Horses with Hope

26/12/2025

And the winner is…It’s a tie, Smokey and Galaxy win most holiday spirit! But because everyone deserves it, all the ponies got a special treat to celebrate the holidays. Thank you to everyone who voted❤️🎄❤️

26/12/2025

Located in Hope, ME

25/12/2025

24/12/2025

There is nothing better than ponies in Santa hats! Please vote for your favorite HWH horse by listing their name in the comment section. The winner will receive a yummy treat and bragging rights for having the most holiday spirit of 2025. Winner will be announced Friday, so be sure to vote for your favorite holiday pony❤️🎄❤️

24/12/2025

We love getting updates from our alumni, especially during the holidays! Lass is doing great and sent some holiday cheer our way last week. Aspen who is now called Fiana, let us know she is hoping to join Santa’s reindeer tomorrow night🎄Thank you for the wonderful photos…If you have a holiday photo of your favorite equines please feel free to share in the comments.

22/12/2025

Long lining is a great tool for teaching softness, bend, balance, and straightness before adding a rider. Smokey was previously green broke to ride, but had a very hard time softening to rein pressure. His default was to brace against the pressure and fall on his forehand leaving himself without much steering. Over the last few months we have focused on getting Smokey fit enough to carry a rider, and teaching him how to soften through his entire body and bring his hind end up underneath him in order to free up his shoulders. Smokey is with us for training from the MSSPA.

21/12/2025

Just because we could all use a little pick me up as we head into the week ahead…

20/12/2025

There is nothing sweeter than new horses making friends with the “littles.” Although Jasper was a bit scared when he first saw our mini donkey, JJ, it didn’t take him long to warm up. Jasper is with us for training from Kritter Ridge Equine Sanctuary.

19/12/2025

We cannot stress enough how important we feel it is for us to “take the time it takes” with every horse that comes through our doors. Many of them come to us with physical challenges along with emotional trauma. Shipley is no exception, and has struggled with severely neglected feet his whole life. While we work with our vet and farrier to help him on his way to physical recovery we have been working on his emotional recovery as well. Shipley has made slow but steady progress in overcoming his fear and lack of understanding aids from the ground. Upon arrival Shipley could not find relaxation on line at all, and when you added any kind of aid from a tool like a carrot stick it would trigger a fear response. Shipley has learned to move with relaxation on line and also to accept our tools without fear, and we are so proud of him. Shipley is with us for training from Gerda’s Equine Rescue.

18/12/2025

It was a big day for Phoenix who was able to get his teeth done for the first time since his rescue. He was so scared of anything in or around his mouth and head that he couldn’t even be done with sedation. After all of the hard work of the kind folks at The Dorset Equine Rescue prior to his coming here, we have been able to focus on the areas that we know are a challenge for him. We are very proud of this sweet boy!

18/12/2025

What a spectacular sunset tonight!