Buckland Equine Rescue's Horse Page

Here is the roster and photos of those horses we are lucky enough to be caretakers and teachers for until they are sent to new careers!

FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR HORSES AND OUR PROGRAMS,

PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT US! 

OUR ADOPTION ROSTER SHOWS SOME BREAKS IN THE NUMERICAL SEQUENCE. SOME HORSES ARE DESTINED TO NEVER LEAVE HERE. THEIR TIME WITH US IS SPECIAL BECAUSE WE ARE THE LAST FRIENDS THEY REMEMBER. GO TO THIS PAGE TO SEE THOSE WE REMEMBER WITH LOVE AND AFFECTION.

Horse #00021

'STAR'

PERCHERON mare 9 years old +/-

ARRIVED AT THE RESCUE ON MAY 8th, 2009. 

Star at Week 8 after her arrival at BERI!

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Horse #00020

'RIO'

PERCHERON mare 9 years old +/-

ARRIVED AT THE RESCUE ON MAY 8, 2009

Horse #00019

HIGHER VISION

Arrived Here at BERI April 2nd, 2009

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Horse #00018

MUSTANG SALLY

ARRIVED SEPTEMBER 7th, 2008

VOLUNTARY SURRENDER TO THE RESCUE FROM ROBERTSON COUNTY

ADOPTION AVAILABLE! ADOPTION FEE: PLEASE CALL

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LADY PENELOPE -Horse #00017 STATUS: ARRIVED SEPTEMBER 6th, 2008 UNDER GOING REHABILITATION

RESCUED BY HIGH BID, PARIS AUCTION

Lady Penelope arrived here on September 7th, 2008 -about 10 weeks old. A Kentucky Spotted Mountain  Horse, we're not exactly sure why she was dumped at auction. Penned with three others, she would most likely been left to starve had she not been purchased by BERI staff members. The price to rescue her was less then dinner for two at a decent restaurant. She is in the best condition of the three weanlings we rescued in this buy, but shows some signs of previous abuse, being aloof at times, and trying to bite some of us on occasion. These are easily fixable social problems at this stage, but they give one pause to wonder just what went on at her former home. She will be with us for some time yet, as we bring her back to full health and let her get some maturity and wisdom accumulated before any decisions as to her future will be made.

BUCKLAND'S DIXIE STARLIGHT -Horse #00016 STATUS: ARRIVED SEPTEMBER 6th, 2008 UNDER GOING REHABILITATION

RESCUED BY HIGH BID, PARIS AUCTION

Miss Buffy had to teach Dixie to eat grass, she'd never grazed before!

Buckland's Dixie Starlight arrived here on September 7th, 2008 -just 6 weeks old. A registered Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse, she was stripped off of her mother for some reason, probably for being the 'wrong' color. The photo shows her in her foal colors, the lighter, coarser hair will shed off in time, but her legs will probably remain white. She was one of about a dozen weanlings in an auction lot whom apparently had not been fed for some time. The price to rescue her was less then dinner for two at a decent restaurant, had she NOT been purchased, she would have been left somewhere to starve. She has been a little slow to gain her weight back, but has become a little more alert and active with the introduction of good high quality food and milk replacement to her diet. As of this posting she is hanging in there. She will be with us for some time yet, as we bring her back to full health and let her get some maturity and wisdom accumulated before any decisions as to her future will be made.

UPDATE: September 24. Dr. Kevin Hyde of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital was here and evaluated Dixie. She been put on a slow wormer and is receiving ulcer medication to help relieve the trauma of her recent ordeal with being taken from her mother and sent to auction in a huge stockyard.

She is responding beautifully and is growing by leaps and bounds, filling out as well. We are keeping our fingers crossed.

BUCKLAND'S MOON MAGIC -Horse #00015 STATUS: ARRIVED SEPTEMBER 6th, 2008 UNDER GOING REHABILITATION

RESCUED BY HIGH BID, PARIS AUCTION

Buckland's Moon Magic arrived here on September 7th, 2008 -her 1 month, (yes, just 1 month) anniversary. A registered Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse, she was stripped off of her mother for some reason, probably for being the 'wrong' color. She was one of about a dozen weanlings in an auction lot whom apparently had not been fed for some time. The price to rescue her was less then dinner for two at a decent restaurant, had she NOT been purchased, she would have been left somewhere to starve. She loves physical contact, and has become bright and alert with the introduction of good high quality food and milk replacement to her diet, and as of this posting is doing fairly well. She will be with us for some time yet, as we bring her back to full health and let her get some maturity and wisdom accumulated before any decisions as to her future will be made.

COCOPELLA -Horse #00014 STATUS: ARRIVED SEPTEMBER 5th, 2008 RETIRED TO BUCKLAND EQUINE RESCUE!

SURRENDERED AFTER INTERVENTION INVOLVING KENTUCKY STATE POLICE, ROBERTSON COUNTY

Well, just when we thought we'd seen it all, a coordinated effort between private citizens and the Kentucky State Police saved this Pony from starvation. Found near where her paddock mate had already starved to death and lie decomposing, we weren't sure she would make it. Very sweet and easy going, Cocopella has been named so because of her social manner and friendliness. As of this posting, she has already begun responding well to a gentle but constant dietary alteration. We expect as of right now, that she will recover. Keep checking back.

 BERI Advisory Board Member Kris Pfetzer helps with the arrival and documenting of Cocopella the Party Pony.

CAUTION: The photos in this section may be disturbing to some.

DORIAN HAY -Horse #00013 STATUS: ARRIVED SEPTEMBER 5th, 2008 UNDER GOING REHABILITATION 

ADOPTION AVAILABLE! ADOPTION PENDING! FEE $200.00

SURRENDERED AFTER INTERVENTION INVOLVING KENTUCKY STATE POLICE, ROBERTSON COUNTY

Dorian Hay is a Welsh Cobb, aged somewhere around 11 years old. Named tongue-in-cheek after Oscar Wilde's 'Dorian Gray', this fellow is quite the extrovert. VERY curious, very friendly, very tactile, he was rescued from the same situation as COCOPELLA, listed above. One of two survivors, he was surrendered after his owner was confronted by a private citizen with backing by the Kentucky State Police. Another horse had starved to death in the same paddock, and was still there at the time of the surrender. Sorrel, with a dark band down his spine, Dorian is a very handsome fellow. He is currently on a reconstruction diet, a slow constant feeding, gradually increasing in complexity and volume to restore him to where he should be in regards to body mass and health.

CAUTION: Some may find the following photos disturbing.

UPDATE: Dorian was checked over on September 24th by Dr. Kevin Hyde from Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital. He has been wormed out, vaccinated and Coggins tested. Jamie Martin, our amazing farrier, has done his hooves!  He is filling out beautifully, and is ready for adoption!

ET SPIRITUS SANCTI -Horse #00011 STATUS: ARRIVED APRIL 30th, 2008 ADOPTION FEE $2500.00

ADOPTION APPLICATION CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW!

Spirit has arrived! Coming from Somerset, Kentucky, he is a survivor of a distressed farm in Pulaski County. A gorgeous 5/6 year old Shagya Arabian gelding, this boy is truly something special. We're not quite sure what we'll train him to do yet. Maybe everything. The photos speak for themselves, although he's still sporting some ragged winter coat.

Here are some more recent photos of Spirit. He is now under application for local adoption!

ACHILLES OF BUCKLAND -Horse #00009 STATUS:  ADOPTION STATUS: ADOPTION PENDING!

Achilles was our New Year's Eve baby. A full blown Thoroughbred Race Horse, he was 8 months old upon arrival here, and came from a thoroughbred racing stable where he had been born with a turned cannon bone in his left rear leg. Therapy was unsuccessful. The staff at the racing farm didn't have the heart to destroy him, but didn't have the space to keep him. He is an AMAZING personality. Loving, inquisitive and ...very, very fast. (did we mention that he's fast?)

He would have excelled as a race horse, but the turned leg may not have withstood the rigors of training for life on the track. He is still very young, and we are evaluating him as to whether he will be able to bear a rider when he turns 2 years old. Until then, he will receive all the ground training any other horse would get, plus hard physical therapy. Our hope is that he will train up well as a hunter/jumper or cross country horse for occasional use. If he's not rider-capable, he will be retired here, and become a 'spokeshorse' for Buckland Equine Rescue like his 'big, bad cousin', Johnny Ringo. He is growing like Jack's beanstalk!

Sired by: GRAND REWARD Dam: THAT'S OUR TRICKY (foal #7 out of THAT'S OUR TRICKY)

GRAND REWARD's genes reach back through a generation to STORM CAT. STORM CAT'S daddy was NORTHERN DANCER. STORM CAT'S mommy was Tereligua...and her daddy was SECRETARIAT!

LORD SILVERBRIDGE -Horse #00004 STATUS: STILL TOO YOUNG FOR ADOPTION.

This guy was born sometime in April or May of '07, and was saved from the kill truck in July '07. A mixed breed, we had at first thought he might be a 'love child' from a rare Bashkir Curly, but now we're not so sure. It is far more likely he comes from a Thoroughbred-Standardbred-Tennessee Walker lineage. His mother is also here at BERI, she is the Lady Glencora. He is so smart, he's frightening. He has mastered removing halters from other horses, picking gate latches, picking pockets and finding weak spots in fences with ease. He gaits in the 5 beat Kentucky Mountain style AND paces like a Standardbred harness racing horse. He was gelded in March of '08 and will begin his hard training for a career in May or June. Like all the horses here at BERI, he has become a very loving, very intuitive young man about the place. He's going to be awesome!

Horse #00003

LADY GLENCORA -

STATUS: AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION! Call or email for details!

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