Snickers earned a special place in our hearts at Freedom Farm as a veritable “Swiss-army knife” among horses—we could call on her for lessons, cow work, kiddy rides, ponying, you name it. And she’d already been a terrific first horse for her owner, Kathy Schmidt, who recently reminded us of just how versatile and indispensable Snickers was, from the get-go.
Kathy bought Snickers, a 13-year old, experienced pack horse mare, in 2004. Kathy had recently been given Hazelnut, a troubled but promising 4-year old filly, and needed a nice, steady horse to ride while Hazel came along through years of
