Our Horses

Meet Delilah!

Delilah is one of the favorite lesson horses here at Sonoran Performance Horses. She is a grade Arabian mare and she is absolutely wonderful for students of all riding levels.

Like Cisco, we don’t know Delilah’s exact birthday, so we celebrate it on the first of January every year.

Delilah is an all around horse. She excels in western pleasure, hunt seat, and even jumping! She is also one of our main show horses here at Sonoran Performance Horses and excels in the hunt seat equitation, hunter pleasure, and sport horse classes.

Delilah is one of the kindest horses we have ever met. She came to us in March of 2023 and has since won the hearts of all the staff and students with her kind, gentle temperament and sweet personality.

We love our sweet Delilah and are so blessed to have her here at our facility.

Meet Cinco!

Cinco is a core member of the SPH lesson herd. Joining the program in September of 2025 after the passing of one of our other school horses, Cinco has made himself a reputation here for being sweet, goofy, willing, and playful!

Before becoming a school horse here at SPH, Cinco was trained to do reining! He has all the fancy buttons of a reiner, which is so helpful for teaching our students the intricacies of riding a higher level horse! He also did a brief stint as a Rodeo Queen horse and ran the flags around the arena in a number of rodeo events!

Cinco is grade, meaning we don’t know his exact birthday! We do know though that he was born in 2020! Though Cinco isn’t registered with a breed association, we did give him a show name! In the show ring, he is known as “Dancing in Sync-O”

We adore our Cinco and we’re so grateful to have him! We can’t wait to see what this young man accomplishes in his new career in the Hunter/Jumper world!

Meet Captain!

As you can probably tell, Mr. Captain is actually a mule! This sweet boy is an excellent teacher and is one of our riders favorite members of the lesson herd! Everyone loves his ears!

Captain’s real name is actually Captain Crunch! But we just call him Captain for short 🙂 We estimate that captain was born in 2011 ish!

Captain, before he joined us here at SPH, used to be used for lower level dressage! He also was used at a lesson program & did lots of jumping too!

Captain is the best boy to learn to canter on & jump on! He is honest, safe, and sees distances for you making him the best guy for new jumpers to learn with.

We are beyond grateful to have Captain here at SPH & can’t wait to see the riders this guy creates!

Meet Shrek!

Shrek is the biggest of the lesson horses here at SPH standing at a shocking 18 hands high! Shrek, a big bay Thoroughbred joined the lesson crew here in September of 2025.

Shrek is an older gentleman, born in 2005! Making him one of the oldest members of the SPH lesson herd! Shrek’s official name is Carefree Comet, but because of his hugeness & messy eating, the name Shrek suits him much better!

Before coming to SPH Shrek was doing lower level dressage with his owner for a number of years! Now that he is a senior citizen, & some opportunities opened up for his owner, Shrek has been enjoying the lowkey life of being a lesson horse, and primarily does walk trot and WTC lessons on the flat with the advanced beginner crew!

Shrek is the only lesson horse in our program that we do not own! We have a lease on this big guy!

We are so grateful for this time we are able to have Shrek. He is quickly climbing the ranks as one of the favorite lesson horses around here!

Meet Eddie!

Eddie is a cute little Shetland Pony cross who joined the crew in August of 2023. This little man was born in March 2022 making him the youngest horse here at SPH

Eddie is currently in training with our instructors here and will join the lesson crew as soon as he is old enough and broke enough to be ridden by our smallest students.

Eddie is best known for his loud whinny and goofy personality. Everyone who rides at Sonoran Performance Horses looks forward to giving Eddie a pet whenever they come out to ride.

We can’t wait to see how Eddie turns out when he gets older! This little guy has so much potential!

Meet Jazz!

Jazz is an absolute sweetheart who we had the pleasure of introducing to our heard in spring of 2024! This love bug was born on May 5, 2004. She is a registered half-Arabian mare. Her registered name is Jasmine Aiyana, but we just call her Jazz for short

Jazz is currently ridden mainly by our intermediate level riders because she has a lot of get-up-and-go in her. Don’t let her age fool you! This girl is athletic!

Jazz is a fleabitten grey mare who stands right around 15 ish hands high. She was previously used as a trail horse, but here she loves hunt seat & competing in our fun shows.

We look forward to all of our future adventures with our lovely Ms. Jazz 🙂

Meet Buttons!

Also known as “Cute As A Button” Buttons is a Pony of the Americas who we estimate to be born in 2012!

Sweet Ms. Buttons joined our heard in spring of 2024 and has been absolutely adored by all of our students here.

Buttons excels in Hunt Seat & Hunter Jumpers and definitely stands out in the show ring with her stunning coat color.

Buttons has the worlds greatest ground manners and is a dream for teaching the more timid riders how to be confident!

Not only is she beginner safe, but the more advanced students here adore her for showing & jumping. This girl is just so well rounded!

We adore our sweet Buttons 🙂

Meet Jane

Also known as “Sweet Lady Jane” Jane is a Quarter Horse we estimate to be born around 2006!

Miss Jane joined the SPH lesson herd in January of 2025 and has been a core member of the lesson herd ever since.

Before coming to SPH, Jane did lower level dressage, jumping, and we suspect she started her ridden career on the track as a race horse!

Now, in her older age, Jane’s career here is the walk-trot divisions. She is amazingly smooth, bombproof, and responsive which make her the perfect horse for teaching the timid riders to trot and be a bit more independent!

Jane is a choice show horse for the walk trot and ground pole divisions, and has won our students dozens of ribbons! She is also a favorite to use for day camps, home shows, and parties because she is so easygoing.

They don’t make horses like Jane!

We are enjoying all our time with this sweet mare. She truly is a one of a kind and we are so grateful to have her in our barn!