Need Help in a Christmas Request

Alright folks, I need your help. I realize that I don't have a paypal account up and running correctly but don't let that stop you.


We were asked to take in a 20 year old broodmare. She'd done some barrels in her previous life but has been a broodmare for awhile. I don't know the specifics other than she's in with other mares and getting the tar beat out of her. So we went out on a limb and accepted her since she does fit into our criteria. We aren't really in a position to take on any new horses.  I'm overwhelmed with the 15 we currently have at the Sanctuary but I have a soft spot for broodmares.


So many mares used early on and then switched over to making babies. When they aren't in their prime, they are dumped without a backup plan for what they will do in their golden years. So I said yes without really crunching the numbers. These old girls are worth their weight in gold.


But here's the clincher. Last night we were asked to take in another broodmare. She's 19 years old, pulled from a kill pen, and now looking for her new home. She was supposed to be bred back but came open. The people who pulled her from the kill pen didn't want to see a pregnant momma ship, so pulled her and now that she's open, they want to assure themselves that she won't return to the life of a broodmare, popping out babies every year. She's getting older and they want to make sure that she doesn't have to have any more babies. But her pedigree will make people want to breed her.


And then she'll turn into Rabbit. Bought because she was in foal but when the foal was born, the mare was tossed to the side. I didn't want that to happen with Rabbit and I didn't want it to happen to the 20 year old broodmare we accepted, and I don't want it to happen to the 19 year old broodmare.


So, my question is, can you help? We need hay and grain to cover her costs.


Would anyone want to donate $65 to buy a bale of hay. We need to buy six bales. Or would someone want to sponsor one of these old girls for $100 a month? I can't bring on a second mare without knowing there are funds to cover her cost.


As it is, my hay is sitting out in the pasture waiting to be picked up and my hay guy is in the hospital undergoing surgery as I type this. So I don't exactly have bales and bales of spare hay just sitting around.


I know some people will ask why I'm willing to help one and not the other. Well, I let my heart get ahead of my head. So I said yes to one but my head over ruled the second horse. Unless, someone can help. And others have been willing to donate their horse and enter their horse into the feeding program (and pay) but are wondering why we turned them down. It's all timing. At that time, I was 6 months pregnant and had no clue how it would be like the second time around (based on the first, I knew I couldn't take on any more...but the second baby has been completely different).


But, for me to take on any more, to keep the 19 year old out of danger of going back to a kill pen, or being bred and then tossed aside like a rag, I need your help.


I either need people to sponsor her for $100 a month, or for people to buy her a bale of hay from now until May (which would be six bales...December through May). Last time we fundraised to bring someone home (I'm talking Junior), we priced hay at $65 a bale so that's what I'm doing again.. unless someone tells me otherwise.


So, can you help an old girl get her Christmas wish? Can you help give her a permanent home where she will be safe and sound with the Sanctuary until her last breath? Lets bring these two old girls home and give them the best Christmas present a horse can ask for.


If you want to donate, and because I don't have the paypal account set up (anyone know how to get that up and running), you can send checks to


Borderlands Horse Sanctuary
26160 457th Ave
Humboldt, SD 57035


I think you and the mares thank you.