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2010 Events

April 10 - Equine Trade Show at Tymor Park; LaGrangeville, NY
April 11 - Equine Flea Market at North Ridge Farm; Patterson, NY
April 24-25 - Hudson Valley Earth Day Celebration; Rhinebeck Fairgrounds, NY
May 1 - Westchester SPCA Pet Fair; Yorktown, NY
May 15 - LOHR Spring Fling
May 22 - May Fair at Dutchess Day School; Millbrook, NY
May 28 - Bonfire at LOHR
May 29 - Schooling Show at LOHR
May 31 - Memorial Day Parade; Millbrook, NY
June 20 -Father's Day Parade; Millbrook, NY
June 25 - Bonfire at LOHR
June 26 - Schooling Show at LOHR
June 28 - Summer Camp starts; weekly until August 13
July 30 - Bonfire at LOHR
July 31 - Schooling Show at LOHR
August 20 - Bonfire at LOHR
August 23-29 - Fair Week at Rhinebeck Fairgrounds
Contact us for more information. We look forward to seeing you at our summer events.

Click here to watch a video about our rescued foals

Please click here to view Erica's video of DEFHR

Erica, thank you for all your help and support. Lucky Orphans is proud to be working with Erica Tomney after her internship with DEFHR .

Dina and Deanna are looking forward to an exciting warm season. Thank you Robert Warner for the attached photo. Robert is a photographer who visited our farm and is preparing digital images of our horses. We invite any artists to come spend a day on the farm. No matter what medium you work in, you will surely be able to capture some beauty amidst our 200 acres of rolling fields and 30 rescued orphans. We hope to develop a collection of works and hold a benefit showing and sale. Thank you, Mr. Warner for supporting us in this endeavor.

Upcoming Events

Lucky Orphans is preparing a very busy spring and summer season. Join us at the 40th annual Hudson Valley Earth Day celebration at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, NY. We will have a booth and unlimited pony rides April 24 and 25. May 1, we will be at the Annual Walk-A-Thon and petfair for the SPCA at the FDR state park in Yorktown Heights. May 2 we will be giving pony rides at the May Fair at Dutchess Day School in Millbrook, NY. We will be marching with horses in the Millbrook Memorial Day Parade in Millbrook. We welcome volunteers to join us at these events. We look forward to seeing you out and about.

Sonny

Very exciting day!Lucky Orphans got it's newest rescue, Sunny. After living at his house for 26 years, he was left alone in the herd from the passing of his mother and sister. After the sad death of his owner, we were contacted by the family and after two months of getting him used to the trailer, he arrived today safe and sound.

May Events!

Horse Show on May 30th
Join us on May 30th at the Tymor Equestrian Center in Lagrangeville, NY for a Schooling Horse Show.
Schooling begins at 07:30 AM and the show will begin promptly at 09:00 AM
Registration is $15, or $12 if you pre-register. To pre-registers please email aska@luckyorphanshorserescue.org.
There will be both English and Western classes.

Visit our Annex Facility

Starting May 12th our annex facility will be open to visitors. This facility has been made available to us by Rose Hill Farm in Wassaic, NY. To visit please call 646-258-2512.
As always, our main facility in Millbrook, NY will be open throughout the summer and open to visitors. Our hours at 9 AM-5PM. If you would like to visit our horses outside of that time please call to make an appointment. 845-416-8583

Saturday May 16th at Dutchess Day School

On May 16th from 11-4 Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue will be at the Dutchess Day School "May Fair." Pony rides will be available as well as some arts and crafts activities.


If you have any questions regarding our events please email aska@luckyorphanshorserescue.org or call 646-258-2512.

Thank you and we hope to see you soon!

MARCH EVENTS!

March 21st at 7pm at the Dutchess Cornell Cooperative Extension: There will be a potluck dinner to celebrate the accomplishments of the Un-Whoa-Ables Horse 4H Youth Development kids.

March 27th at 7pm at the Dutchess Cornell Cooperative Extension: A seminar on Pasture Management and Poisonous Plants given by Jennifer Fimbell of DCCCE. Seminar will cover pasture rotation, how to conduct soil samples, proper pasture fertilization and other topics concerning how to prepare your fields and pasture for your horses this spring. Questions will be answered.

Un-Whoa-Ables Horse 4H Youth Development Program will be selling baked goods to raise funds and awareness for their club. The club does community service by helping care for rescued horses and will be setting up and cleaning up for this event.

Suggested Donation of $10 would be very much appreciated for this event. All proceeds to benefit the horses of Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue.

If you would like more information about either of these events please call: 845-724-7050.

We hope to see you there!

Nominal Donation

We are asking all our supporters to please make a donation of $10. $10 from just a few people can add up quickly. Times are tough right now for many people and as a result more and more horses are in need of a safe haven. Please help us in our continued efforts to give these horses a forever home.


Thank you.

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Thank You

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Winter Horse Care Seminar this past Friday. We appreciate your support and we hope that the event provided you with some informative information on how to help your horse through the winter.


Please keep yours eyes open for our Summer Show Series sign ups and final dates. We will be having 3 shows, throughout the summer, that will have a highpoint rider and highpoint horse award at the end of the three shows. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Winter Horse Care Seminar

When: January 23, 2009 at 7:00PM.
Where: Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County
2715 Route 44, Millbrook, NY 12545
Who: Dr. David Hammond DVM and Matt Zele.






Join us Friday night with our guest speakers Dr. David Hammond and Matt Zele.

Dr. Hammond is a local equine vet who will discussing the importance of proper winter care. He will speak about the signs and prevention of choke, colic, and other winter illnesses. Also, learn what to do to help your horse while you wait for the vet to arrive.

Matt Zele is a corrective farrier that has done extensive work on some of our rescues. He will discuss the importance of proper equine hoof care, especially through the winter; whether shod, or barefoot.

Un-Whoa-Ables Horse 4H Youth Development Program will be selling baked goods to raise funds for their club.

Proceeds will benefit Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue.


Please call 845-416-8583 for any questions regarding this event.

From Gypsy For Amy

The image is fuzzy because we took it with a cell phone. Gypsy is doing Fabulous!! She is a good girl with picking up and trimming all four hooves, stands quietly for grooming. She LOVES LOVES LOVES having the back of her hind legs rubbed, she stand on her hind toes and wiggling her muzzle when you do this. We are working at liberty, and as you can see she is accepting of weight on her back. She loves playing with the foals, and has grown a nice winter coat. Her scars are just faint memories and she has developed a trust for people. Thanks for your interest, Amy. We'll get some more photos on flickr and add them to the slideshow.

Just a horse

From time to time, people tell me, "lighten up, it's just a horse,"
or, "that's a lot of money for "just a horse".

They don't understand the distance traveled, the time spent, or the costs involved for "just a horse." Some of my proudest moments have come about with "just a horse".

Many hours have passed and my only company was "just a horse," but I did not once feel slighted. Some of my saddest moments have been brought about by "just a horse,' and in those days of darkness, the gentle touch of "just a horse" gave me comfort and reason to overcome the day.

If you, too, think it's "just a horse," then you will probably understand phrases like "just a friend," "just a sunrise," or "just a promise".

"Just a horse" brings into my life the very essence of friendship, trust, and pure unbridled joy.

"Just a horse" brings out the compassion and patience that make me a better person.

Because of "just a horse" I will rise early, take long walks and look longingly to the future.

So for me and folks like me, it's not "just a horse" but an embodiment of all the hopes and dreams of the future, the fond memories of the past, and the pure joy of the moment.

"Just a horse" brings out what's good in me and diverts my thoughts away from myself and the worries of the day.

I hope that someday they can understand that it's not "just a horse" but the thing that gives me humanity and keeps me from being "just a woman".

So the next time you hear the phrase "just a horse" just smile, because they "just" don't understand.

This holiday season LOHR promises to care for each of our horses because they are more than "just an orphan".

Behind the scenes of Horse Rescue

In all of our pictures there are smiling faces. People kissing, hugging, loving the rescued horses. Now, as we approach winter, that dedication, admiration, and responsibility are unfailing. Now is the time our inboxes flood with: horses that are unwanted, can't be afforded by their "loving" homes, owners go off to school, children grow up, winter is cold, etc, etc, etc. i've heard every reason why a horse needs to be let go,shot, turned out, euthanized, "donated" (my favorite!), etc. "I love my horse, he's my baby. I've owned "Silver" for 25 yrs....but I can't afford him - I need a new horse I can ride (Add EXCUSE here). I used to be astounded by the lack of compassion, but than I look at society. We lock our loved ones up in nursing homes. We abort or adopt out our own CHILDREN!! Why not discard our beloved horse of 25 years?
Yet, Lucky Orphans opens our doors, hearts, and hands again and again for love of a horse. The look in any of their trusting eyes. The curiousity when we arrive. The settling when a new horse arrives.
Despite the cold, ice, snow, freezing hoses, frozen water troughs, muddy gates, frozen pipes, blistery winds; none of our volunteers or youth development team ever stop smiling. We keep on loving, hoping, teaching, working, and breathing life for every one of our rescues and the ones that we cannot reach.
I want to personally thank every board member, and volunteer for all your efforts and all your tribulations this upcoming winter season. I want to thank our wonderful vet, Dr. David Hammond, for his untiring efforts. I want to give thanks to the children who pitch in and become adults when the horses need them. I want to thank the parents of the children who learn to admire their children for the lessons they've taught their parents. I want to thank you all for your support and positive energy.
I have bled, sweat and cried many days and nights for this organization, and I'd do it all again a thousand times to feel the breath of one horse I saved. I've help stitch for HOURS in a thunderstorm with no power, I've walked colicking horses for HOURS and HOURS until they were better, I've fought with unwilling owners, careless owners, stupid owners. I've fallen, been kicked, been bitten, been mistrusted, and then had the MOST unruly horse eat from my hand. I've saved babies and old horses. I've had to put my best friend down at the age of 40 (Snickers this is the first Christmas without you and I miss you so much!!)
I would do it all over again. I get up every day no matter how sick, tired, frustrated, angry, stressed, overwhelmed, and am greeted by whinneys and knickers of my best friends - those who know I saved them. My Lucky Orphans. The bit of America I can save. Help me and the rest of my team do more! We need your supoprt and small donations to find our orphans a permanent home for Christmas.

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