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 ThoroughbredsFreddo 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 arrived ...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 to ...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 diet ...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 RescueTwo 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 HorseKit 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

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

Story submitted by Old West Special TrailsI 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, IncWhen 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

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 were ...read more

Story submitted by Second Chance ThoroughbredsIn 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 available ...read more

Story submitted by Gentle Spirit HorsesOur 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 ...read more

Story submitted by Horse Helpers of the High CountryViolet 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

Growing up in Colorado I always dreamed of someday owning one of my Uncle Ted’s Morgan horses. Ted Willrich, my dad’s brother, owned a ranch called Lone Pine Farm near Elizabeth, Colorado, where he raised Saddlebreds and then Morgans. I remember them as beautiful and ...read more

Potato came to Cortney in August 2015 as an untrained youngster from a feedlot in Idaho. He was underweight and had a severe case of strangles. For the first week, it was touch-and-go, and no one was sure that he would make it. Being in quarantine and isolated from other horses ...read more

Indy the gorgeous geriatric Morgan gelding was surrendered to Refuge Ranch Ministries in 2014 because he was aging and had developed a thyroid condition & heaves. He has been "dieted" to an alarming 1 flake of hay a.m./p.m. and 1 "handful" of feed. He developed further ...read more

Kristina adopted Belle through Heavenly Meadows Horse Rescue when the mare was just a yearling. Belle spent 3 weeks at the rescue battling what could only be called shipping fever. The poor horse had a runny nose and draining eyes, and was depressed and feverish. Belle was ...read more

In August 2012, photos of horses in need of rescue were leaked on Facebook, and Aimee was immediately obsessed with saving them. Countless hours later, the photos had been networked to thousands of people and the local authorities were drowning in equestrian complaints, demanding ...read more

When you look into a living creature’s eyes, you see their soul. Some people, in that moment, decide to take a step of faith for that animal, in the belief others will be there along the journey to see their cause through to the end.Teri Allen founded the TerolynHorse Rescue to ...read more

Faith was our first rescue at This Old Horse. She came from a ranch in South Dakota that had 205 horses and of those 95 were too far gone. You hope, and maybe even pray, that they will recover and often they do just like Faith. Not long after Faith, two broodmares, Dalai and ...read more

I woke up this morning. I wanted to see her. Dottie “Orenda”. My Horse. I have a horse. Beyond my dreams, I never thought this would happen. But it feels so right. A little scary, but so is anything really. I have had some really great support along the way. Chris, Victoria, ...read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 19, 2016Mariah HammerschmidtMHammerschmidt@aimmedia.comA Home for Every Horse (AHFEH) with AIM Studios traveled to Salem, New York on September 8 and 9. We visited Our Farm Equine Rescue (OFER) to continue the series of rescue visits that highlight ...read more

Story told by GraceOreo was adopted from Pasture Pals Equine Rescue, Inc.In January of this year, I met Oreo, a chubby little paint with an adorably disposition. He’d been through a lot in the nine years of life before he met me, but strangely enough all that history is what ...read more