The following article was published by Carousel News & Trader and reprinted with permission.

I begin every restoration project with a pre-work assessment and cost estimate. The accompanying photos and information primarily deal with a Dentzel stander.

There are a number of obvious necessary repairs, such as two loose legs that have splits and missing wood, the back cantle on the romance side is missing and there are a series of large splits on the top plate running nearly the entire length of the body. On the head, most of the ears and part of the forelock are missing, as well as a portion of an eye. Fortunately, everything appears to be original to the horse with no evidence of major wood rot. With this stage completed, the stripping phase follows.     < 1 2 3 4 5 > Next