All Entries in the "Horse Rescue" Category
Project Sage – A Long Island Horse Rescue
Written by: Barbara Anderson
Project SAGE (Save A Grateful Equine) Horse Rescue was started in 2007 by then 17 year old Brittany Rostron in memory of her beloved thoroughbred “Sage”, who was a rescue horse. It is a New York State certified and ASPCA recognized non-profit organization, as well as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, whose goal [...]
Horse Rescue Story: Fiona
Written by: K.C. Jean Kellam
I had spent a lifetime praying and dreaming of the day I would become a horse owner. Years of mucking stalls for free lessons had done nothing to persuade me otherwise and I decided without a doubt to move forward in my lifelong ambition of horse ownership. Looking back, maybe I [...]
Jake – A Horse Rescue Story
Written by: Patrick Corcoran
My wife and I drove along the narrow private drive with anticipation. It was our third weekend in a row spent horse shopping for her. She was a new rider and we had to find a stocky but short horse that was sane and mostly sound. Toss that in with the small [...]
Old Friends – Horse Rescue
Written by: Jan Hoadley
Horse racing gets a bad rap when it comes to “rescue.” When it was learned that Ferdinand had, like Exceller, died in a slaughter house those in the Thoroughbred community were hit hard. Not only disappointed by the loss of a champion tossed away, but facing condemnation of others in the horse [...]
Horse Rescue Story – A Skinny Appaloosa
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A Skinny Appaloosa: A Horse Rescue Story
Written by Jan Hoadley
A search for a horse brought a phone call about a “skinny appaloosa” who needed a home. She was in a pen with two dominant Arabians and if she didn’t finish her food before they did, or if it was too close to them, she went [...]
Horse Rescue Story – 600 pounds at 16 Hands
600 pounds at 16 Hands – Horse Rescue of Joe
Written By: Kate Manning
This is an accolade to two horse lovers from Florida – Gaetan and Michele – who over the past 20 years have taken on and cared for many horses after they were abandoned at their former boarding stable – turned rescue home – [...]
Sammy – A Horse Rescue Story
Sammy – A Horse Rescue Story
Written by Alisa Atkinson
The story of Sammy really begins eight years ago with the story of her mama Misty. I bought Misty from a lady I met through a friend, a woman who owned many horses but for some reason was reluctant to let Misty go. After an agreement was [...]
