Mean and Lean is barefoot and happy
“Hey, this horse is dancing!” Curious to see what the onlooker meant, Dawn Willoughby made her way down the aisle of the barn to peer in at Mean and Lean. Dancing? Well, not exactly. He was indeed putting on a show, hopping and jumping and craning his neck, but if ever there was an animal who hated being confined, this was it. “He wasn’t dancing at all! He was weaving, and very elaborately,” says Willoughby. “I’ve never approved of stabling—I don’t think a horse belongs in a box—so I figured I’d better take him.” Willoughby, who had taken to wandering […]
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New Vocations receives $50K in grants
Blue Horse Charities and Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) has awarded New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program more than $50,000 in grants to buoy efforts to rehabilitate, train and re-home retired racehorses, according to a press release from New Vocations. The grant money comes at a critical time, according to New Vocations Program Director Anna Ford, who says current drought conditions have driven up the cost of hay. “Hay prices have doubled and the cost of caring for the horses in our program continues to rise,” Ford says. “We have new horses arriving into the program on a weekly basis, and […]
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Jones’ network of horsemen & rescues saves 6
As Mascot hobbled onto the trailer that would carry him far from meat buyers and slaughterhouses, to a safe, loving home, there were six more behind him, thin and forlorn, in danger of falling through the cracks. Like him, they were scheduled to ship to the New Holland auction, according to Thoroughbred advocate Deborah Jones. The auction is often a last stop for horses before being sold to meat buyers or, if they’re lucky like Mascot, to a new owner. This time, the horses were lucky. Before they made it to the auction, Jones once again activated her vast network […]
