Martini No Olive
1989 dark bay Thoroughbred
gelding, 16 hh
BURT'S STAR x HALF GIN
Affectionately
referred to as "Tini" and wryly dubbed the “The
Foundation Gelding,” Martini is actually the reason Heart
of Gold Farm came to be. When a serious shoulder injury cut
short Martini’s career as a show hunter, we began to consider
the possibility to buying a farm in order to give this beloved
horse the retirement he deserved. From that small goal, Heart
of Gold Farm has grown. While Tini loves his new life in the
green pastures of Heart of Gold Farm, he is anything but retired.
In the spring he serves as our teasing gelding, sparing us the
need of a resident stallion to tease mares. The rest of the
year, he and his buddy Eric serve as kind and amazingly tolerant
babysitters to some of our young horses. Tini was the first
horse Renee ever actually owned and will forever be her best
friend and favorite old fella.
