Polo Pony Rescue

12/04/2025

25 year old Skippy eating his morning mush. He is a very sloppy eater so he has a trough under his bucket to catch what he drops so that he can still eat it! Skippy lost his lifelong home due to no fault of his owners this summer. He wasn’t a polo pony, but he really needed help so we squeezed him in. He would love a sponsor! (Previous owners are in their 80s so cannot help). If you would like to sponsor Skippy, head to our website at poloponyrescue.com and click on how to help to set up a recurring monthly donation. ❤️

12/02/2025

I’m just going to let our seniors speak for themselves. This video has ages 24 to 31 in it and this is how they look and move living with us. If you like seeing that as much as we do, please consider a donation to help us keep doing it!

12/01/2025

We're just a day away from and I am lodging a formal complaint.

That slacker who runs this place has been off "working" again and as a result, there is no plan for the biggest fundraising day of the year. Other charities have been implementing 30 day strategic plans for this special day, but what is our leader doing? Running around showing houses to people - some of which aren't even horse properties. Pretty useless, if you ask me.

Clearly we need to have a better fundraising plan in place, because I am not a small horse, and I like to eat. Do you see my butt? That is a J-Lo butt, and I like it that way. I am a living representation of what an OTTB should look like, here to end the stereotypes and shut down the people who say it's normal for us to be ribby. It's not just that I like to eat - it's part of my job description!

So, despite this last minute appeal at 11:35 PM on a Sunday night, I hope that you'll remember Polo Pony Rescue in your donation list. She's not worth much as a so-called executive director, but she does get up early and feed us every day so I'll give her that. Let's keep the hay bags and the daily lunch mush coming for me and all of my friends! You can donate at the Facebook link, direct to us at www.paypal.me/poloponyrescue or Zelle to [email protected]. You can also swipe for the Venmo QR code.

11/28/2025

Daphne, dozing away, without a care in the world that she's destroyed a $60 blanket.

If you want to get the ponies a present for the holidays, I've updated our Wish List with the things we need most. There's something for everyone at every price range!

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3OVXZYCOW7JKR?ref_=wl_dp_add_item_to_list

11/26/2025

Sunny work day here at Polo Pony Rescue! We had a ton of rain and realized that we needed to do some serious work on the roads inside the farm. Today they are being scraped and leveled out and then we are going to be adding some gravel so that we are not a slushy mess the next time the rains come. Thank you to Salvador for his great work maintaining our property! If you are in the AV and need help with tractor work, concrete, fencing or just about anything else, message us, and we will pass along his phone number.

11/21/2025

Today’s reminder that if you have elderly family or friends with pets or livestock, call and make sure all is well.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1316798137153105&set=a.621640500002209&type=3&mibextid=wwXIfr

Five horses were rescued after being left alone and without care. Their elderly owners died and weren't found for two weeks.

11/19/2025

Gordita and Tolly, who came from PPR - two old polo ponies enjoying their well deserved retirement at The Golden Carrot sanctuary. Tolly is 33 this year! We love that she has had so many awesome years of retirement after a long career in polo and as a school horse. ❤️

11/16/2025

horse Calliope, now Callie, and her mom! No, definitely not a polo pony - most likely a NSH that we took in when we saw her selling for $500 on Facebook. Danica showed her in both classical and western dressage successfully and even got her to trail ride alone before she was adopted in January 2020. Nothing makes me happier than these follow up pics of our previously adopted horses looking FABULOUS!

11/14/2025

Funny but also not that funny - this is exactly how it goes! :D

TO ALL MY RESCUE AND ANIMAL CONTROL FRIENDS. THIS IS THE WORST JOB/HOBBY EVER.

It is literally impossible to be an animal rescuer.

You love animals and you work tirelessly, and it breaks my heart that you think you aren’t doing enough. And, even if you could save them all, somehow you’re doing it wrong.

You have to love animals, but not too much because then you’re a crazy cat/dog person.

You must never rescue a doodle because there’s more urgent dogs that need rescued. But you must never just rescue pit bulls because then “all you have are pit bulls. “

You must have money to pay for all the animals you rescue, but not be paid to rescue animals and if you get paid make sure it’s definitely not too much because then you’re greedy because the animals need the money and everyone thinks you’re in it for the money.

You gotta be tough and make hard decisions sometimes, but not too tough and also don’t make ‘that’ decision because then you’re not caring or compassionate enough and you obviously don’t love animals.

You’re responsible for society’s overpopulation problem when they are done with their pet which is crazy but when you point that out and try to prevent the problem from happening, you’re overstepping on people’s rights to do whatever they want with their pets.

You must never say no. You must never take time off for yourself. You must never receive a paycheck because then clearly you’re only in it for the paycheck. You must never make a mistake. You must never talk about euthanasia. You must never adopt out an aggressive dog but you must also never euthanize an aggressive dog.

It’s very hard, it’s too contradictory, and nobody gives you a medal and few say thank you. And it turns out in fact, not only are you doing everything wrong it is in fact your fault.

I’m tired of seeing myself and every other animal rescuer doing the impossible to be criticized for not doing it the way the people who aren’t doing it would do it.

Shared from a fellow rescuer. This is spot on!

11/11/2025

Giving thanks today for all of our veterans who risked everything to ensure we stayed free. If you've been able to complain about the government on the Internet this week, thank a veteran!

"This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave."

10/31/2025

OK, just one more… 🤣

We decided to squeeze in Prima, a 22 year old Thoroughbred retired polo pony who lost an eye and could not play anymore as a result. Due to the nature of polo, ponies who have one eye cannot be played for safety reasons. Prima comes from our friends at Fair Hills Polo, who have helped PPR so much over the years. We look forward to giving this super sweet girl the retirement she deserves!