Horses

Open Gates Equine Rescue

New Gloucester, Maine

Horses Available For Adoption

: Patches, age 3, an Appy cross, arrived on October 30, 2004 with “Mama” and was very ill due to lack of proper nutrition for the first eight days of her life. She rebounded within a couple of weeks and is a very healthy, robust 3 year old filly. She is in training and has some wonderful people that are very interested in adopting her at this time. They are working closely with the trainer.

Brad, age 4 years, is a Morgan gelding. He was on the doorsteps of slaughter when a woman saw something in his eyes that told her that he needed to be spared. She purchased him but soon realized that he was going to be a handful, so she turned Brad over to us in August, 2006. This horse has been terribly abused, both physically and mentally. Kept in his stall nearly 24/7 in his previous situation, he now lives outside 13 hours a day in a new run-in shelter that was built by volunteers just for this horse. He needed to learn how to be a horse again. Overcoming his 'issues' has been a very long haul. His training is coming along nicely at this time. When the time comes we will be looking for a Very Special person for this horse. But for now he will stay here with us.

This is Cleo. She was purchased at an auction where she was in danger of being shipped.