When a family friend visited Bar None Ranches in Dewinton, AB last January in search of a couple of broodmares, it was Issabella Kerr who also found herself with a lovely new mare. The friend forwarded pictures of Ava’s Angel to Kerr who was amazed by how much this mare looked like her very first horse, also an off track thoroughbred. Since Kerr was searching for a new horse at the time, she went ahead with the purchase of Ava’s Angel and picked her up from Bar None in February.
Kerr had a few second thoughts as, “the moment we pulled her off the trailer, we doubted our choice because of how hot headed she was.”
Those doubts quickly vanished however after Ava spent a month relaxing at a friend’s barn just “being a horse” before she was taken to a performance barn to begin an under saddle program. The program consisted of taking Ava back to basics and working hard on her flat work and ground manners since “she’s a big girl.”