Horses with Hope

23/05/2026

Mini Cooper is happy to announce it’s the weekend!

22/05/2026

Amos is finally starting to trust us and we are starting to see his amazing personality shine through! We are using clicker training to help bridge the gap and it has been very useful. You will notice that he has to look away before he gets his “reward” as we do not want him to become pushy about treats. He is allowing us to pick up his front feet and is able to work through any worry spots that may come up surrounding that. We are slowly working our way to his hind end, though he is much more concerned about that area of his body, so we are taking it slowly. Amos is with us for training from Save Your Ass Long Ear Rescue.

21/05/2026

Sunny has had quite a rocky road to navigate throughout her life and we finally feel like we are starting to put the pieces together for her. Sunny harness raced for a decade and experienced all of the mental and physical challenges that come from such an intense career. When she arrived here last spring we started with her body, focusing on getting her as comfortable as possible before addressing the emotional side of things. She started to progress nicely and even made it out on the trail a few times in early fall, before a freak near death turnout accident left her with a long recovery period. Once she fully recovered from her accident she needed to be treated for ulcers, likely due to the stress of everything. Shortly, after starting her ulcer treatment we discovered she was positive for Lyme disease so she underwent treatment for that as well. Fast forward to this Spring and Sunny is back to work. We are still working very closely with our vet in trying to help Sunny feel her absolute best with a rider on board. Though we are still trying to determine what Sunny’s ideal home will be, one thing is for certain, she is a special horse who deserves her own special person. Sunny is with us for training from NEER North.

20/05/2026

As Smokey continues his road to healing and recovery we are trying some new inhaled meds. Our hope is to get his heaves under control and more easily managed in the future. It may not be his favorite part of the day, but he is a very good patient nonetheless. Smokey is with us for training from the MSSPA.

17/05/2026

On Friday morning one of our neighboring towns was rocked by a devastating tragedy. We would like to take a moment to honor those heroes who work tirelessly everyday to keep us safe. Our thoughts are with the Robbins family, all of the first responders and their families, and for Andrew Cross who made the ultimate sacrifice❤️

16/05/2026

This week’s edition of “jobs that require zero cats”…The gator has been receiving daily safety inspections from our smallest staff members 😂

15/05/2026

With the warm weather we are finding that we have lots of horses coming and going in the next month…Phoenix will be returning to his home rescue as a sanctuary placement due to a bipartite navicular bone. Those of you who have followed Phoenix from the start know that he was a completely feral and terrified rodeo horse when The Dorset Equine Rescue agreed to take him. In their expert hands he graduated to being able to join our training program last fall. From the start he has been a farm favorite. He is still shy around people he doesn’t know, but once you earn his trust he is as funny and sweet as they come. Unfortunately, there is no way to know how long he will remain comfortable and pasture sound with his condition. We are grateful he can return to the capable hands of those who first won his trust to live out his days just being a horse. We apologize in advance for the plethora of photos and videos to come while he is still with us, but we just cannot get enough of that beautiful golden summer coat!

14/05/2026

Check out our latest Community Spotlight! This is a new way for us to showcase some of the amazing horsemen and women who help make our equine community so special.

Community Spotlight: Sue April 8, 2026Welcome to our new ‘Community Spotlight’ interview series! Throughout our years in operation as a foster training organization, we’ve been lucky enough to meet horse lovers from all over New England and beyond. From our incredible adopters, to our team of ...

13/05/2026

Sampson originally came to us in the fall of 2012, when Horses with Hope was truly in its infancy. He was a 10 year old stallion at the time and had very little handling and education. Once we gelded Sampson and he settled into the routine here, he proved to be a funny and curious little horse, who loved people. What he lacked in size, he more than made up for in heart. It wasn’t long before Sampson was adopted by a wonderful organization in Maine that provided therapeutic help to families with adopted children. Sampson’s full time “job” was to help adoptive/foster families connect and heal from negative past experiences. Sampson from the start was an astute therapist and it was noted that, “the children that other horses run from, Sampson runs to!”Sampson quickly became the “go-to” guy and changed so many lives just by being himself.

Sampson worked for almost a decade and then he and his two partner ponies spent the next several years living a life of retirement as valued members of their adoptive family. In March of this year Sampson and his “brothers” were surrendered to the MSSPA due to an illness in the family. We were more than happy to welcome Sampson back to the farm along with his herd mates for foster training and placement.

Shortly after Sampson arrived we noticed he was having trouble breathing. We assumed it might be allergies and worked with our vet to treat him. When the problem seemed to be getting worse, we decided to have him scoped to see if there was something wrong with his airway. The scope revealed paralysis in his airway that resulted in his airway collapsing in on itself every time he exhaled. Unfortunately, there was no cure, so we agreed to treat him with a low dose of steroids to see if we could stabilize things by preventing further inflammation. However, it became increasingly clear to us that Sampson was not feeling well.

Sadly, we had to make the very difficult decision to say goodbye. We laid him to rest with the sun shining and his herd mates right by his side. Sampson was one of our first trainees and we are so honored to have not only been the beginning of his journey, but also the ending. We will miss you buddy❤️

10/05/2026

Wishing all of the moms out there the happiest of Mother’s Days! We hope you had a wonderful day being appreciated by those who love you the most❤️