UPDATE: We were contacted by Ruby's owner- she was able to find a safe place for her horse. Thank you to everyone who helped share her post! We were contacted by a woman who has been caring for a 16 year-old Quarter horse mare named Ruby. Ruby is very sweet, not spooky, and is great with kids, animals and other horses- her owner says that she is not aggressive at all and is very low on the pecking order. Ruby has issues with laminitis, but does well when on Teff hay. Ruby was … [Read more...]
UPDATE 2022: Ruby
Ruby is a 21 year-old Thoroughbred mare (she'll be 22 in May!). When Hanaeleh rescued Ruby, she had lost her foal due to starvation and she was very disconnected from life. She was also lame on her front right. After a lot of good food, love and some stall rest, she started to enjoy life again. We realized that Ruby just had thin soles, and would get stone bruises when exercised unless she had some sort of hoof protection. We got her some boots to help protect her feet, and she has been sound … [Read more...]
Update: Ruby (August, 2020)
Ruby is a beautiful Thoroughbred who came to Hanaeleh a few years ago because her owner no longer had the money to feed her. She was losing her ranch and other rescues had taken all of her other horses, but none of them would take Ruby. Ruby's future was uncertain so Hanaeleh offered to take her and rehabilitate her. Over the past few years we have rehabilitated Ruby and trained her under saddle. She is a beautiful mover, although she has never been very happy with anything around her ears, … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Ruby
We've had our beautiful Ruby for two years now- she is now 17. Ruby came to us because her owner was losing her ranch and did not have money to feed or care for her horses. Other rescues had offered to take the rest of the horses, but no one wanted a middle-aged Thoroughbred who was not trained to ride. Ruby's fate was uncertain, so Hanaeleh stepped up and rescued her. In the past few years, we've worked with Ruby under saddle. We've also taken her out on the street and around the trails. She … [Read more...]