Horse Rescue Australia takes in horses that have been neglected, abandoned or abused. Our goal is to Our goal is to rehabilitate and re-home.
17/01/2025
Pretty in pink ๐
Little Maisie was looking a bit cold and bedraggled today due to this unseasonable weather, so we found something to warm up her day and brighten everyone else's ๐
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14/01/2025
Please welcome the adorable Loki to the HRA herd. He's a shy little c**t who recently arrived with his mum and two other mares.
More to follow.
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23/12/2024
Maisie's ready for a last minute call from Santa to hitch up to his sleigh tonight. As her friends know, she's always prepared to help out and is our go-to girl for our junior volies to practice their grooming skills.
To help keep Maisie and her herd mates happy and healthy, please consider supporting our Christmas Appeal
Thank you and Merry Christmas everyone๐ ๐โค๏ธ
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18/12/2024
Our oldest resident 30 year old Ned stopping by to say howdy to our youngest resident 3 month old Nathan and share some elder wisdom โค๏ธ
Apologies for the quality of the video
Ygritte has already put out her red bucket for Santa ๐ ๐โค๏ธ
She's been a good girl all year and is hoping for plenty of yummy hay and salt lick
Help Ygritte and her herd mates each get a bucketful of goodies this Christmas by donating to our 2024 Christmas Appeal https://www.givenow.com.au/christmasappeal-hra
Thank you ๐ฅฐ
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24/11/2024
HRA foal Nathan played to his biggest audience ever today! He demonstrated some foal handling techniques with Anne and then spent some quality time getting his chin rubbed. What a little star he is!
Thank you everyone who came out today to meet Nathan and help tidy up the property.
This was our last volunteer day for 2024 and we would like to thank all our vollies for their hard work this year. We couldn't do what we do without you! See you all again in 2025 ๐
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20/11/2024
REMINDER: Our special Volunteer Day / Meet the Horses this Sunday 24 November 10am 'til 1pm to meet Nathan, our cheeky gorgeous little foal. He'll be 8 weeks old this Sunday!
๐ด Arrive by 10am to join the property tour and visit Nathan's paddock
๐ด Wear sturdy shoes, hat and sunscreen
๐ด Usual paddock cleaning, weeding, grooming and odd jobs
๐ด BYO carrots and apples
๐ด Junior vollies welcome under the supervision of a responsible adult
๐ด Sorry, no dogs allowed
๐ด No need to RSVP, just turn up.
We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, weather permitting as usual.
220 Crooked Lane, North Richmond NSW
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14/11/2024
We have a very special Volunteer Day / Meet the Horses planned for Sunday 24 November 10am 'til 1pm.
There will be the usual paddock cleaning, weeding and grooming to be done, but the main event will be to meet our cheeky precocious little foal Nathan, under the watchful eye of his loving mum Becky, plus Hughie - self-appointed guardian to them both.
Junior volies welcome under the supervision of a responsible adult, but sorry no dogs allowed.
Hope to see on the 24th, weather permitting as usual.
220 Crooked Lane, North Richmond NSW.
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10/11/2024
The buzz today is all about the fly-pocalypse currently plaguing the Sydney region ๐ชฐ๐ชฐ ๐ถ ๐ชฐ๐ชฐ
Hughie's got it covered ๐
Do you recognise this stylish fly mask as one you donated to us? THANK YOU!
A huge Thank You to everyone who so generously donated to our Melbourne Cup Appeal. We couldn't do what we do without your support.
Our appeal is still open if you missed it and wish to donate. Even the smallest amount helps.
Love from the HRA herd ๐๐ด๐
Saving ex-racehorses from an uncertain future since 1986.
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Whilst the famous week-long Melbourne Cup carnival is celebrated, Horse Rescue Australia invites you to contribute to a compassionate alternative to placing a bet through our Melbourne Cup Appeal 2024.
Lexi, pictured, was the product of a "backyard" breeder and arrived at HRA malnourished and fearful. After a long rehabilitation period, she blossomed into the sweetest girl and eventually found a loving forever home as a companion horse. Your donation to our appeal ensures we can continue to help ex-racehorses like Lexi.
Thank you
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21/10/2024
Update on our cheeky little boy. We have a name - Nathan ๐
We have also given his mum a name of our choosing - Becky, rather than keeping the temporary name AWL gave her.
If you're a Penrith Panthers fan you'll understand the why ๐ ๐ ๐
Nathan is now three weeks old and received some foal handling over the weekend. He behaved beautifully and thought it was a great game!
Becky and Nathan are now available for sponsorship
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Videos
Happy Horse Birthday today 1st August!
Hereโs HRA Red, who was adopted by the lovely Amanda a couple of years ago, celebrating his 34th birthday today. Yup, Redโs 34!! Go Red โค๏ธโค๏ธโค๏ธ
Pep and Chance, our own Fred and Ginger ๐บ๐, perfectly in sync
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The HRA herd wants to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who donated to our Melbourne Cup Appeal 2022. We love you all. Itโs open too, thanks for asking!https://www.givenow.com.au/melbournecupappeal2022
Poor little Jack canโt take a quiet poop without drama queen Sassy making a big deal about it ๐๐ฉ
The torrential rain and floods in our area of NSW (Hawkesbury) have been disrupting and damaging and a lot of our valuable hay is now mouldy and unusable. Our horses rely on good-quality hay daily and we hate dumping so much of it, but simply cannot put our horses' health at risk. Everyday our manager is sifting through bales to ensure no mould is lurking inside, waiting to give our horses a nasty unhealthy cough.
Our feed bill has taken a huge hit, so please consider helping us refill our barn by supporting our Hay for Horses Easter Appeal ๐พ๐พ๐พ
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https://www.givenow.com.au/easterhayappeal2022
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https://www.paypal.com/au/fundraiser/charity/3502179
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Listen to the calming sound of a little pony enjoying her hay. Maisie, pictured, and all her friends at HRA rely on their daily hay to stay fit and well. Unfortunately, we are currently experiencing an issue with mouldy hay due to this relentless inclement (to put it mildly!!) weather. Mouldy hay is a potential health risk to our horses and we have had to discard several bales, which has put a bit of a strain on our feed bill. If you would like to help us feed our herd at this difficult time, please go to โฆ
https://www.paypal.com/au/fundraiser/charity/3502179https://www.givenow.com.au/organisation/public/18
Via EFT:
BSB 062-596
A/c No.00902687
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Tails from the paddock featuring Zal and Flynn
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Little Jack was originally found abandoned on the street and is understandably a bit wary of people, but heโs slowly getting it, with plenty of food and kind words, that we mean him no harm ๐พโบ๏ธ๐Jack is available for sponsorship https://www.givenow.com.au/hrasponsorship:
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Above is the view from our North Richmond property where we rescue, rehabilitate and re-home abused, neglected and abandoned horses. Established in 1986 with two horses needing help we soon grew and have successfully re-homed around 1500 horses! We take on horses from the RSPCA, Animal Welfare League and members of the public. Around half our herd at any one time are horses from the racing industry, both thoroughbreds from the gallop races and standardbreds from the trot/pace races. We also take on any other breeds from tiny ponies through to larger horses. We refer any donkeys needing rescue onto a specialist donkey rescue group.
Over the years we have tackled horrendous fence injuries, cancer, Cushings disease, laminitis and the general ravages that past health care neglect and poor nutrition cause. Weโve also had many horses that weโve had to work closely with to try to restore some trust and faith in humankind after sometimes terrible abuse. Those who are too unwell or too traumatised to rehome live out their lives at our sanctuary, never wanting for anything again. We ensure all the horses get the best veterinary, farriery and dental care, along with excellent quality food and clean water. Those lucky enough to go onto new adoptive homes are welcome back at any time should their adoptersโ circumstances change and they are no longer able to provide adequate care. This ensures these horses never find themselves in dire circumstances again.
We hold regular volunteer days (see our website for details) where the public are welcome to come along, meet the horses, give them a nice groom and help out with a few chores around the property. People of all ages are welcome (children under supervision of course) regardless of their previous experience with horses. We always have more experienced people able to mentor those new to horses.
We are run entirely by a small committee of volunteers and receive no government funding whatsoever. We rely on the generosity of the public through donations, sponsorship of horses and membership. Please consider becoming involved in one way or another to help these most deserving equines get back on their hooves and into new loving homes!
Plenty more info available on our website HorseRescueAustralia.org.au