FV Mys’Tiki, affectionately known as Tiki, is a beautiful 15.1-hand grey purebred Arabian mare of old-line CMK heritage. She combines a highly interesting preservation pedigree with a calm temperament, excellent manners and useful trail experience.
If you are looking for a seasoned, capable trail partner with hundreds of miles of real-world experience, Tiki is the kind that is increasingly difficult to find. She has seen a tremendous amount of country and has encountered just about everything the trail can offer.
Tiki has primarily been a pleasure and trail horse. She has been trail-ridden in both Vermont and Florida and has also been ponied extensively.
She will ride out alone or with company, is comfortable leading or following, and goes where she is pointed.
She has been ridden throughout her life in a treeless endurance saddle, bitless and without spurs. She is responsive to light cues and has been trained using subtle aids. She is calm and trustworthy for an experienced rider, but because of the way she has been trained, I would not consider her a beginner’s horse.
Tiki is gentle, sensible and exceptionally pleasant to handle.
• Ground-ties quietly for grooming and tacking
• Stands well for mounting and dismounting
• Is excellent for the veterinarian and farrier
• Clips and bathes well
• Loads and trailers extremely well
• Has no known stable vices — no cribbing, weaving, biting or kicking
• Sensible, affectionate, cooperative - no mare fits.
She is an experienced traveler and has repeatedly made the three-day trip between Vermont and Florida, her longest trip being 13 days from British Columbia.
She is accustomed to traffic, water crossings, dogs and wildlife, including deer, coyotes and occasional bears around our rural property.
Tiki has been barefoot throughout her life. If ridden regularly over hard gravel or rocky terrain, I would recommend hoof boots for her comfort.
Tiki has been healthy throughout her life with one exception in February 2026:
In the fall of 2025, our longtime hay supplier was unable to provide hay, so I purchased hay from another farm. Although it appeared to be excellent hay, I later discovered that it was very high in sugar. Tiki is an easy keeper, and during that period she experienced an episode of founder/laminitis. Radiographs were taken and showed no rotation.
She fully recovered and is now off maintenance medication and sound. She is back on pasture, walks, trots and canters freely in the field, and is sound for riding. I do not currently see a riding limitation. She is currently being ridden regularly.
Because she is an easy keeper, I recommend sensible pasture and weight management, including use of a grazing muzzle when appropriate.
I am disclosing this because I believe a prospective owner deserves her complete history. The episode is entirely unrelated to the decision to sell her.This is a life-circumstances sale, not a behavioral or training issue. We are rel