Rescued from Conn. slaughterhouse, alive, healthy, happy Houligan 17 hand  warmblood gelding once a gran prix jumper. Forever our Mascot, since 1994.             

 Taj, an unwanted Holsteiner gelding, Forever in our Hearts. Spectacular Sam, Thoroughbred gelding, broke down after winning 3 stakes races, not even 2 at the time.                       

     Dazzle,Rescued from the track as a 2 year old Thoroughbred gelding,finally found his true calling in the hunter ring.

RUBINO A RECENT ottb RESCUE ADOPTED AND LOVED IN IPSWICH,MASSACHUSETTS OUR HOME BASE.

COWBOY WAS AWARDED TO US BY THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR CARE,CUSTODY AND CONTROL.''WHEN 'COWBOY ARRIVED AT 8.15PM ON JUNE 12, 2007. I WAS HORRIFICALLY SHOCKED BY THE SEVERE EMACIATED SKELETON TYPE STRUCTURE OF WHAT ONCE WAS A HORSE.A LOCAL WEALTHY REAL ESTATE OWNER MIKE G. OF MAGNOLIA TOTALLY STARVED THIS POOR ONCE BEAUTIFUL INNOCENT APPY GELDING CALLED''COWBOY'' WE ARE STILL PURSUING ''ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGES AGAINST HIM, BUT KNOWONE SEEMS INTERESTED IN CRIMINALLY PROSECUTING THE FORMER OWNER MIKE G..JODI AND LINDA FROM STEINHAUSERS FEED STORE BROUGHT HIM TO US THAT DEVISTATING WARM SPRING NIGHT, THAT STILL HAUNTS MY DREAMS AND MEMORIES OF THIS BELOVED 13 YEAR OLD APPY GELDING, CALLED''COWBOY''IN ALL MY YEARS AS A HORSE OWNER AND EQUINE RESCUER 4500 PLUS HORSES SAVED AND ADOPTED OUT PRIOR, I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED SUCH A TRAVESTY OF ANIMAL CRUELTY OF SEVERE NEGLECT,ABUSE AND STARVATION.WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF TRYING TO FEED AND LOVE AND CARE FOR ''COWBOY'' HE WAS VERY WARY AT FIRST NOT TRUSTING HUMANS, HE STARTING EATING HIS SMALL 8 MEALS A DAY.hE WAS SEEN BY 3 LOCAL D.V.M'S AND ALL SAID GIVE HIM A TRY HE HAS THE WILL TO SURVIVE. INSIDE I SAID ''NO''THIS EQUINE THAT HAS SUFFERED CRUELTY BY A RICH WEALTHY REAL ESTATE PERSON AND RANCHER WILL NOT MAKE IT.I GUESS WE CALL IT INTUITION,THE DAMAGE WAS MUCH TO SEVERE INTERNALLY,HIS ORGANS WERE SHOT..I ASKED FOR HIM TO BE HUMANELY EUTHANIZED. GIVE HIM A SHOT THE VETS SAID , SO WE DID AND WE TRIED ALL THE WHILE KNOWING THAT''COWBOY'' CAME TO US FOR ONLY 5 AND A HALF WEEKS TO BE TAUGHT LOVE,RESPECT AND A CHANCE TO DIE WITH DIGNITY. 'COWBOY ' WAS A FIGHTER, HE ONLY WEIGHED 475 POUNDS ON A 15.2 HAND SKELETAL FRAME, NO MUSCLE, NO FAT, ALL BONES.EVERY NIGHT I COULD NOT SLEEP. I TOSSED AND TURNED IN MY BED WORRIED THAT IN THE EARLY MORNIN LIGHT AT DAWN, I WOULD FIND ''COWBOY''GONE.COWBOY GREW STRONGER,GAINED ALMOST 200 POUNDS IN 5 SHORT WEEKS WITH US HERE AT OUR RESCUE FARM.HE STARTED NICKERING SOFTLY AT FIRST THEN BELLOWING AND GREETING US SO LOUD IT BROUGHT TEARS OF JOY TO MY EYES. "COWBOY' STARTED HANGING HIS HEAD OVER THE STALL PAWING THE STALL SHAVINGS WAITING TO BE FED. A MIRACLE I WAS HOPING FOR, ACTUALLY EXPECTING IT.'COWBOY' WAS DOING SO WELL. THEN THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY HIT MAGNOLIA HARD 102 DEGREES, WITH 3  FANS BLOWING ON HIM TO KEEP HIM COOL, ''COWBOY'' STARTED TO FADE, ASHES TO ROSES ,DUST ON THE GRAVE,''COWBOY'' WAS FINALLY LOVED. WE TURNED HIM OUT WITH MY 25 YEAR OLD TB GELDING 'CASPER' CASPER WAS AND IS SO KIND, HE SCRATCHED AND NIBBLED ON ''COWBOY'S' BACK AND NECK.''COWBOY'' WAS IN HEAVEN HE FINALLY HAD A FRIEND. HE WAS SO HAPPY. I CRIED SO HARD.I KNEW THEN AND THERE THAT 'COWBOY' WAS AN EQUINE ANGEL SENT HERE FOR A PURPOSE .HIS TIME HERE WAS ONLY MEANT TO BE FOR A SHORT TIME.""COWBOY'' WAS HUMANELY EUTHANIZED BY A LOCAL VET THAT WAS STATE APPROVED IN TEXAS AT 5.15 PM ON JULY 17,2007. WE ALL WAITED FOR 5 HOURS FOR THE VET TO SHOW.''COWBOY''WAS READY TO GO AND HE TRIED TO LET US KNOW. ''COWBOY' IS SADLY MISSED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN.WE HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF KILLING ''COWBOY'' WHICH IS NOT TRUE. 2 WOMEN. IN ILLINOIS WHO HAVE SENT HORSES TO SLAUGHTER IN THE PAST   HAVE TRIED TO DEFAME LIL OLE 'COWBOY;S DIGNITY.COWBOY IS RESTING IN PEACE.HE IS FREE OF PAIN AND TORTURE AND TORMENT FROM CRUEL HUMAN HANDS LIKE THE MIKE G. OF THE WORLD AND THE WANNABEE PRETEND SELF PROCLAIMERS SUCH AS THESE 2 WOMEN. FROM ILLINOIS. AT LEAST HE IS FOREVER FREE FROM HARM AND KNEW KINDNESS AND LOVE  AND WAS ALLOWED TO DIE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. WE LOVE OUR LIL OLE 'COWBOY'WE MISS YOU ''COWBOY'' AND THINK OF YOU EVERY WAKING DAY.R.I.P ''COWBOY'' SOAR THROUGH THE HEAVENS AND WATCH DOWN UPON US AS WE LOOK UP TOWARDS YOU IN THAT GREAT BIG BLUE SKY AND THE BILLOWY CLOUDS BEYOND CALLED HEAVEN.YOU ARE FOREVER FREE.