Not everyone who loves horses wants to be on one. A few of ours are retired or still mending — they're not lesson horses, they just need looking after. Sponsor one and the barn is yours too: come groom, hand-walk, and sit in the quiet with a horse that's glad you showed up.
From $300 a month covers a horse's keep. You bring the curry comb.
We don't always know what happened to them before they got here. But we know this — with patience, consistency, intention, love, and hard, hard, hard work, plus sponsors who pour in all of it too, we're starting to watch them turn into the coolest diamonds. We're so thankful to provide the experience, the room, and the hearts to watch them glow.
Follow along on Facebook & Instagram to see where they are today.
Sponsoring isn't a donation into the void — it pays for one real horse's board, feed, and daily care, and it buys you a standing invitation to come be with them. No riding required. No experience required.
Everything it takes to keep one horse healthy and content, plus an open gate for you.
Want to cover the rest of your horse's care too? We pass it straight through — exactly what we pay, no markup.
$300 a stretch? Split a horse. Two sponsors, one horse, half the keep each — friends, a couple of families, a 4-H group. Same open gate for everyone on it.
while practicing our interviewing skills...
Me: What's your favorite thing about riding?
Evie: Henry.
Me: What about when you can't ride Henry?
Evie: That's okay. Henry is still my favorite thing. Not that he is a THING!
— Evie & Henry
Henry came to us a wreck — severely underweight, his teeth worn to a ruined mess, and so undone he'd throw himself over backward the second he got tired or unsure of anything. He was the first Standardbred we'd ever taken in, and he showed up carrying every hard mile of the life before us.
Over the winter, Evie made it official — a Certificate of Adoption, signed and dated, and Mr. Henry Boy was hers. Not to take home, not to ride off into the sunset. Hers to show up for: to brush him, walk him down in the arena, and work with him while he learns that pressure doesn't have to mean panic. The deed isn't the point. The bond is. And the bond between these two is a blessing to see ♡
Old Standardbreds develop terrible teeth — years without routine veterinary floating, and uneven wear from a lifetime of processed grain instead of the natural grazing that keeps a mouth worn even. Henry's were ground down to a ruined mess. By the time a horse like him retires, the damage is long since done.
When Henry gets scared, he sets back — plants his feet and throws his weight backward to escape a pressure that isn't there anymore. It's fear, learned over years tied short in narrow stalls and held fast under heavy harness, when pulling back was his only way out. Not stubbornness, not a trick. With patience and time, he's learning he's safe enough to stand still.
Both are scars — one physical, one behavioral — from a hard life of heavy road work without the basic preventative care a horse needs. None of it was Henry's fault. And all of it is exactly why a horse like him needs someone in his corner. That's what sponsoring is.
The best way to start is to come out and meet them — most of the time, one horse picks you. Tell Meg you're interested in sponsoring and we'll walk the pasture together, no pressure and no pitch.