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c h r o n o f h o r s e . c o m w i n t e r 2 014 21 PHotos Courtesy of lellie wArD tickets are on sale now for the equus film festival, nov. 21-22, held for the first time in new york City. e mist harlem venue will host the event, which is set to screen more than 100 equestrian films, shorts, music videos and commercials from around the world. "from Japan to france, the wilds of mongolia to the inner cities, horses have a tremendous impact on our lives," said lisa diersen, the event's founder. "e equus film festival celebrates them in all their magnificence." passes are $25 per day, and tickets to the vip Awards party are an additional $25. But children under 15 can attend the festival for free, and some special screenings will also be held free of charge, such as Black Rodeo, return- ing to harlem for the first time since 1972, and Dakota 38, scheduled as part of a special celebration of native American heritage month. to purchase tickets or learn more, visit EquusFilm Festival.com. tickets will also be available at the door. He may not be your ordinary barn pet, but he sure acts like one. "He's just like a dog!" said eventer Lellie Ward of Cloudy the sheep, who joined her Paradise Farm family in Aiken, S.C., in February after she stumbled across the then 3-week-old lamb at an expo. "I was walking around and looking at all the little shops, and this lady had a little baby sheep. And all the children were playing with this lamb, so of course I had to go up there and see him," she said. The last thing Ward was looking for was another animal to add to her menagerie, but in speaking with Cloudy's owner, she learned the lamb's twin brother had died and that their mother had stopped producing milk. "She said she was going to put him down," Ward explained. "I took my credit card out of my pocket, and I said, 'I'll give you $100 for him.' " Just like that, Cloudy secured a permanent place in Paradise, and he's wasted no time growing accustomed to life on the farm. "During the day he has free range," Ward said. "I have a lot of people that come to my farm to school and everything, and he always goes and sees everybody." Cloudy goes into horses' stalls during the day, but when bedtime rolls around, you'll find him on Ward's porch. Cloudy the sheep is no longer the wee little lamb that eventer Lellie Ward brought home 10 months ago, but he's still as cuddly as ever, and he makes a unique barn pet and mascot at Paradise Farm in Aiken, S.C. Lellie Had A Little Lamb "At night he has a dog bed that he sleeps on," Ward said. "But sometimes if there's a really bad storm, I just bring him in and put him in my bathroom." Like any trusty farm "dog," Cloudy is welcome almost every- where, including on the golf cart and tractor. Recently he even took his companion-animal nature to a whole a new level, enduring being dressed up as an Old English Sheepdog for the canine costume contest at the Paradise Farm Aiken Hunter Trials and Dog Show. (He won, by the way. Check out Cloudy's own Facebook page, Facebook.com/Lellies Cloudy, for some fantastic photos from the day.) So what else does Ward have planned for her wooly friend? "I think my ultimate goal would be to get three more of them and teach them to drive a four-in-hand," Ward said. "They have them out west at rodeos and stuff. When I get done with all these projects that I have going on right now, that's a long-term goal of mine." —Ann Glavan Equus Film Festival Coming To NYC

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