Colby: 6yo Thoroughbred available for adoption in NJ

Colby, Thoroughbred gelding (Jockey Club name: Tea Party Boy – click for pedigree)
Foaled June 14, 2009
16.1 hh
Please contact Helping Hearts Equine Rescue for more details.

Colby is a nice hunter, eventing, or dressage prospect. He’s walk, trot, canter under saddle and has been introduced to trotting small poles and cross-rails. He shows outstanding sport potential for an advanced rider with the experience to bring a young horse along (or someone who can work with a good trainer). Adoption Fee: $750

Current video under saddle (12/4/15)
Video of Colby Longeing

Colby originally arrived at Helping Hearts Equine Rescue in emaciated condition on May 25, 2013.

He was adopted out to a wonderful woman in Sept., 2013. He came back to the rescue (Nov, 2015) due to time and resource constraints. Reason for Return: “After much deliberation on my part as well as my trainers we have decided that Colby and I just aren’t a great match for each other. While I love him to pieces and we’ve come along way it’s just we butt heads too much. He needs a more quiet and more consistent ride than I can give him right now. With the demands of work being so great right now. He is going great under saddle and even trotting small fences I just can’t give him the constant riding he needs.”

Please contact Helping Hearts Equine Rescue for more details:

Email: hheartsequine@optonline.net

Phone: 732-786-9015

Wizard Rides 641- 756: Eez-eh

Our rides from April 28 to mid-December, 2014…

After Wizard returned home from wintering at the veterinary clinic in March 2014, we had a fun, happy, (mostly) healthy, and productive spring, summer, and fall.

A partial list of our accomplishments, escapades, and memorable moments:

– A fun spring and fall series of hunter paces with Christina and Saffy. Wizard is fun and forward-thinking on the trails. He’s more relaxed and there are fewer of his anxiety episodes. When he does have them, he normally can go back to “zero” in shorter amounts of time than in the past. The biggest and greatest change is that he’s now very happy to lead OR follow. Saffy has been a perfect trail partner for him, and the two of them take turns switching off as the leader.

– A Susan G. Komen Ride for the Cure. Our team raised over $1,200 for a good cause, and the horses sported some seriously pink wardrobes.

– A short ride with no bridle. Wizard just felt like he would be fine without a bridle, so I took it off, and he was fine. Quiet, easy, and a nice yardstick of our progress.

– Improvements in all gaits. Wizard’s trot is stronger and more balanced, and he’s learning how to take contact with the bit. It only took us 6+ years of awkward attempts and exercises to get that connection. Wizard’s gallop is also improving. He gives me less of the head ducking and crab-walking and more of a forward, springy hand gallop.

– Our jumping was sort of on and off. We hade leaps and bounds (pun intended) for a few months in the spring, and then I could feel him getting anxious again in the late summer. I backed off and we’ve been working from the ground up again.

– We schooled over cross country jumps on a proper cross country field for the first time! It was humbling and fun at the same time, and I hope to do more of that next year.

– We almost went to a horse show. Wizard was alllll gussied up for a schooling show, where he was going to do a model class and two dressage tests, but then we had some trailering and trailer issues and instead we ended up taking some fun photos of a braided Wizard at home.

– We spent hours and hours and hours in the Assunpink, both with friends and by ourselves, in the daylight and by the light of the moon. It’s the best thing in the world for our physical and mental health.

And a partial list of things I’ve learned and some things that are currently working for Wizard:

– In November, Wizard tested positive for Lyme Disease (again).  Our treatment this time around was Oxytet injections (administered IV by a veterinarian), followed by a course of minocycline. He’ll be done with his treatment this Wednesday. I haven’t seen a huge change in him, but I’ll continue to monitor him.

– His feet are looking pretty great. While we worked with a special farrier who used rocker shoes and x-rays last winter (2013-14), our plan for this winter (2014-15) is instead to move him to a farm where he’s stalled at night to give his feet a break and let them dry. So far, so good. He’s in regular shoes. His frogs look much healthier, and his heels are not running under as much as they were a year ago. 24/7 turnout is the best thing in the world for his body and mind, but stalling in the winter seems to be the way to go for his feet. Of course, I’m VERY fortunate that the barn owners at these farms are gracious enough to let me winter at one barn and summer at another, and I’m grateful that I know such a great group of local farms.

– On a related note, Wizard really seems to enjoy the footing at our winter barn. It’s a synthetic blend, and it’s on the firm side. He springs along quite happily, and snorts like a racehorse when we first step into the (HUGE) arena.

– Our bit of choice for 2014 is a French link eggbutt snaffle. Mild, quiet in his mouth, and less jiggly than some other bits.

– So far so good on the saddle. The fitter checked it in September or so, and she was VERY impressed with his muscling- he gained a tremendous amount of topline muscle.

– Under the saddle, I started using an Ogilvy pad. So far, so good.

– All spring, summer, and fall, Wizard was fed Pennfield Ultra Energized Senior and Purina Amplify. His weight was pretty consistent, and he held his muscle well since I was able to keep him in light, consistent work for most of he year.

– This is nothing new, but I need to say it anyway: exercise and fitness makes you a better rider. Once I got my back issues under control, I was able to get into a running schedule. I lost a lot of weight, and was fit enough to run six miles. When I’m that fit, I ride my best. Now that it’s dark so early and I’m wrapped up in 8,000 other things, I only have time to ride and I have not been running. I immediately gained weight and am not as fit as I was over the summer. Hopefully I can get motivated again, because my back never felt better, and I’m sure that Wizard appreciated a lighter, fitter pilot.

– One of my biggest lessons in riding has been to not be afraid of contact. Don’t create static in the bit. Hold the reins like you mean it, release like you mean it, and your horse will appreciate it.

– My other lesson was to WAIT for the hind end to engage. Don’t get ahead of him. Wait, and you’ll get there together.

And a few more photos from the year…

Wizard and my friend Kris in April

 

 

A Very Long Photo Essay: Five Years at Camelot Auction

There’ll never be another Camelot again.

A New Jersey livestock auction was the furthest thing from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ mind when she said those words, but it doesn’t make the quote any less true. Five years ago, I photographed the horses at Camelot Auction in Cranbury, NJ for the first time. Over photographed 4,500 equines (including my rough estimate of over 400 ponies, 400 Paints and pintos, 375 Quarter Horses, 300 Thoroughbreds, 220 gaited horses, 200 donkeys, 160 miniature horses, 150 draft horses, 140 Appaloosas, 120 Haflingers, 100 Standardbreds, 100 Arabians, 80 mules, 50 warmbloods, and hundreds with no breed announced) later, I’m paying my last visit to Camelot, camera in hand. Auction owners Frank and Monica Carper will hold their final livestock sale on Wednesday, December 17, and an era will end. The property will be leased and the horse sale will continue under another name.

Although the horse networking effort now known as Camelot Horse Weekly officially began in November, 2009, reaching out and helping horses at risk of shipping to slaughter is not a new concept. What was unique about Camelot Horse Weekly was the 83,000-strong horse lovers in the network, the reach that the effort had, the number of horses it helped, and the fact that it was all organized by unpaid volunteers.

As the volunteer effort expanded, my role in the network evolved. Every Thursday, I visited the sales barn and photographed the horses who were unsold at the previous night’s auction. Initially, my mom kept track of the list as we went through the barn, and I photographed the horses loose in the pens. After a few months, friends accompanied me in the pens and held the horses for the photos. If you’ve ever photographed horses, you know how precise things need to be to get just the right angle and just the right pose. My friend Rachel has a great talent for posing horses in photos, and once we started bringing the horses outside, the photos took on a new look. Chronic back pain forced me to reduce the amount of time that I spent doing photo work, and Ida and Mark Howell generously helped with the majority of Thursday photos in the past year or so.

At the end of every week’s photo session, I made a habit of taking “just one last photo.” The photo was sometimes a horse with a striking appearance, sometimes it was a sunbeam hitting a strand of mane in just the right light, sometimes it was a weanling in the pony pen who was too friendly to be ignored. These photos were always my favorites, and I shared them at the end of the night after photos of all of the available horses were posted online. The popularity of these photos inspired the Horses and Hope Calendar Project, which raised well over $100,000 to help horses in need, and funded medical and feed grants through the work of One Horse at a Time, Inc. Related note: thank you for your inquiries about the Horses and Hope calendar. Unfortunately, we were not able to publish a 2015 calendar, but we hope to be back next year with a 2016 version.

Photography is a wonderful thing. It can bring your mind back to a memory with incredible detail. When I look back at my “one last photo” collection over the past five years, I feel warm horse breath on the top of my head while I crouch down for a photo. I smell the alfalfa hay. I feel the wooly winter coat of a Shetland pony. I hear nickers of recognition and snorts of concern. And this is what I see:

Below is a letter from Frank and Monica Carper of Camelot Auction:

Dear Ladies and Gents,

If someone had told me five years ago that horse rescues and tons of regular folks would step up and help find (and be) homes for horses that weren’t getting sold, or were being sold for slaughter, doubtful would have been my thought. Words after the first six months or so? Shocked, speechless and amazed are a good summation of what we thought would surely be a short-lived endeavor, boy were we wrong.

It started innocently enough with some networking and a few pictures from Lisa Post. Then a board on Alex Brown Racing (Friends of Barbaro) that also sent out to other groups about the horses that were landing in the #10 pen. If I remember correctly, November of 2009 was the first time that the pen was cleared. A landmark for sure and a testament to the ladies who checked horses, took notes and pictures in crowded pens so horses got a chance.

Sarah Andrew, equine photographer, called and asked if she could come and take pictures. The next few years are history, with beautiful ‘glamor pics’ and a few totally awesome calendars that helped to support the mission of One Horse At A Time with their gelding fund. Because of Sarah’s generosity with her time and talent, countless horses found a new life. When Sarah injured her back (she’s ok now), Ida and Mark Howell graciously stepped in to continue in Sarah’s footsteps.

Also along the way several new rescues were started, and some established ones got new energy and focus. To have watched these rescues grow and find their ‘spot’ is simply amazing. The lives they saved, and the public education that was generated is enormous. To have been a part of that… fabulous, and humbling for sure. To say that there was a huge learning curve when it came to working with the rescues would be an understatement, but it was worth it. A complete shift of thought process.

To remember the beginning of the Camelot Horse Weekly page on Facebook, wow, just wow. The major excitement when there was 5,000 likes!! Now there are how many, over 83,000 as of this writing!! To know that because of that page and the ladies who started it – what were unwanted horses (and a few kittens and bunnies) have gone on to caring homes in almost every state including Hawaii!! Canada, England and Bermuda too!!

To have our “little ginger dog” Rosa become the poster child for the ‘all clear’, and to have had Penny Austin write stories about her and her exploits, warms every corner of our hearts.

Frank and I started Camelot Auction on August 1, 1994, and here we are twenty years later saying goodbye with our last sale on December 17, 2014. It would take a novel to write about all the incredible people and horses that we’ve met over the years, and I’m not sure if that would even cover it. The changes in the industry and the world itself, from the first home computer and the infancy of the internet, who thought then that computers would become such an integral part of our lives?

After all this rambling on, it’s still hard to say what I came to say, which is farewell. I’m all choked up and stalling about the inevitable. I know that we can’t personally shake each hand, and kiss each cheek, and hug every person we’ve had the great pleasure to encounter, but know that we’d like to for sure! One of the big smiles of every day is looking at the Camelot New Beginnings page on Facebook and seeing the horses happy and cared for. That makes the craziness, tears, joy and angst all worthwhile.

Thank you especially to all the CHW Ladies for more than words can say.

Thank you to all the rescues, words are inadequate once again.

Thank you all for caring, and opening your hearts for these horses, most times from only a picture.

Thanks for creating a new path where there was none, and leaving markers for others to follow.

Thanks for the love, and the hate, a powerful combination for forging change.

Thanks for showing an old horse trader that yup, these horses are wanted.

Thanks for being the greatness that the world, and these animals needed.

Thanks for your kindness, your determination, and for your decency.

Thanks for the memories, we’ll never forget them, or you.

~Monica, Frank and everyone at Camelot

Guest blogger Jonathan Andrew: the inside scoop on Someday Sessions, the new album by Joshua Van Ness & MOR

Photo by Merave Van Ness. Graphic design by Chris Pierson.

 

I am proud to announce the upcoming release of Someday Sessions, the new album by Joshua Van Ness & MOR.

A little backstory: the band was convened by songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Joshua Van Ness to back him up at the release show for his first solo album, DNA, in fall 2008. He called in his former bandmate from Souls’ Release (your dashing author) to play bass guitar. Eric Blankenship, a lifelong friend and long-ago bandmate of Joshua, took on lead guitar duties. And Joe Beninati, whom Joshua had met on the music scene years earlier and crossed paths with time and time again, manned the drum kit.

Much to our surprise, this one-off band had great chemistry and ended up performing together regularly over the ensuing 5+ years. I’ve spent my nights and weekends playing rock music for the better part of two decades, and performing with this group of guys has been one of the clear-cut highlights for me.

Photo by Rachel Beninati.

At some point, we casually named ourselves the Men of Rock (shortened to MOR) after Eric addressed an email with this offhand greeting. With the addition of saxophonist/percussionist Ralph Capasso in 2011 and John Van Ness (Joshua’s brother) on keyboards and guitar in 2013, the present lineup was complete. Various members of MOR had appeared on different tracks on Joshua’s two previous solo albums (both produced by John), but this year marked the first time we set out to record as a band.

Performing live is my favorite aspect of being a musician. Nothing beats locking into a groove with your fellow musicians and feeling the energy build and build, playing off the audience and each other to take the music higher and higher. MOR is first and foremost a live act, so when the time came for us to enter the studio, we decided to try to capture our live sound and feel to the best of our ability.

 

 

With John behind the board again as producer/engineer, Joe, Eric, Joshua, and I performed the basic instrumental tracks together in real time in our basement studio. Our hope was that we would capture the magic of playing off each other and creating music in the moment, like during our live shows.

The song that I think best demonstrates our live-band-in-the-studio approach is funky rocker “Twenty in Two.” In fact, it was the first track we completed on the first day of recording, and it set the tone for the rest of the album. Once we heard the playback of this take, we were convinced that the live-tracking approach was the way to go.

After the bulk of the album had been recorded in this fashion, we filled out the tracklisting with a few songs that we built piece-by-piece at individual recording sessions. Finally, we recorded the vocals, John and Ralph’s instrumental contributions, and other overdubs to complete the album. I can truly say that I have never had as much fun recording as I did this winter and spring when we were working on Someday Sessions.

The release party for Someday Sessions is taking place this coming Saturday, 8/2, at the legendary Bitter End on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village. We’ll be playing a set heavy on songs from the album, and will have copies of the CD for sale. Our set begins at 9 PM. We are all extremely proud of this record and hope that it reaches the ears and hearts of many people as possible.

 

Wizard Rides 604-640: Coming Home

March 11- April 24

Our bitter, wet, volatile winter is over, whew!

Wizard got his second set of rocker shoes on March 27, and he feels great. We got in several great rides indoors while we were staying at the clinic, including a lesson. We worked on exercises to loosen up Wizard’s topline and get him comfortable on his “new feet.”

On March 31, Wizard came home from the clinic. Although he received first-class treatment at the clinic, he was THRILLED to return to his friends and to outdoor living. I thought he’d take a week or so to settle in, but he was back to his routine in a matter of half an hour or so. And his turnout buddies were DELIGHTED to have him back. I can’t imagine what horses think when their friends vanish and reappear like that.

I’d like to think that the shoeing change is a contributing factor to Wizard’s under-saddle behavior. He’s currently riding the BEST he’s ever ridden! He feels balanced, confident, and relaxed. The massage therapist worked on him on the 3rd of April and the chiropractor saw him on the 8th, and both were very pleased with his muscling and demeanor. He was out in a lower cervical vertebra, his withers, a little tight on the right side of his back, and some minor pelvic asymmetry. His adjustment went well, and the chiropractor said that he looked and felt the best that she has ever seen in the five-plus years that she has been working on him.

I started Wizard back on the Pennfield Energized Senior on January 31, and he’s still eating it very well. He seems to prefer it to the Triple Crown Senior or the Purina Ultium. He’s shiny and his weight looks good, so we’ll stick to what is working.

Once we returned from the clinic to our farm, I did my best to get him out every day that I could make time for him. We’ve been hitting the trails in earnest, especially since there are very few bugs out right now (only gnats). The peepers started around Saint Patrick’s Day, and I’m assuming that the flies will be back soon.

On the trails, sometimes we ride solo and sometimes we ride with barn buddies. I’m stepping up our canter work, and Wizard is rising to the challenge. His trot feels better, too, with more freedom in the shoulder. I also popped him over a few little jumps, and he’s willing, balanced, and scopey. I think we might be ready to take the next step with our training. My fingers are crossed for a great year with him.

Wizard’s hoof progress: radiographs

Wizard’s radiographs from Feb 5 and March 27.

Left front, Feb 5

Left front, March 27

Right front, Feb 5

Right front, March 27

Left hind, Feb 5

Left hind, March 27

Right hind, Feb 5

Right hind, March 27

Wizard’s hoof progress photos: April 1, 2014

These photos were taken on January 8, February 1, February 9, and April 1.
Left Front…

Right Front

Left Hind

Right Hind

Wizard Rides 549 – 603: Come On Feet

September 22, 2013 – March 10, 2014

I broke Blogging Rule #1, which is to not neglect your blog. Let’s catch up a little.

In late September, Wizard and I rode with the Monmouth County Hunt Club for the first time- they hosted a clinic, during which guests were invited to ride with the hounds and the hunt. Wizard handled the hounds very well. He was great when we were moving, but when we stopped, it was difficult for him to hold still for periods of time in that big group. After about two hours of riding, we retired and walked home. The hunt club members were SO nice, and very welcoming to us. I hope to ride with them again sometime.

THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE…

In October, Wizard and I competed in the Second Call “Fall for Horses” Charity Show. We did two model classes and two Intro dressage tests. Wizard did really well in the model classes against MUCH younger horses, and we came home with ribbons in both classes. In the dressage tests, we scored a 54 and a 55, if I remember correctly. I was very proud of him for handling the show environment so nicely, and by the time we got to the dressage tests, it was a long day. I think he was just ready to be done. His free walks were good, but our trots were tense, and he erupted into a few sideways crab-trots on the circles, and did some creative leaping at the beginning of the second test. We stayed in the ring without jumping any barriers, I didn’t fall off, and he didn’t lose any shoes, so I’d call that a huge success for our first-ever dressage tests. His weight was great, and he sparkled in the October sun. I was very proud to have him there.

Once the dressage was done, we took a few weeks in November to work on a little jumping, and we also got in trail rides whenever we felt safe enough to venture out in the woods with the hunters.

Boy oh boy is this horse fun to jump. I only take a few gymnastic lines about twice a month with him, but we both love it.

And we practiced our ponying skills with Brigid! I’d like to do more ponying in the future.

Somewhere between my last rides in the Assunpink in 2013 and the first robins of 2014, it got cold. It snowed. And snowed. And got colder. And snowed a little more.

Wet weather is not kind to Wizard’s feet. Despite diligent and skilled farrier care, Wizard’s soles were thin, his palmar angles were low, his frogs were protruding, and his heels were getting crushed. With the help of my regular veterinarian, the veterinarian at our local equine clinic, a local farrier, and consultations with Dr. Ric Redden, we’re now making some progress with Wizard’s feet.

Wizard’s shoes were pulled in mid-January. In early February, he was fitted with four rocker shoes. Although he normally lives outside 24/7, he is currently stalled each night at our local equine clinic for his hoof rehabilitation process.

In these photo sequences, the photos were taken on January 8, February 1, and February 9.

Left Front…

Right Front…

 

 

Left Hind…

 

Right Hind…

 

Click here to read more about palmar angles.

Click here to read about rocker shoes.

Here’s a video of Wizard trotting on Feb 24…

My friend massaged him, and interestingly, he was tighter in the front end and more comfortable in the hind end. He’s moving well, and I’ve put about 12 rides on him since he got his new shoes. We also took a dressage lesson and worked on some “physical therapy” type work to loosen up his neck, free up his shoulders, and help him build correct muscle whole we get fit for the spring.

We’re doing walk and trot work only right now, and practicing our shoulder in, as well as bending exercises to help with body awareness.

When he got to the clinic, he weighted 1,200 pounds. The stress of the move caused him to lose 65 pounds. The vet put him on sucralfate, I changed his feed to Pennfield Energized Senior, added alfalfa hay and an extra grain feeding at night, and as of today, his weight is back up to 1,195 pounds. Hooray!

The farrier will check on Wizard’s feet next time he’s at the clinic, and Wizard is due for another shoeing in early April. I hope that he can go home soon. We’re waiting for the ground to dry up so his feet don’t get soft too soon while they’re rehabbing.

This endeavour is expensive and it took a leap of faith, but so far, so good. I’m looking forward to the rest of our adventures in 2014.

Wizard Rides 534-548: September Already

Monday, Sept 2
Tuesday, Sept 3
Wednesday, Sept 4
Thursday, Sept 5
Saturday, Sept 7
Sunday, Sept 8
Monday, Sept 9
Tuesday, Sept 10
Wednesday, Sept 11
Saturday, Sept 14
Sunday, Sept 15
Tuesday, Sept 17
Wednesday, Sept 18
Thursday, Sept 19
Saturday, Sept 21

With the exception of one schooling foray at the Horse Park on the 11th and a half-hour ride on the 21st, Wizard and I rode on the trails only for all our rides this month. It’s just too nice to not be out in the park. Most of our trail rides were 1-2 hours, mostly walking, with some occasional trotting and cantering. We’ve been riding both solo and with friends, and Wizard feels great. He’s confident and forward.

The Horse Park is hosting these great “Before Dark at the Park” schooling events for Horse Park members, and they are perfect training opportunities for Wizard. The 11th was our third time schooling in the arenas, and he was better than ever. We took a half-hour Centered Riding (intro) lesson with Kathy Culler. It was great for Wizard, and excellent for me, since it helped me to “center” myself and help him settle. Kathy was overall happy with our way of going, and praised Wizard’s “catlike” walk. Some things I took away from the mini-lesson as being very helpful for my current state of riding:

– face your palms toward each other- this is such a better way of thinking of keeping “thumbs up”
– let the energy/imaginary wave/etc flow up the front of your torso and down the back
– imagine your feet as having roller skates on them (to avoid tipping my feet when giving leg cues)
– actually SIT in the saddle on the down-beat of the posting trot
– picture the distance from shoulder to hip growing/elongating, especially on my right side, which often caves in

At the very end of the session, I felt Wizard start to lose his patience. We ended the lesson with some 20m circles, just as he was tensing up and thinking of making an unplanned exit from the arena. I was happy with our good note, and was able to ride him out of the arenas and all the way across the cross country course without any episodes. And I was smart, too: I took him on a trail ride AFTER schooling at the Horse Park so he does not think he gets to go home right after riding at the Horse Park. Within 5 minutes of the trail ride, he was loose and relaxed and feeling good.

On the 15th, Christie and I teamed up to compete in a hunter pace hosted by the Monmouth County Hunt. It was my first hunter pace since the late 1990s during my glory days with Alibar. It was Brigid and Wizard’s first-ever hunter pace, and both performed very well. So well, in fact, that we won our division (Open) and overall Reserve Champion for the day!

The ride was (roughly) 7 or so miles long. On the way out, Wizard was next to perfect. He handled the Hunt Club (including hounds in kennels and some tents, etc) very well. We hit a few snags when we started the loop back toward home and he got a little nutty at the canter, but it wasn’t anything that was scary or unmanageable. I was so proud of both our horses- we had so much fun with them.

On the 18th, there was a spectacular full moon on a crisp night- Kris and Sunny joined Wizard and me for a moonlit ride. The moon was brighter than I expected, and we rode a full circuit around our usual local fields.

On the 19th, the saddle fitter came out and adjusted the flocking on Wizard’s saddle. She said the left side felt lumpier/more squashed than the right side, and she felt it was partially my riding and partially Wizard’s inherent crookedness. After she added flocking, the saddle felt more stable again- no more shifting.

After our appointment, my friend Erin and her mare Esme met up with us (she lives in MD) and we went on a great trail ride. We rode the loop around the lake, followed by a second loop around the back field and into the Horse Park. Wizard was fantastic, only getting a little loopy when we cantered and he got a tiny bit jiggy at the very end of the ride. I rode him about 10.6 miles, which is longer than our usual rides, but he felt like he could have gone around again. He’s putting on weight and getting fit.

(photo above of Erin and Esme)

So that’s been our September so far!

THREE horses available for adoption through Atlantic County SPCA (New Jersey)

These 3 horses are under the auspices of the Atlantic County SPCA. They were part of a seizure a year ago. They are now in good weight and healthy, but the ACSPCA is out of funding to pay for their care.

Due to financial constraints, these horses need to find their forever homes. The SPCA hopes they could be adopted with a rescue agreement. They have had hard times, and deserve to not have to worry anymore. (The woman who is caring for them is in hard times herself and would welcome any donations either monetary (acspca.com) or hay.)

Bugsy, the gray is younger– 9-12 years old–and a gorgeous 15 hand Arabian gelding. With finishing, he would make a great all around horse for some woman or girl–his past abuse makes him NOT LIKE MEN.

Atlantic County SPCA, Nancy Beall, 609-927-6265

These 3 horses are under the auspices of the Atlantic County SPCA. They were part of a seizure a year ago. They are now in good weight and healthy, but the ACSPCA is out of funding to pay for their care.

Due to financial constraints, these horses need to find their forever homes. The SPCA hopes they could be adopted with a rescue agreement. They have had hard times, and deserve to not have to worry anymore. (The woman who is caring for them is in hard times herself and would welcome any donations either monetary (acspca.com) or hay.)

Sally the chestnut mare is 20 years old and is still feisty. Her teeth are bad so she gets soaked Sentinel Sr. and alfalfa pellets. She can be ridden walk-trot with a light rider.

Atlantic County SPCA, Nancy Beall, 609-927-6265

These 3 horses are under the auspices of the Atlantic County SPCA. They were part of a seizure a year ago. They are now in good weight and healthy, but the ACSPCA is out of funding to pay for their care.

Due to financial constraints, these horses need to find their forever homes. The SPCA hopes they could be adopted with a rescue agreement. They have had hard times, and deserve to not have to worry anymore. (The woman who is caring for them is in hard times herself and would welcome any donations either monetary (acspca.com) or hay.)

Grady (Black w/white socks) is an 18 year old OTTB gelding, very sweet and has been ridden bareback w/ lead rope at a walk.

Atlantic County SPCA, Nancy Beall, 609-927-6265