Love this Horse, Equine Rescue Inc.

10/11/2025

10/11/2025

All three of today’s adoption appointments canceled today. So instead of adopting horses, it will be a cleaning day, since by time the third appointment canceled, it was too late to go out on trail.

We paid our trainer for today, so she could be here for adopters. .

10/11/2025

We love it when adoptions happen. Daisy has been with us since 2013, a long time! She has taught many volunteers to become better riders. But as we have been training a couple of Vera’s youngsters to become mentor horses that will pony other horses on trail, we felt that it was best for Daisy to find her own one-to-one home, where she can get a lot of love and attention.

Yesterday, she found her new home where she will be a casual trail riding horse, exactly what is perfect for her. She likes the easy life! Also, she will get all the attention and love she deserves. Additionally, she will remain close by geographically and we will be able to ride with her new mom.

(PS: we have had two grey mares named Daisy over the years, not to be confused with the other Daisy who lives in San Diego County and is loved by a young girl.)

10/11/2025

Do you remember Turwain, the feisty Arabian stallion that we rescued out of a low end auction last year?

Well…he did not stay a stallion for long and joined the gelding brotherhood. He was already broke to ride, so he got some refresher training and we took him to a couple of endurance rides.

Kathy, who lives in Flagstaff, AZ, came to one of the endurance rides in CA to ride him and adopted him. She renamed him Griffith, outfitted him in pink (he is definitely in touch with his feminine side) and they have been doing really well together. 🥰

10/10/2025

This is our friend Peggy (who is tiny & thus makes Smokey Joe, who is 14.2 hands look like a draft horse). 💖🐴💖

10/10/2025

Panda Express Fundraiser is TODAY! Copy the photo, it has the order code. You have to order online or via their app. Enter the code 9004824 at checkout. Let’s eat some Panda Express today!

10/10/2025

Love this Horse Octoberfest Endurance Ride is on the books for Saturday, Oct 25th & Sunday, Oct 26th (formerly Bill Thornburgh Family and Friends), but the Thornburgh-Brown family is unable to host the ride this year.

Ride camp and trails, even the veterinarians are the same. Come support our PS Region endurance ride. Located just north of Ridgecrest/Inyokern.

We have 15 riders signed up thus far and have a goal of 40 riders! Anyone under 18 rides for free! Bring the family!

Find out more and sign up via our website lovethishorse.org - “LTH Endurance Rides” or click the link on the AERC ride calendar website.

10/09/2025

Remember! Our Panda Express Fundraiser takes place tomorrow, Friday, Oct 10th. Just save the photo to your phone, this way you have the code that you need when ordering your meal online or the Panda Express App. Let’s do this! 🥡🥢🥠

10/09/2025

One of our sanctuary horses Zabeer found a new home! It is very rare for a non-rideable sanctuary horse to find a new home. Zabeer has a sad story.

He was adopted out to an endurance rider in 2018. In the Fall of 2024, his adopter returned him, after six years, stating it was for financial and her health reasons. Turns out that Zabeer has DSLD. He could still be lightly ridden, especially since he was not showing dropped pasterns. But whenever he was being worked harder, he would show weakness in his hind legs. After visiting a specialist, Zabeer ended up with a DSLD diagnosis. If the adopter knew about this and did not disclose it, it’s debatable. But she did get herself a new horse after returning Zabeer.

We have over 60 sanctuary horses, some are older and others are younger horses like Zabeer. Adopters who are willing to give a non-rideable horse a permanent home are extremely rare and it makes such adoptions very special. We don’t charge an adoption fee for sanctuary adoptions, ok, we charge $1 to make the contract legal.

We are happy for Zabeer’s happy ending. We just wish that we had more happy endings like his.

10/08/2025

Don’t forget! Our Panda Express Virtual Fundraiser is on Friday, October 10th! Mark your calendars!
You simply order online or on Panda Express’s App - give the code: 9004824 when you place your order. This way LTH gets credit for your Panda Express order.

Please share this post to your friends. Come join us for this virtual fundraiser! 🥡🥢🥠

10/08/2025

This is one stunning photo of Smokey Joe, taken today on trail. Makes him look like a hunk! He is 14.2 hands tall, not 16 hands, though the photos make him look like he is BIG. He is nine years old now.

He was one of the unhandled stallions that came to our rescue in a law enforcement seizure in April 2024.

We think that Smokey Joe is half-Arabian/half-Mustang. What do you think? The horses were left in a large pasture area and we know that mustangs would jump into their pasture and breed the mares. Some of the younger horses from this herd were half/half.

10/07/2025

Sanjo AJF - We have had quite a few adoption inquiries for him, but all were casual trail riders. Sanjo really loves being out on trail, but he is not a casual trail riding horse. He rode on his first endurance ride a few weeks ago and he did very well (we did not have him finish the entire ride, he rode most of it. He scraped one of his legs on trail, so Vera2 walked him for part of the trail and went off trail, so she had to Rider Option.)

But we could clearly see that Sanjo was in his element, he loved it. His two full brothers are already riding 50-milers and Sanjo definitely has their same talent. We would really love to see him in an endurance riding home. He is not a hot horse, but we started him under saddle this summer, just as he turned six years old. He still has that goofy baby brain. He makes us laugh every day.