Story submitted by Rory Ridge Rescue  Bandit story began as Gus who no one wanted to buy. His owner had him as a companion to their mare. Without any success at selling Bandit aka Gus they took him to a small local Texas auction from there is how he ended up as a young unbroken ...read more

Story submitted by Brave Meadows It all began one morning when I was sitting at the allergy doctor waiting on my allergy shots. I was looking on Facebook at a kill pen’s page of the horses they were selling. I noticed a beautiful gray Arabian mare for sale, and hoped she might be ...read more

Story submitted by Pasture Pals Equine Rescue, Inc. About a year and a half ago, I started volunteering at Pasture Pals Equine Rescue. While every single one of their animals is special, Jazzy is a horse that is near and dear to my heart. During our orientation I was asked to ...read more

Story submitted by New Mexico Horse Rescue at Walkin N Circles Ranch Kasi came to our ranch in June 2013. She was very emaciated and weak. As she gained strength and weight, we realized she did not trust people, and we were not able to halter her. At the time, she shared a ...read more

Story submitted by GEVA “All life, regardless of its form, classification or reputation, will respond to genuine interest, respect, appreciation, admiration, affection, gentleness, courtesy, good manners.” —J. Allen Boone, Kinship with all Life I don’t know what it was that first ...read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amanda Bodkin A Home For Every Horse abodkin@aimmedia.com (303) 253-6385 Purina and A Home For Every Horse Announce Partnership with Anheuser-Busch Foundation New partnership will assist in the health and welfare of rescue horses. Presenting the ...read more

Story submitted by Sophia's Oasis for Rescues (S.O.F.E) On February 26th 2016, Nattoway County Sheriff’s Department seized 42 horses and 15 dogs from Ravenswood horse farm for reports of abuse and neglect. Sadly, just months before 11 of those horses were part of another seizure ...read more

Story submitted by Horse Helpers, Inc., dba Horse Helpers of the High Country This was an ad Elizabeth, one our volunteers sent me off of Craig’s List with the accompanying picture: pet horse for sale - $500 I have a roughly 4 year old horse he is very tame leads and rides i ...read more

Story submitted by Leilani Horse Rescue  February 2017 we attended the local auction. As we looked at the horses awaiting their fate, a young (boy) auction worker came up to us and said, " If you are going to save one please save this one, he is really cool, the owner had us ...read more

Story submitted by Rory Ridge Rescue  Our rescue would like to introduce you to Biggie and Kate.  This is a twofold story as Kate has been a volunteer for the rescue who works hard for the rescue. Our rescue had pulled Biggie from a Texas kill lot with little time left before he ...read more

Story submitted by New Mexico Horse Rescue at Walkin N Circles Ranch Indigo arrived at the New Mexico Horse Rescue at Walkin N Circles Ranch the first week of June 2013 with several other horses from Southern NM. Char was a new volunteer and just happened to be there when the NM ...read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Contact: Amanda Bodkin August 3, 2018 (303) 253-6385 abodkin@aimmedia.com A Home For Every Horse Spotlight: Organization Update BOULDER, Colo.—Seven years after its founding, "A Home For Every Horse" (AHFEH) continues to be a labor of ...read more

Story submitted by GEVA (Glen Ellen Vocational Academy) Saying Good-Bye by Anne Koletzke Tiny arrived at GEVA, an Equine Retirement and Rehabilitation Foundation and Sanctuary in Glen Ellen, CA, in 1999 at the age of 14, not too long after a successful career as a Grand Prix ...read more

Story submitted by Warriors of The Rainbow Horse Sanctuary Nameless came home on June 10, 2016. He is a BLM-branded mustang whom I rescued with the help of Tami Augustyn’s BLM Mustang Rescue Network. He dove right into the grass. He's nothing but a pony (measures 12.3 h.h. with a ...read more

Story submitted by This Old Horse  A few years ago, two This Old Horse volunteers had a great idea to start a grooming club. They saw that some of the horses did not get a lot of individual time to be loved on and thoroughly checked over. It started with just four of us ...read more

Story submitted by Second Chance Thoroughbreds Freddo Joel was rescued by an anonymous donor in November of 2017. We were able to offer him a home, and arranged from him to be shipped to a quarantine facility in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately after his month in quarantine, he ...read more

Duane E. Chappell, D.V.M., Merck Animal Health Though the days may be getting shorter and cooler, your time in the saddle this fall can be rewarding. However, this season also brings a host of disease considerations. Complicating matters, horses that have been traveling, training ...read more

Story submitted by Anne Koletzke at GEVA (Glen Ellen Vocational Acadamy)  Over the 10 or so years I’ve volunteered at GEVA, an Equine Retirement and Rehabilitation Foundation and Sanctuary, one of the things I have most enjoyed is that the horses live outside 24/7 in herds of 2 ...read more

Story submitted by Sophia's Oasis for Rescues (S.O.F.E) Sienna and Senora were surrendered by their owner to SOFE. Their previous owner purchased these 2 horses as weanlings for their grandchildren. This owner had very little, if any, knowledge of caring for the horses. Their ...read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Washington, DC)- The Unwanted Horse Coalition (UHC) is pleased to announce the creation of the Equine Welfare Data Collective (EWDC), a collaborative effort to accumulate, analyze and apply data to enhance programming for transitioning and at-risk horses. ...read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  July 3, 2018 Contact: Amanda Bodkin (303)253-6385 abodkin@aimmedia.com A Home For Every Horse Spotlight: Second Chance Thoroughbreds, Inc. Horse racing fans rejoiced when Justify clinched the American Triple Crown, becoming only the 13th ...read more

Story submitted by Animal Services and Assistances, Inc. (ASAP) When Belle first arrived at ASAP from an uncertain future in Louisiana, she was thin, malnourished, and had a foal at her side. Belle was extremely nervous around people and was difficult to catch and handle. After ...read more

Story submitted by Spring Creek Horse Rescue Two years ago La Plata County Animal Protection notified us of 4 horses they had filed charges on. (They don't start proceedings unless we can make room to take the horses in) In the time it took to go through court 2 died. When the ...read more

Story submitted by This Old Horse Kit and Bea unfortunately have not always had lives filled with rainbows and sprinkles. Kit’s owner died and her and her sister Kate went to a new foster home. Life was good until Kate started to pick on Kit and not let her eat. Kit is blind but ...read more

Terolyn Horse Rescue is a close member of A Home for Every Horse. Not only have they participated in the Equine Comeback Challenge for the last two years, but they’re also AHFEH neighbors, located in nearby Elizabeth, Colorado. Though Colorado winters usually mean heavy snows ...read more

Story submitted by Sophia's Oasis for Rescues (S.O.F.E) The story of Lilly is one I will likely never forget. My daughter saw a plea online for a beautiful 12 year old Arabian mare. She was said to be a former broodmare. With tears streaming down her face (and her father ...read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sarah Williams, Filament swilliams@filamentag.com, 608.310.5335 ext. 59 Video for linking: https://youtu.be/sjAalUQkIM0 FindYourOldFriend.com uses social media to help riders reconnect with former horses. Shoreview, Minn. [June 8, 2018] – Every ...read more

Story submitted by Old West Special Trails I would like to introduce you to Speck. He is 34 years on and has been retired for a few years now. During his time at Old West Special Trails he meant a lot to many riders. Speck was taken all over Tennessee for small children to have ...read more

Story submitted by Pasture Pals Equine Rescue, Inc When my husband Ron and I first began volunteering at Pasture Pals Equine Rescue we had no intention of becoming horse “parents”. In fact, we wanted to have a few goats at the little farmhouse we planned to build. Pasture Pals ...read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  June 5, 2018 Contact: Amanda Bodkin (303)253-6385 abodkin@aimmedia.com A Home For Every Horse Spotlight: Happened by Chance Horses "Having a special-needs child has taught me to never give up," said Linda Nemec of New Braunfels, Texas. ...read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 25, 2018 Contact: Lynn Coakley mail@equusfoundation.org 203-259-1550 After more than a week of intermittent rain and thunderstorms, the sun came out on Sunday, May 20th, not only for the always exciting $130,000 Empire State Grand Prix at the Old Salem ...read more

For the seventh year in a row, Purina Animal Nutrition has pledged up to $150,000 in free feed to horse rescues and shelters in partnership with A Home for Every Horse (AHFEH). This program is not only dedicated to finding homes for horses in need of adoption or fostering, but ...read more

One of the hardest parts of taking in malnourished horses is the process of putting weight back on them. When Fortuna arrived at Happened by Chance Equine Rescue she was severely malnourished and with the help of Purina Senior she has started to put weight back on and is on the ...read more

Story submitted by Horse Helpers of the High Country  Around the end of April 2016, we received a call from a supporter about a horse rescued by her friend. Could we take her? The call came in a flurry of other requests to take horses, and we had agreed to most of them. There ...read more

For Immediate Release May 11, 2018 Contact: Erin Harty eharty@retiredracehorseproject.org (410) 798-5140 The Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) has announced that 15 teams have been accepted to take part in the new Team Competition, presented by Starting Gate College Consulting, at ...read more

At Happened by Chance Equine Rescue in New Braunfels, Texas one of the goals is to educate the public and potential adopters on what is required to take care of a horse and what Responsible Horse Ownership truly means. Education is one of the most powerful tools we have to create ...read more

Story submitted by Second Chance Thoroughbreds In June of 2017, we were called about a local thoroughbred in need of a home. He had recently from the Finger Lakes Race Track, and the new owner was having second thoughts and no longer wanted him. Luckily, we had a stall ...read more

A Home For Every Horse visited Happened by Chance Equine Rescue in New Braunfels, Texas to highlight what this rescue is doing for the equine industry by rehabilitating, training and rehome horses from all walks of life. Visit Happened by Chances website here ...read more

April 26, 2018 Media Contact: Maureen Linehan 646-706-4602 / Maureen.Linehan@aspca.org ASPCA launches national “Raise the Barn” campaign on #HelpAHorse Day to raise awareness about vulnerable equines NEW YORK—Today, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty ...read more

For Immediate Release  March 6, 2018 Media Contact: Cindy Gendron: 757-932-0394; cindy@homesforhorses.org Are you a stakeholder in an equine rescue, sanctuary or safety-net program? Are you thinking of starting one? Are you an equine welfare advocate? Join us at ...read more

Story submitted by Gentle Spirit Horses Our farrier posted a quick "first trim vs now" about Rachel's hooves that made me want to share quickly what we see, and what we do. Sometimes it's easy to forget where we started and how much of a difference we can make with your support! ...read more

Story submitted by Horse Helpers of the High Country Violet is a white miniature mare that today lives in a stall with her own chandelier, wears Build-a-Bear shoes, and wears a crown. She gets everything she needs to continue healing. Violet arrived at the rescue spring 2017 so ...read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 2018 Amanda Bodkin abodkin@aimmedia.com 303-253-6331 A Home for Every Horse in partnership with the Colorado Unwanted Horse Alliance has wrapped up the 2018 Equine Comeback Challenge at the Rocky Mountain Horse Expo. A total of 21 horses competed ...read more

Natural disasters can have a profound effect on everyone and for horse rescues it can pose an even more difficult situation. When Hurricane Irma hit the southern coast of Florida, the South Florida SPCA had to evacuate over 40 horses of their own while continuing to help the ...read more

Horses have an amazing effect on all of us but rescues horses especially because they will never forget what they have been through and being able to make a small change is what Purina Horse Feed and A Home For Every Horse are glad to be apart of. ...read more

The South Florida SPCA is the only horse rescue in Dade County, they work hard everyday to rehabilitate and care for their horses. With Purina's help they are able to give these horses another chance at a great life and to find their forever homes. ...read more

Trevor Allen is a native of Colorado. He started to pursue his talent for horse training at an early age. Trevor was born and raised around horses and as a teenager started to develop the necessary skills to understand and communicate with the animals he loved. Trevor has been ...read more

Since A Home for Every Horse (AHFEH) launched in 2011, WeatherBeeta has been the official blanket sponsor. The 35-year-old horse clothing brand has faithfully supported Equine 501(c)3’s by encouraging people to provide forever homes for rescued horses. They have also provided ...read more