American Maid

          Well, by now I hope everyone has had a chance to see Louie in person or have seen him on our website.

          Louie was obtained to honor Loula Long Combs and her carriage driving legacy.  We asked John & Morgan Beilfuss to help us start a Hackney horse breeding program.  At that time, I had no idea if this would be possible or even if they would want to help us out in this way after their generosity with Louie.

          To my surprise, they thought that this would be a great opportunity for Walkabout Farms and Equi-Legends to join together to promote the Hackney horse.  A mare was offered and the breeding was arranged.  I did not even ask the mare’s name, I was just excited that we were able to do this.  You can only imagine our reaction when we found out the mare’s name was “American Maid.”  Not only are we involved with a horse for Loula (“Louie”), but now we have a horse honoring her sister Sallie America!  Not as much is heard about Sallie America, but she also had horses too.  But with her being on the East coast, the stories of Sallie America weren’t as well known.  By having American Maid, this opens up a whole new door for us.  We are now better able to inform people of Sallie America Ellis as well as her sister.

          American Maid is being bred.  The Loula Long Combs Driving Experience will be offering an opportunity to the R. A. Long Historical Society (members only) for a unique chance.  Name the date the baby/foal will be born.  The person that comes closest to it will receive two complementary driving lessons.

          At any time we have 20 or more horses on our farm this is a lot of work.  Robyn & I do it all, with no help.  Walkabout Farms is footing the entire bill for everything that comes along with the showing of these horses and their care.  WE NEED HELP!  If you’ve ever wanted to work with two of the rarest breeds in the world, the Norwegian Fjord and the Hackney Horse, go to shows with us, enjoy pleasure drives and represent the R. A. Long Historical Society – we need you.  If this is not possible but you would still like to help us you can donate to the R. A. Long Historical Society but make sure you ear-mark it for the Loula Long Combs Driving Experience.  This is a very expensive undertaking so any help would be greatly appreciated.  Please call or email me.

          We would like to thank the entire membership of the R. A. Long Historical Society for making this possible!

Hallelujah! (Louie)

          In a recent RALHS newsletter we announced the starting of the Loula Long Combs Driving Experience, and that we were looking for Hackney horses to properly represent the way Loula drove horses.

          Walkabout Farms is very pleased to announce the arrival of EQL Hallelujah (or otherwise known as “Louie”).  He is a six year old gelding, winning numerous times at the Royal Canadian and Louisville, Kentucky horse park – already a champion!!

          Over sixteen hands tall, chestnut with four white socks and white blaze, Louie comes to us through a very generous donation from John and Morgan Beilfuss of:

          More about Louie and what he will be doing this summer to help represent the R. A. Long Historical Society will be available on our website:

          We have been working on obtaining Louie for a very long time and we believe this is one of the things that Loula is helping to make happen.