~:Named after a fantasy character; so I decided to become one:~

My name is Ivy, but you can call me Pony.
In real life, I am named after a princess from a fantasy novel (Piers Anthony, anyone?).

Dear Pony is a nickname my sister gave me when I was 10 years old and it stuck. Even my grandma calls me Pony on occasion.

-- I am an adult, so please keep that in mind --

I have many hobbies and interests:

-Horses: I started riding in 2012 and have owned my mare since 2019. During high school I took lessons and showed in a variety of disciplines, then during my college years I spent summers as a trail guide and winters as a barn manager for a local boarding barn - doubling as the coordinator of their in-house equine-assisted therapy program. In more recent years, I've been a 4H instructor, given beginner riding lessons, dabbled in cowboy mounted shooting, and am currently the equine-assisted learning manager at a ranch focused on helping kids in the foster system and their families.

-I am an artist; I love colored pencil especially and have a very whimsical art style.

-I am an amateur leatherworker - I make pieces to wear to the renaissance faire mostly and medieval armor for my horse.

-I have played the piano for 20+ years. I mostly use that skill to play video game soundtracks (Legend of Zelda being my favorite).

-Writing is a passion of mine - I am working on the final book of a fantasy trilogy that I started 10 years ago.

-Reading: I adore all things fantasy but will read and enjoy just about anything I can get my hands on (Lord of the Rings will always hold a special place in my heart).

-Hiking: I love exploring State and National parks with my husband/favorite adventure buddy!

See something you want to chat about? I promise I don't bite, feel free to message me any time.

I've had this Howrse account for ages. Even my sister will sometimes ask if I still play "that horsey game" from when we were kids. lol.

That being said, I've worked my way up from scratch to where I am now, and through all the changes to the game over the years. If you ever need help with anything in game, please don't hesitate to ask. 

Send a friend's request if you like, I'll always try to return congrats when I see them and help with objectives/promos.

Most of my horses are NOT for sale unless listed as such. If they are for sale they will be listed fairly cheap, I like to sell quality horses at low prices.

Not looking to join a team at this time, just here to casually breed and BLUP Paints (Celebrate the Light affix) and Quarter horses (stars in the sky affix).

My breeding farms:

Retired (mortal 25+ years)
-Mortal horses that are 25ish yrs old and up - these just chill until I get a philosopher's stone and bring them back into my breeding rotation. Some I age up to feed my Yggdrasil.

Stallions (100 BLUP) & Mares (100 BLUP)
-My breeding stock (and older immortal horses). If you ever need a 500e covering from my 100 BLUP studs, shoot me a PM or watch the public coverings.

Training (BLUP In Progress)
-Horses that have not yet reached 100 BLUP, projects, experiments, AP finders, comp fillers, and random catch-all for horses 1 yr 6 mo and up.

Foals (under 1 yr 6 mo)
-The babies - all have foal games done to max gain. Often I'll have foals up for direct sale at 3,000e.

The Other Horses:
-Divines, specials, and wandering horses I've collected over the years! 

Caspian is my 14 yr old calico cat who I've had since she was 8 weeks old. I got her from a friend who named her after Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia) before realizing she was a girl. Most of the time we call her Cassie.

Jezebel, also known as Jez, is my (roughly) 24 yr old buckskin Quarter Horse mare.

I met Jez while working at a summer camp in 2016. At the time she was the horse no one wanted to deal with - she spooked at her own shadow, had a bad habit of pulling back when tied, was aggressive, and perpetually had her ears pinned. Soon, she ended up as my project.

These days, eight years later, Jez is the gentlest creature and I trust her absolutely with my life. I formally purchased her in 2019 and she will live out the rest of her life with me.

In the last 5 years of horse ownership, Jez and I have gone to a handful of shows and county fairs (even winning a blue ribbon here and there), ridden countless miles on the trail systems of local national forests, taught equine-assisted therapy to children and adults with disabilities, and taught 4H lessons. We’ve done a bit of cowboy mounted shooting and plan on going to some historical/wild west re-enactments soon. I also have a Riders of Rohan cosplay that Jez and I do together, and we're slowly adding pieces to that.

One of these days I'll get some photos of my animals on here. Stay tuned.