Congratulations to the Osborn Family on their recent Purchase of Rembrandt.Com

Rembrandt.com is a truly remarkable horse and Johnny and Heather recognized it in spite of very obvious neurological damage.

When "Remi" was only a weanling, he was kept in a pasture with several other horses and during one of those terrible lightning storms which Florida is noted for, ALL of the horses were struck by lightning.  After the storm, when the owners went out to the pasture, only one horse survived and that was Remi.  The strike had disabled Remi so that he could no longer walk or hold his head straight and it appeared that Remi would never be able to live a normal life again.  The recommendation was to put him down but the kind people who owned Remi decided to give him the chance to live.

  After months, he began to show some improvement and Johnny and Heather were asked to work with the horse and try to halter break him.  This was accomplished and Remi was taken home and put back out to pasture until the owner's brought him back to Spotted Haven at 18 months old to break him.  From early on, Heather and Johnny recognized his potential and decided to purchase Remi.

Daily workouts proved Remi to be a very sweet horse who just went along with the flow - probably due to some brain damage from the strike.  One would never call him spirited but he showed a tremendous will to get better and he did!

To this day, Remi will give you some of the strangest looks but that "loose" or "laid back" movement produced an incredible head shake which is one of the reasons he won the 2002 World Grand Championship Kegshod National Spotted Saddle Horse.