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New Program to Geld Stallions! HPS has received grant funding and started a
national program called Stallion to Gelding Support (SGS) to geld stallions and reduce the population of unwanted horses.
We believe that slaughter and euthanasia are NOT the answer. This is
the first program of its kind in the United States and responses have proven there to be an overwhelming need for this service.
Please visit the Stallion to Gelding Support website by clicking on the link:
 New HPS Training Program! In
order to find homes more easily for the horses at the HPS sanctuary, we have contracted with a professional trainer to work
with our horses and volunteers for a year. Our volunteers are improving their riding skills and learning training
techniques. With their newly aquired skills, they will be able to teach other volunteers how to get rescued horses back
under saddle. Above one of our members is learning lunging and reining techniques with Morning
Star. Thanks to the program we are able to safely evaluate horses for placement into new homes. We
have raised 75% of the funds needed to retain the professional trainer for a year. Donations for this program are still
needed!
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| Katie and Sandy working with Santa Fe. |
Katie's Training Journal
Katie Muir is a HPS member who is enrolled in the training program. She is working to get her project horse,
Santa Fe, back under saddle so he can find a new home. Follow Santa Fe's journey as Katie learns to train
an abused horse with the help of professional trainer, Tamara Eichorn.
Click on the photo above to read Katie's
journal.
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| Firelight, May 2009 |
HPS Fundraiser and 2 More Rescues
Our annual fundraising effort, the Mane Event, raised $27,000 that will be used to care for
the horses at the sanctuary and two more horses are rescued from deplorable conditions. Read about it in the June edition
of Over Herd.
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