Equamore Blog

Joe Featured

Montana Sunday (Joe)

The Best of Intentions Gone Wrong Bay TB Gelding Born on 1/11/89 Entry Date – 7/1/06 Type of rescue – Surrendered Reason – Owner financially unable to meet his needs Special needs – Some special feeds “I believe in the healing power of horses,” says Margaret. “I felt that caring for a horse could fulfill my daughter’s need to have something to nurture and care for while I fought my cancer. Margaret’s story continues, “Joe helped Lyric to center and…

Read More

Diamond

A Fairy Tale Gone Wrong Diamond – Grey Percheron Mare Entry Date – August, 2013 at 20 Type of rescue – Surrender Reason – Part of a feral Percheron herd Special needs – Taming/Training Diamond, a feral Percheron mare, was tightly bonded to her mate Flint. Their story before being brought to the Equamore Sanctuary is a fairy tale gone wrong. Named after characters in “The Lord of the Rings,” these beautiful horses were the innocent victims of an owner…

Read More

Bobby Socks

Deputy Stands Up for Neglected Horses Quarter Horse Chestnut Gelding Entry Date – 5/16/18 at Age 25 Type of Rescue – Surrender to Marion County Sheriff’s Department Reason – Chronic Neglect Special Needs – None On May 12th we received a phone call from a sheriff’s deputy in Marion County. He said he was calling to see what the Hay Bank was all about because he was called to a property where two horses have been kept in deplorable conditions…

Read More
Chance Headshot

Chance

A Faithful Guardian Chestnut Mustang Gelding Entry Date – December 2011 Type of rescue – Surrender to Jackson County Sheriff’s Department Reason – Severe neglect and starvation Chance was once a wild and free horse. His story is painfully familiar; rounded up, sold, and ending up on the brink of death in captivity. Malnourished himself, Chance stood guard over his emaciated Appaloosa friend, Sassy. Both horses were put in jeopardy when their owner died and they were left with the…

Read More

Phoenix

Out of Options Phoenix – Chestnut Quarter Horse Gelding – Born 1997 Entry Date – 11/12/19 Type of Rescue – Surrender Reason – Chronic Neglect Special Needs – None Phoenix and Falcon (also departed) were owned by a prominent local person who was keeping them in a friend’s field. The owner died without making any known provision for his horses and the “friend” wanted no part of them. Law Enforcement was called when the horse’s weight dropped to dangerously low…

Read More

Leo the Lion

Bay Arabian Gelding – Born in 2005 Entry Date – 7/21/17 at 12 years of age Type of rescue – Owner Surrendered Reason – Unmanageable Special needs – Gelding & Training Story catch – Better Late Than Never This beautiful Bay Arabian came to us as a completely untrained and dangerous twelve-year-old stallion. His former owners are nice people, but simply didn’t know what they were doing. They acquired a mare twelve years ago who was pregnant with Leo. He…

Read More
Official DDAF Grantee