Illinois Equine Humane Center

01/01/2026

🎉2026! Happy Year of the Horse!

In addition to celebrating New Year our herd of Thoroughbreds are enjoying extra treats in honor of their official Jockey Club birthday.

Happy Birthday to our all our beautiful Thoroughbreds 🐎♥️

12/16/2025

The bright side to the arctic temps and snow storms 🌅🌄

12/13/2025

Happy National Day of the Horse, we honor the strength, heart, and resilience of the horses who have shaped our lives—and the ones who still need us.

Today we celebrate them. Every day, we fight for them 🐎🐴

12/05/2025

❤️💙Thank You Appleyard Equine ❤️💙

Elizabeth and her team of students work hard on helping our horses but also organizing fundraisers to help even further.

If you’d like to rock some Appleyard Apparrel, proceeds from the fundraiser benefit our ILEHC herd

https://www.bonfire.com/illinois-equine-humane-center-fundraiser/

❤️💚100% of proceeds go to help the horses! 💚❤️

11/27/2025

🧡Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the ILEHC🧡

📸 Do the Evolution (barn name: Pappy) enjoying life at ILEHC thanks to all of our supporters 🧡