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LFor the Jesse’s Story


big heart for all animals and a drive as strong as steel. Isabella found “Jesse” on horse searches of the in-


his is a story about a young child who at 8 years of age, fell in love with a slaugh- ter house bound Quarter Horse and felt an immedi- ate connection with him. This young ladies name is Isabella Danisi-Gonzalez who has proven over this experience that she has a


ternet while her mom was away in Europe working. When mom returned they immediately went to Ha- naeleh Horse Rescue, Trabuco Canyon, CA, to see this horse. Two women, Elizabeth Zarkos and Lori Boc- chichio, who run Hanaeleh Horse Rescue, saved this horse from slaughter just before he was to be shipped. Elizabeth is a teacher working on her PhD, and Lori is a full time nurse at HOAG Hospital, and together they are working hard to save and rehabilitate horses that have been abused, abandoned or sold to Slaughter houses. (www.hanaeleh.com) Needless to say after that visit, Jesse became Isa-


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bella’s horse. Isabella was taking Hunter/Jumper lessons in San


Juan Capistrano at the time, and was certainly a begin- ner in this discipline. When Jesse arrived at the barn the assistant trainer looked at him and told Isabella that this horse might not work out for her which only made Isabella more determined than ever. As you can imagine, Jesse did not have any formal Hunter train- ing and was quite frightened and awkward in the arena when Isabella began riding him. It was only a matter of days before she was told that this horse was not go- ing to work and it had to leave the barn. Isabella loved taking hunter/jumper classes but was


not about to give up on Jesse. With much hesitation, she thought about the idea of learning how to ride western. After many tears and sleepless nights, Isabel- la decided to switch disciplines and moved to a west- ern trainer. At the time, they also learned from the vet that Jesse was only around 3 years of age. This was short lived as well because, at 9 years old,


Isabella saw and felt that the western trainer was too harsh, and so another move to another barn. Jesse and Isabella ended up with a very young trainer who, although inexperienced, also has a big heart for


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