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tne doors to oandys Memorial Foal Rescue to serve the needs of the nurse mare business. She purchases the foals inexpensively from a nurse mare farm in New York state, bringing the foals to her Mattnick Farm north of Culpeper to hand-raise them — bucket-feeding them a milk substitute and teaching them the manners that their natural mother would have done, had she gotten the chance. Stricklin hopes to market the foals to area horsemen looking for a well-started young horse at a fraction of the price of most sport horse prospects.
“I’m not in this for the money,” said Stricklin “Tin in it for the fun.” She gives buckskin colt Vanilla Bean, still, nosing the back of her shirt, a friendly shove, gently admonishing his advance. “And to help these foals find a place in life. I want them to find good homes.
“The poor things had their life turned upside down, getting ripped from their mothers. I am trying to give them a good place to grow up.”
Stricklin, 37, figures it helps that she herself is a mother, of two boys—Matt, 12, and Nick, 9.
“I can't imagine what it would be like to lose your mom like that,” she said. Sadness washes over her face briefly as she remembers that she did — her own mother died recently. T just want to help.”
Stricklin was born and raised in Culpeper County, graduating from Culpeper High and then attending Tusculum College on a biology scholarship. She followed her mother into
service: her mom was a long-time deputy sheriff in Culpeper, Stricklin was an Arlington County police officer, and husband Bobby is a Fairfax County firefighter.
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