Recent and Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events Calendar

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Training Program: Sundays, Februay 5, 12, 19, 26 from 10am to 2pm
Training program participants work together with trainer to evaluate horses for safety and soundness, and to improve the overall health and condition of rehabilitated horses. This helps HPS to match the horses with the appropriate person and place them in new homes. Participants must have current HPS membership, know how to ride, be familiar with the HPS horses and their personalities, and volunteer 12-14 hours per month (on the feed schedule) at the sanctuary.

HPS Member Training on Handling Horses: Saturday, Feb 4th 2-4pm
Learn about social hierarchy, body language, approaching a horse for the first time, catching & leading horses and more. Please email Deborah Baker de_bakre@yahoo.com if you plan to attend.

HPS Member Training on Medical Issues l: Sunday, Feb 19th 2-4pm Learn about colic, tendon injuries, dmso, thrush, scratches, choke, eye problems, cuts, giving shots, EPM. Please email Deborah Baker de_bakre@yahoo.com if you plan to attend.

HPS Member Training Medical Issues 2: Saturday, March 3 2-4 pm Learn to recognize & treat hoof conditions such as abcesses, thrush, laminitis & founder and learn different techniques for picking up hooves. Learn about IR, Cushing's, RAO & dsld. Contact Deborah Baker if you plan to attend. de_bakre@yahoo.com

Project Day April 2010

A heartfelt thank you to the members and volunteers who came on Project Day to help prepare for the tack sale. With your help, HPS was able to have a successful fundraiser!

Tack & Construction Sale
Thank you to all who came out and supported our fundraiser on May 1st & 2nd. Over $7000 was raised to care for the horses at the sanctuary.

Construction of Second Barn!

We are so proud of our new barns. After getting by with a 100-plus year old barn and several out buildings since our beginning in 1991, we are eternally grateful to all that made this dream possible. The second barn houses 25 horses and we were able to demolish the 100-year-old barn that was too dilapidated to repair again. The electricity had finally gone out and a terrible windstorm blew another section off of the roof of our old barn.

There have been more calls about starving horses due to the previous year's drought and the current economy. Some horses that we had placed into homes have returned and we currently have 50 residents to house and feed. The second barn is 70' by 72' and contains 26 stalls. It also has rubber mat flooring and shutters for all around. Garage doors allow the horses entry from two sides of the barn.