter Champion

Sire

PINEYS SOD BUSTER

1975 32"  Sorrel Pinto

Multiple  National  Color, Halter and Driving Champion

Grandsire of:

Dancing Cloud Cherokee Star

Grand Champion Senior Stallion    Grand Champion Stallion           Reserve Grand Champion Sr. Stallion1999-2000 Reserve Jr. Stallion

Sire

 

NAVAJO SAM

31"

  

 
 

Dam

LITTLE RED LADY

 33"

 

 

Dam

ASHLEYS GOLDIE

1974 33.5" Solid Dun

National Champion Producer

Sire

Sire

Dame

Dame

Sire

Damem

Dam

 

DENT FANCY COOKIE

2000 30.5"  Black Pinto

Sire 

30.50 inch black and white miniature horse breeding stallion

DELLWOODS FANCY MAN

1991 30.5"  Black Pinto

Sire

 

DELL TERAS APACHE

1977 31"  Chestnut Pinto

Sire

DELS LITTLE MAN

1971 27.75"  Red Roan

Dam

DELS MARY

 31" 

DamDam

DELL TERAS NIGHTLITE

1972 34"  Solid Black

R

Sire

UNKNOWN

 

Dam

UNKNOWN

Dam Dam

LADY MARY LOU

1986 32" Solid Sorrel

Sire

DELL TERAS ROCKY

1977 28"  Solid Chestnut

Sire

DELL TERAS LORD OF THE ISLES

1972 29"  Solid Bay

DELL TERAS LADY T 

31" 

Dam

DELL TERAS MISS WYOMING

1975 34"  Solid Gray

 

Sire

DELL TERAS FIRELIGHT

1958 32"  Solid Bay

Dam

 DELL TERAS CORBETT

34"

 

Gentle Carousel Therapy Horses is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity.

Your donations are tax deductible.

There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." ~Winston Churchill

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