Essence

            Essence arrived on March 8, 2005, heavily pregnant.  She was 10 years old, and delivered a colt on June 14, 2005.  She was so upset at having her foal in a setting she hadn’t settled into that she abruptly stood up, pulling on Koda’s umbilicus and creating a hole in his ureter.  At 18 hours old, we were loading the mare and foal into the trailer and heading to a veterinary hospital where Koda underwent surgery for removal of the umbilicus and bladder repair.  Urine had been leaking into his abdomen and would have killed him within 24 hours. 

            Essence will not be able to go under saddle – she has stifle problems and hind end problems due to having foal after foal and inadequate exercise.  We need to raise funds (approximately $800) in order to give her IRAP injections, hoping that will help her stifles and enable her to be more comfortable.  She is a gentle and loving mare, who is still very attached to Koda.

 

    Sanctuary Horses:  These horses will have sanctuary at Dreamchaser for the rest of their lives, to ensure they are never bred again. These horses have spent their lives being bred and have never been exposed to anything else.  Some we are able to eventually ride, others are not at all suited to riding or physically able to be ridden.

Won’t you consider sponsoring one of these deserving mares?