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They live in absolute luxury. A huge house, its design was culled from several designs taken from architectural magazines. It comes complete with the best of amenities and the most modern facilities.
The 28 horses at the Half Moon Stables on the Rose Hall main road outside Montego Bay can afford to live the high life. They do earn their keep. Taking visitors through some mountain trail or swimming in the blue Caribbean Sea is the price they pay for being pampered with the best food, regular baths, and even an occasional visit from the chiropractor. Not to mention the best medical care that a vet can provide.
Trina deLisser's no-nonsense humour puts a bright face on a tough but highly rewarding business. The founder of the Rocky Point Stables in Kingston dashed out to Montego Bay when the opportunity beckoned in the mid-1980s to continue her love affair with horses, a love affair that includes show jumping and playing the occasional polo. Her love for these animals, whom she says display very human-like emotions and have similar life cycles, once saw her joining other women in a race specially organised for female riders at Caymans Park, Jamaica's only racetrack. She won the race.
Half Moon is the ideal place for retirement for a horse that is. One famous thoroughbred that spent time there was Dorval, who recuperated there after a mishap. More than seventy per cent of the horses in the stables are former racehorses. No place for stallions though. The only males allowed are geldings. A stallion around mares in heat is no horse to contend with. Bad business for a company that offers leisure rides.
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