If interested in adopting this young Standardbred mare, please fill out our application at http://www.auctionhorsesrescue.com/
Pay Or Stay is located in Riverside, CA.
"Pay Or Stay" is an unraced Standardbred mare, by Power Of Art. 7-years-old, 15.3 hh, sweet and stocky! Bred to pace, she trots at liberty and under saddle. Pay Or Stay has been started under saddle, and is still green, but with her solid Standardbred temperament, will be sure to grow into a lovely pleasure/trail mount, as much as she could try her hand at dressage. Ties, trailers, and is overall easy to handle. If interested in adopting this young Standardbred mare, please fill out our application at http://www.auctionhorsesrescue.com/ Pay Or Stay is located in Riverside, CA.
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N NEED OF RESCUE: "All Joy" is a 2002 Thoroughbred mare by Storm Boot and out of an Affirmed mare. This granddaughter of Storm Cat sold at Keeneland as a yearling for $115,000, before earning $53,226 on the track, having a foal in 2011, then ending up wandering lost in a riverbed. Baldwin Park Animal Control picked her up, alongside Josie's Dream. Just two weeks ago, All Joy's lone foal, "Black Magnum," had his first work out at Santa Anita. As his dam sits at Animal Control, awaiting a home. One of the officers who works with the mares regularly, states he is especially fond of All Joy. Very well-mannered and a pleasure to be around. All Joy stands around 16 hh. Currently located at Baldwin Park Animal Control, 4275 Elton St, Baldwin Park, CA. To inquire, call 626-962-3577. Happy "birthday," Jubilee! Jubilee was born 3/10/14 at Toby's Legacy Equine Rescue, to a very relieved mom Darby, and a possibly even more relieved Lisa Bone (founder of Toby's Legacy). This beautiful cremello filly was born totally blind, so will likely remain at the rescue, as one of its sanctuary residents, for the rest of her life. Mommy Darby was saved from a Central California auction in January, by AHR. Without anything known other than the mare was "visibly, very pregnant," we decided to get her to safety. Toby's Legacy have done a wonderful job nursing Darby through her pregnancy, and we look forward to watching Jubilee grow! In sadder news, the other pregnant mare we rescued at that same auction, an older paint pony named "Letty," lost her foal this week. Due to her advanced age and emaciation so late into her pregnancy, the odds were stacked against her. While we mourn for Letty's baby, Letty can now settle into a "normal" retirement, once the grief passes. Thank you to Jen, Doug, and family for being there for Letty, these past few months. Hip 405, the pregnant QH mare, is safe tonight! For $250, we were able to secure this young mare's safety. Tomorrow she will head to Equine Rescue Center, to begin the healing process of rehabilitation and eventual rehoming. And, possibly, a safe foaling! Hip 417, "Irish," wound up being the high bid for the night, to a very excited private bidder. We hope they're a match made in heaven! We were able to raise only $70 toward tonight's auction expenses. If you can help us raise the remaining $180 to get this pretty, expecting young lady to her new rescue home, please donate! Our website ishttp://www.auctionhorsesrescue.com/donate.html And huge thank you again to Equine Rescue Center for being this mare's eleventh hour salvation! Yves, aka "Em Z Em," and the Friesian/QH cross now named "Zorro," both saw the vet today. Dr. Kemper of West Coast Equine Hospital gave the two most recent auction rescues glowing bills of health! Next up, fixing Yves feet! We imagine he can't wait for the relief of having his very overgrown feet (with shoes still attached!) brought back to size. Once both boy's feet have been addressed, and they're given some additional down time (for much-needed rest and readjustment, after their high stress passage through auction), their riding assessments can commence. Zorro was introduced to the concept of lunging today (for his lameness exam), so we're banking on him being "very green." Likely why he became an auction "repeat offender." Will be interesting to find out what Yves knows, too! Til then, enjoy the endless supply of food, cushy bedding, and love, boys! IN URGENT NEED OF RESCUE: "Shay" is a 1994 mare by Incinderator and out of Lookin Like A Lady (by Skywalker). A granddaughter of Northern Dancer, and multiple stakes winner, earning $122,694 on the track. As a broodmare, her progeny included the multiple stakes placed mare Getback Time (by Gilded Time), winner of $384,050. Her Tribal Rule filly Maddog Maddie even ran today, at Charlestown, and granddaughter Ihavetogo (by Showing Up) broke her maiden at Golden Gate Fields, just a few days ago. But as happens to so many of these successful racehorses, broodmares, and matriarchs, once they prove infertile, they are discarded. And rather than be retired at 19-years-old, this elderly track-broke broodmare was sent off to become a "riding horse." Instead, within a few months, she was found emaciated, needing rescue. Thankfully, a private party took her and another emaciated mare in, but both now need to find a permanent landing ASAP. Shay is a very gentle mare, but shows the signs of having led a long life as a broodmare. She needs retirement, and sanctuary. As does the 20-something year old mare she was rescued with, who also has a great deal of weight left to gain. If you can provide a forever retirement home to one or both of these mares, please email us at auctionhorsesrescue@gmail.com We are not looking for fosters, nor are we able to take them in, as we are not set up as a long term sanctuary. The mares are in the Southern California area, but per the owners request, their location will only be revealed to an approved home. Please share so we can find these mare's forever safety. Thank you. "Fiona," the very lame pony we rescued outside of Mike's Auction on Saturday, was seen by Dr Kemper from West Coast Equine Hospital today. This poor girl has been suffering from a deep, severe infection in her left rear hoof. She has white line separation all the way around and all the way up her hoof wall. There is less than 20% of it still attached. While Dr Kemper and her team were carefully removing a deeply embedded stone, it popped out and a river of blood poured out of her foot, unabated, like an opened artery. The pain this pony has endured must have been dreadful and profound, as the infection has been going on for a very long time. However, we are hopeful she can fight off the infection, re-grow her hoof and possibly recover. Dr Kemper feels like it is worth a shot but says it will be touch and go moving forward. There is concern that the infection could set in deeper or that she could founder during recovery. Due to the severe pain she is in, Fiona was not at all pleased with the proceedings today and let us know about it. She had to be heavily sedated and this will have to be done every three to four days in order to change the bandage. Even without complications, regrowing an entire new hoof -- where there currently is none -- will be a long process. If you can donate to help us with the costs of this girl's rehabilitation, please donate at www.auctionhorsesrescue.com or you can call in directly to the hospital at (805) 386-7151. Please state that your donation is for "Fiona the pony." If anyone has a pony sized Easy Boot they could donate we would greatly appreciate it. "Em Z Em" now known as "Yves", is settling in today, enjoying new found rescue life. First on the agenda for "Yves" will be to simply rest and eat. Next will be to simply rest and eat some more. This handsome, tall, grey gelding is a bit too skinny but we are happy to report he is really taking his first task seriously and seems more than a little intent on reaching plump status sooner than later. Yves was rescued Saturday, visibly sore on his left front leg. As is the case with just about all of the Thoroughbreds we rescue, we have scheduled a lameness exam to determine the source of what is ailing him, likely why he ended up at auction in the first place. His hooves have been neglected and he will be seen by our farrier as well as a full Vet check up, including, vaccinations, teeth floating etc. Yves is feeling like a pretty lucky boy and based on our experience, we know this is the case. Once left at auction, Thoroughbreds do not only have "kill buyers" to worry about. They are simply cat nip for Match Racers and charro types and more often than not, once in these situations, are later returned to auction in much worse shape than they left it. It rarely comes down to just bidding up the traders and KBs, and we are happy we were able to secure a brighter future for this deserving, sweet, and very kind young horse. Yves will be available for adoption after he has been rehabilitated and evaluated under saddle. We will update his progress as it occurs. Sometimes these horses can be fully rehabilitated, others "full" rehabilitation means they will never be healthy enough to be ridden again. At this stage, we do not what Yves' story will be. Thank you to all who donated to help Yves move onto his new life. Auction is over, but this crippled pony was the focus of our concern all day and into the night3/9/2014 The auction is over, but this crippled pony was the focus of our concern all day and into the night. After lengthy negotiations with the owner, we were finally able to secure her safety. But what we found was a severely injured animal, barely able to carry her own weight. The added sight of a saddle mark added to the sad sight. Our plan is to have the vet evaluate her first thing in the morning, and decide if a pain-free future can be hers.
Also rescued tonight was Hip 630 "Em z em," and Hip 642, the Friesian/Qh x brought back to auction from last month and almost caught in the endless circuit of selling from auction to auction. Em Z Em is in great need of a lameness exam himself, and we're relieved he can be rehabilitated before he would have been otherwise wrecked, as another round living a life of charros and match races was what he would face. Saving Em Z Em before he's irrevocably damaged like our sweet little pony, who can barely bear her own weight tonight. |
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