Welcome to Horse Illustrated’s weekly installment of the Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week, offered in partnership with the ASPCA’s Right Horse program. This week’s adoptable horse is Sunset Dragunn! Check back weekly for a new featured horse so you can find your Right Horse.
Organization: CANTER California, Davis, Calif.
Get to Know Adoptable Horse Sunset Dragunn
Sunset Dragunn is a Retired Racehorse Project-eligible 11-year-old dark bay Thoroughbred gelding standing just over 16 hands. This handsome war horse boasts 60 starts and nearly $250,000 in winnings. By Bold Chieftain and out of Luke’s Finest (by Indian Charlie), Dragunn has a wealth of experience and is looking for a loving forever home.
Dragunn retired sound from the track in September of 2024. CANTER’s veterinarians advise that he is best suited for a lower-level riding home (no jumping) based on fetlock X-rays (available upon request for serious inquiries). With his classic good looks, uphill build, and floaty gaits, CANTER thinks he would make a perfect lower-level dressage mount. He is up to date on vaccinations and dental care and does not currently require any additional maintenance.
Dragunn is a smart, sensitive horse. He has been ridden walk/trot/canter by a few different people while under CANTER’s care. He had only been with CANTER for about a month when he was used as demonstration horse for the mounted archery performance at UC Davis Horse Day. He handled the unfamiliar location, grandstand full of people, galloping horses, and sounds (including a cymbal) beautifully and impressed everyone with his professionalism.
His perfect person is an intermediate level and above rider in a training program. This rider is calm, confident, and consistent. Dragunn appreciates clear, fair expectations, and patience while he is figuring out what is being asked. He is a one-person kind of horse and is not suitable for a lesson program. He has a very sweet temperament and is a favorite among CANTER’s volunteers. They are confident that he will blossom with the right person!
If interested in meeting ASPCA Right Horse Adoptable Horse of the Week Sunset Dragunn, please fill out this interest form and a member of CANTER California’s team will be in touch.
ASPCA Right Horse
ASPCA Right Horse is the online adoption platform of The Right Horse Initiative, a collection of equine industry and welfare professionals and advocates working together to improve the lives of horses in transition. A program of the ASPCA, their goal is to massively increase horse adoption in the United States. To find more adoptable horses and foster horses, visit www.myrighthorse.org. To learn more about The Right Horse, a program of the ASPCA, visit www.aspcarighthorse.org.
