The Running Horse
A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play
Special Issue – Early Summer 2011
Horse Play
EIN: 05-0506340
Website:
www.hptrc.org Email: horseplayri@msn.com
Message from Aidan – the Alpha Mare
Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom - Aidan is unavailable for comments at this time – too busy…
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The Running Horse
A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play
March - April 2011
Horse Play
EIN: 05-0506340
Website: www.hptrc.org
Email: horseplayri@msn.com
Message from Aidan – the Alpha Mare
Spring might be coming! Rain, mud – but mud is better than ice - then there…
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A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play
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The Running Horse
A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play
Issue August-September 2010
Horse Play
EIN: 05-0506340
Website: www.hptrc.org
Email: horseplayri@msn.com
Message from Aidan – the Alpha Mare
Whew! Has it been hot, humid and buggy or what! Good weather for napping or just grazing – whichever. Haven’t been on the trail in…
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All it takes a a minute of your time and a few clicks a day to help rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home hundreds of deserving horses.
Please join me in helping Heaven Can Wait Equine Rescue win the shelter challenge. All you have to do is go online at www.animalrescuesite.com and vote for Heaven Can Wait Equine Rescue of Cameron, Ontario. The prize list is as follows:
Grand Prize: One $10,000…
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Added by Mandy on May 24, 2010 at 2:00am —
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After owning Troxel helmets for over 10 years, I was dismayed to discover that the Troxel Legacy Gold sizing/styling had changed and it no longer fit. When I called customer service to ask about the issue, they weren't very helpful. But in the
process, I heard from several people - at local tacks stores, and on different forums - where others had had the same problem. So apparently it wasn't
my ego making my head circumference mushroom.
I…
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Once you submit all your paperwork to the IRS...you wait. And wait. We submitted in late July, and by mid October we received a letter...which said we were assigned to an agent. Our application required more information...which could be resolved by a simple phone call. Or maybe not. While we waited to be contacted further, our groups assured us this was the status quo.
We were grateful for the assistance of the legal team working with us through the generous gift of the Ralph and…
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The Running Horse
A Bi-monthly Newsletter from Horse Play
Issue May - June 2010
Horse Play
EIN: 05-0506340
Website: www.hptrc.org
Email: horseplayri@msn.com
Message from Aidan – the…
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So...what's in a by-law, anyway? Apparently, a LOT of legal jargon! Bluebonnet Humane Equine Society (
www.bluebonnetequine.org) sent us their by-laws, and Colleen had been preparing some for what would become Borrowed Freedom Equine Therapies (
www.borrowedfreedom.org). Still, I had to download forms (thanks, Google!) as to what needed to be in the by-laws, what constitutes a director, how many you need, how you will…
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As we moved along with our fundraisers, we also realized that Special Horses could fill an additional and different niche. With flooding of the Red River expected to reach epic proportions in North Dakota and Minnesota in April, 2009, Special Horses organized an emergency fundraising initiative to provide assistance to equines in need.
since we were not then 501(c)3, we assisted the Equine Sciences Department at North Dakota State University in coordinating incoming horses to the…
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Added by Special Horses, Inc. on April 20, 2010 at 2:07pm —
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Summerville, GA: Can you help?
17 year old paint mare, broke and friendly. Her owner has stage four
lung cancer and is not able to care for her. Giveaway notices
have not yet produced a home. She is (understandably!) behind on all care but in good
shape. She needs someone to take her on and help find her forever home.
Jenny (her mom) deserves this peace in her final days.
Pic to follow.
contact:…
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Added by Special Horses, Inc. on April 17, 2010 at 8:31pm —
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Even before we had finished Secret Santa 2008, Colleen and I were kicking around ideas for another fundraiser. February is typically a very slow time for donations, because it's after the holidays (when those credit card bills come due) and before taxes. Working on our "dribble theory," we hatched an idea for a fundraiser that would, at the very least, give some equine 501c3 groups increased exposure, as well as net them a bit of cash.
The idea was simple: we invited the groups who had…
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Added by Special Horses, Inc. on April 16, 2010 at 3:30pm —
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When I sent out requests for "elves" for Secret Santa for Horse Rescues in 2008, one of the people responding was Colleen. Colleen had been active with Stable Movements, a therapeutic horsemanship facility in upstate New York. She had earlier gone on the Chronicle forums asking if people could send any kind of show clothing for their Special Olympics riders. Since the response had been overwhelmingly generous, she wanted to pay back in kind.
Colleen's expertise, amongst other areas, is…
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Through my Secret Santa efforts, I had become friendly with Lori Yonts of Sunkissed Acres Rescue and Retirement in Summerville GA. That December, just before Christmas, one of her barns had burned down. Through the wonderful generosity of so many on the Chronicles Forums, much of what had been lost - which was considerable - had been replaced. However, the insurance company did not come through with the actual value of the buildings and equipment, forcing Lori to take on additional work at…
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In 50 years, Lori from Sunkissed Acres has never seen a more thin horse. Three shoes, not terribly old. Feet trimmed certainly within the last few months. Eye removal, professionally done. Wearing a rope halter, still clean. This horse had clearly been abandoned in the bush. The vet and Lori decided that this poor, young horse was hemmed up in someone's pen or field, probably a small pasture with no water or grass - even more devastating considering the recent bitter cold in that part of…
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Added by Special Horses, Inc. on January 28, 2010 at 11:30pm —
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"Look, Jeremy", the senior officer of a famous British regiment, grabbed me by the arm. "We're breaking our necks trying to win the battle of 'Hearts and Minds' out there. We've built drains and septic tanks, bridges and water systems. But, in Afghanistan, everyone is a livestock farmer - and there are just no vets at all there. I know what SPANA does, and it's just what's needed out there. Can you come and help? Please!"
When I'd recovered from the shock of such a request - and he…
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We need your "jingles" - your positive thoughts and well wishes - for Radar.
Donations can be made by visiting
www.tierrescue.org/IndividualDonations.htm
.
Sunday afternoon Gail from TIER noticed Radar was uncomfortable. He would eat a mouthful of hay, walk off, stand for a minute and then start walking his enclosure. She took his temperature, which was normal,…
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Donations can be made by visiting
www.sunkissedacres.com
According to the department of agriculture, this horse simply walked out of the bush onto the highway, and they asked asked Sunkissed to take him on. The vet aged this horse between
four and five years of age. He has three shoes - possibly from last year. An old injury, but not lame. He is missing an eye.
He is the skinniest horse Sunkissed has had to date. They are…
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Added by Special Horses, Inc. on January 27, 2010 at 2:00am —
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Sadly, one of Uncle Jimmy’s horses was grinched in the Chronicle of the Horse Forums Horse Treat Secret Santa. We volunteered to be a degrincher, and was assigned Uncle Jimmy. But what Uncle Jimmy had planned to do – since, after all, his horses are hardly lacking for treats! – was donate whatever was sent to him to a less fortunate horse – one at an equine rescue. And, knowing that the needs of rescue horses may be unique, he offered instead to donate a very generous check to one of the…
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Added by Special Horses, Inc. on January 22, 2010 at 4:30pm —
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