Midnight's Equine Rescue and Sanctuary

06/26/2024

Update on Chiquita: she is doing wonderful, loving all the attention and being a great pack pony for the camp kids. Everyone is in love with her and she deserves it.

06/13/2024

 Our wonderful Farrier is coming again today and we could definitely use your help with fees. With the added expenses from yesterday’s event with our sweet Miette the rescue is extremely low on funds and could use some extra help. Donations have been at an all-time low and expenses have been increasing monthly.
If you could find it in your hearts to donate any amount, you are comfortable with it would be greatly appreciated All of our donations are 100% tax deductible and go directly to the
horses. You can donate by visiting our website at midnightsequinerescueandsanctuary.com
Or directly through PayPal utilizing the email
[email protected]

06/12/2024

It is with an extremely heavy heart that we announce the passing of Miette. She is Wendy‘s personal horse and was loved dearly like all the rest. Wendy is glad that she was able to be there and make sure she knew she was loved until the end, but it was very sudden and very hard to swallow.Miette could be a bit of a pain in the butt although she was often times the comfort that Wendy needed to get through. She will be greatly missed and we can only hope that her and Luna are running around having a good time. Please say a prayer to help.Miette Passover, the rainbow bridge.
Although she passed on her own before the vet got there. The veterinarian believes that she threw a pulmonary embolism, which she could not survive.

06/05/2024

It is time to announce that Chiquita has found her forever home with a wonderful family. She went home last Monday on a week trial to make sure that she got along with everybody and fit in flawlessly. We are so happy for her and hope that she has a wonderful life.

04/28/2024

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01/21/2024

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11/28/2023

We are looking for a donation of 6-10 square bales. We don’t use them a lot only if we run out of round bales or if someone is on stall rest. But unfortunately the few we had disappeared from the common use barn. So if you know someone or have a few bales to donate please let us know.

11/23/2023

Happy Thanksgiving from the herd at Midnights Equine Rescue and sanctuary. We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.

11/03/2023

I'll be in the barn.
When people have come to visit over the years
they commonly hear from me "I'll be in the barn."
When life gets hard I'll be in the barn.
When things are just right I'll be in the barn.
When the sun shines
The rain falls
Or snow covers the ground
I'll be in the barn.
If things seem to be falling apart or if I'm
celebrating the simple things, I'll be in the barn.
When I'm looking for answers or trying to clear my mind, I'll be in the barn.
When I'm looking for myself, I'll be in the barn.
If I'm working or trying to relax, I'll be in the barn.
Even when I'm not in the barn my mind drifts there, I find myself thinking about being in the barn...
It's where I keep my riches
All my wins and my failures
Every one of my hopes, dreams, hardships and
memories.
You can find them all in the barn, buried in the hay, hiding under a halter, spilling out of the feed bins,or glimmering with dust in the evening light.
I may be covered in dust, dirt, feed, hair, and hay, smell of sweat and manure, and sometimes there may be blood or tears but I'll be there. I'll be in the barn.
So if your wondering where to find me, I'll be in the barn. If I'm not there I promise I'm on my way.

Author Unknown

Photo by Jordan Blackstone

10/30/2023

SECRETARIAT
~DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES~
12:10 a.m. March 30, 1970. When Secretariat came into the world, the world welcomed him with freezing cold, gusting winds and fog. He took his first breath in the little foaling shed, 17A at the Meadow, a sprawling 2,600-acre farm. Within twenty minutes, the leggy and wobbly foal was up on his feet. In forty-five minutes, he was sucking greedily.

The Meadow was a classy horse farm. Its owner was a man named Christopher Chenery, and he had bought the land in 1936, though many in the horse business had advised him not to. Some said the pastures were too poor, the land was too wet, and it would never do for what he had in mind-a farm to raise the finest Thoroughbreds. Chenery was drawn to the land because his ancestors had owned it before the American Civil War, back in the 1860s. He must have felt a longing to get it back, to restore it to the family.

Christopher Chenery had money (for he was clever in business), he had a degree in engineering (which helped as he drew up complex plans to drain the farm's many swamps), and, most of all, he had a love of horses.

He played polo and he rode every day. He loved the smell and look and grace of horses, especially Thoroughbred horses. The Meadow was his dream, and he lived it every day.

By the time Secretariat was born, Christopher Chenery was eighty-three years old and very frail. For years, the Meadow's horses had done well at the racetrack, but the luck had turned. A horseman must have luck. You can quickly lose your shirt by owning horses. There is even a phrase to describe it: horse poor.

Veterinarian bills must be paid, and blacksmith bills. Medicines and grain and stall bedding must be bought. Fancy tractors are needed to groom the training track, big harvesters to gather the hay, and trucks to haul both horses and hay. Ropes and halters, saddles and bridles constantly wear out and need replacing. Such a huge farm required a staff of trainers and grooms, exercise riders and labourers. And though the sums of money from winnings at the track and the sale of horses seemed great, they could not keep up with the Meadow's ever-rising expenses.

Christopher Chenery's two daughters and son debated what to do. Should they sell the farm? Perhaps use the money from the sale to invest in the stock market? Finally, the youngest daughter, Penny, stepped forward and volunteered to try filling her father's shoes. She was a rider, she had studied business at school, and she had her degree. But would that be enough to pull the Meadow out of its tailspin? Her learning curve as the new farm manager would be steep.

"We'll need a miracle," one longtime worker at the farm said. On the night that Secretariat was born, that same worker called Penny Chenery on the telephone. "Your miracle, he told her, "has arrived."
-by
Lawrence Scanlan

10/25/2023

Winter time is coming. Along with that brings higher hay bills. If anyone is able to help with our hedge fund it would be greatly appreciate it. Currently they are already going through to round bales a week and that is expected to increase as the temperatures drop. Around bills are currently $65 and if you would like to help out, you’re welcome to do so bye going to our donation page on our website midnightsequinerescueandsanctuary.com

https://youtu.be/jVoHYYw3nMw?si=FNZKYD21kn-m5_wD

To read Karl Hoopes publication "Caring for Horses in Cold Weather" go to https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/extension_curall/1828/ #.XDTYE8F7GtA.email

09/27/2023

The Ferrier is coming out again on Friday morning. We have three horses that could use sponsorship. If anyone is able to help with their healthcare, please feel free to go to our website and make a donation.
midnightsequinerescueandsanctuary.com

08/30/2023

It is time for the herd to see the dentist and the sanctuary needs your help! Manny, Chiquita, Gunner, and Simba are all looking for a special individual who would sponsor or help sponsor their dental care for this year.
If you can help no matter how large or small the amount, please visit our website at midnightsequinerescueandsanctuary.com

08/21/2023

The herd hab their feet done today and switched pastures. They are happy with fresh feet and fresh grass. If you would like to help 3 of the horse were not sponsored this time around.
Visit our website to help the horses.
midnightsequinerescueandsanctuary.com