These horses have lived out their lives after rescue under the care of the Equamore Foundation. Many lived with us for years; a few only for days. They are all missed. Click on each photo to see their pages.
Fort Tanasaty (Mowen)
Glad To Be Home At Last Chestnut Thoroughbred Gelding Born 3/3/92 Entry Date – 7/12/08 Type of rescue – Surrendered Reason – Owners lost interest in horses and couldn’t find a buyer for him Special needs – None Mowen first came to the Sanctuary from his previous owners because they were getting out of the horse business and moving back to town. Unable to find a buyer, the owners asked if Equamore might possibly find someone to adopt him. In…
Cash
Blind in one eye and can’t see out of the other Chestnut Quarter Horse Gelding Entry Date – 10/22/16 at 23 years of age Type of rescue – Surrender Reason – Owner unable to care for Cash Special needs – Continuing care of leg wound Cash was an elderly gelding Quarter Horse whose owner loved him. He served his owner for many years before his owner, and thus Cash, fell on hard times. When surrendered to the Sanctuary, Cash had…
Bear
A Place for Bear Bay DWB Gelding Entry Date – 5/4/18 at 28 Years of Age Special Needs – Had Cushing’s Disease After twenty years with the same family, Bear’s life was coming to a premature end because health issues forced his owner to move from the property that Bear knew as home. Unable to find a place to move Bear because of his special needs, a veterinarian was called in to euthanize him. Unable to bring themselves to end…
Tebow
An Endurance Horse Who Had To Endure Too Much Bay Arabian/Saddlebred cross Gelding Entry Date – 7/1/12 at 19 years of age Type of rescue – Surrendered Reason – So he would have a permanent home Special needs – None Departed – September 7, 2020 Tebow was used for endurance racing for a number of years and at he even competed in at least one grueling hundred mile race. When his racing career ended, however, the bay gelding fell on…
Thor
The Last Terrible Day Black Bay QTR Gelding Entry Date – 11/19/11 Type of rescue – Seizure by Jackson County Sheriff’s Department Reason – Severe neglect and abuse Special needs – Patience and understanding because of emotional trauma When authorities were asked to check on two neglected horses in a weedy field in the Applegate valley, they found a fit and feisty Quarter Horse and an emaciated Thoroughbred who could not walk on his overgrown and foundered feet. Realizing that…
