Why Sponsor?
When you sponsor one of the horses at the rescue, you are profoundly impacting their life. With your monthly contribution, their medical, dental, hoof, and dietary needs are met. The average cost of care for one horse, for one day, is $71.06.
Available to sponsor
Abraham
As a 17-year-old Haflinger, Abe has known the highs and lows of being adopted. Abe was the organization's first rescue in the Fall of 2013 and was quickly adopted in the Spring of 2014. After four years, Abe was returned when life threw the adopters a curve ball. Abe was once again adopted in 2020 but was returned again in 2023.
Abe returned with chronic Lyme disease, which he is being treated for with antibiotics. While he is feeling much better, he still has a long journey to being completely healthy.
Apollo
As a 22-year-old Cleveland Bay/Morgan/Welsh Pony cross gelding, life has not been easy. He was rescued twice by another facility, who he then needed rescuing from when it turned into a farm of horrors.
There were 120 farm animals that needed to be rescued, including 30 horses. Apollo was one of the lucky ones in that he was still alive, but he was extremely emaciated. You could see every rib and vertebra on him and his hip bones jutted out.
Apollo has filled out nicely but has severe arthritis and bone loss that he is treated for daily. Because his pain is managed, you can often see him trotting and bucking in the pasture.
Ellie
As an almost 30-year-old Belgian, Ellie has experienced the highs and lows of life. Most recently she needed to be rescued from a farm sanctuary that swore that she would be safe. Instead, she was one of 120 farm animals, 30 of them horses, that lived in deplorable conditions. She was one of the lucky ones and was only a little underweight.
When Ellie arrived with Apollo, you could not even tell that she was 95% blind. She confidently walked off the trailer and right into her stall without saying a peep. Regularly, Ellie can be seen walking around the pasture or enjoying a roll in her favorite mud spot.
Louie
As only a 13-year-old Thoroughbred, Louie has been thrown away not once in his life, but twice.
For reasons unknown to us, his racing career was short-lived. He ran in only two races, placing third in one. When he was purchased by his previous family, he seamlessly transitioned to a lesson horse where he thrived. He loved the attention and was the go-to horse at the barn where he was boarded at. That all changed when he unexpectedly and suddenly became lame.
Without being able to be ridden as a lesson horse, which offset his family’s boarding fees, along with the expense of trying to diagnose his lameness, Louie was unwanted and once again pitched to the wayside.
Several months after arriving at the rescue, Louie started showing signs of being in pain. The once outgoing boy that we became accustomed to, would barely venture out of the barn.
He was diagnosed with Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM), a neurological condition that disrupts communication between the brain and the spine. Louie underwent several rounds of treatment, and while much better, will always suffer the neurological effects.