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Meet Our Residents
Many horses have come to EI over the years and many have been adopted by families to new forever homes. Some have been with EI since their retirement. We'd like you to meet our current exceptional residents.
Astoria
Name: Fort Astoria “Astoria”
Age: 2/19/1998
Breed: Thoroughbred
Residence Status: Sanctuary
History: Astoria was our first Thoroughbred rescue that sparked the transition to help more Thoroughbreds. Glenda, our late founder, rescued Astoria in 2004 where he was found in a 10x10 dirt pit and extremely underweight. After a lot of rehabilitation, we learned he is a great great grandson to the legendary Secretariat. Astoria spent his prime giving lessons to many children along side his buddy, Lucky. In his older years, he now spends his days eating soaked alfalfa cubes and enjoys being groomed daily.
Image
Name: Christopher’s Image “Image”
Age: 4/13/2007
Breed: Thoroughbred
Residence Status: Sanctuary
History: Image originally came to EI in 2013 after retiring off the track due to osselets in both front ankles. Image was adopted out and began a career in basic dressage. While at one of the private stables, he had the opportunity to be used in a lesson with the legendary John Cena! Image’s quiet, forgiving demeanor under saddle gave Cena the confidence to learn the basics as he was gearing up for a movie involving riding a horse. Image was ultimately returned to EI due to no fault of his own. Image’s favorite snack is soaked alfalfa cubes!
JJ
Name: Jules Jewel “JJ”
Age: 2/23/1999
Breed: Thoroughbred
Residence Status: Sanctuary
History: JJ came to EI in 2010 from another organization, TROT. JJ is considered a warhorse given his racing career of 101 starts. After his long racing career, he was briefly used as a pony horse. After settling in at EI, he gave many young children their first ride on a horse. As he aged, we phased him out of being a lesson horse and he became quite fond of his grooming sessions and daily photo shoots with one of our volunteers. We call him the babysitter as he tends to buddy up with one horse in the herd and take care of them.
Knight
Name: Knight
Age: 5/2/2014
Breed: Arabian
Residence Status: Sanctuary
History: Knight was brought to EI in 2014 when he was 8 months old. Originally bred to become a halter horse, he did not come out confirmationally suited for that. His breeders responsibly offered him to us to have a different career. Glenda’s first Arabian stallion was Hawk Hill Knight, a spitting image of our 2014 Knight. Knight is known for being the vocal one in barn, always ready for his meals.
Black Jet
Name: Black Jet"Jet"
Age: 5/20/2011
Breed: Thoroughbred
Residence Status: Retraining
History: Black Jet retired as a ten year old with earnings of $239,850. He is a cribber, has been diagnosed with Kissing Spine and does have an old chip in is left front fetlock. He received mesotherapy to help his back and responded wonderfully. He can be lightly ridden with proper fitted tack and a petite rider. Despite his ailments, he offers a very sweet demeanor and has a playful side to him when he is turned out with his small herd of three other geldings.
Lucky
Name: Lucky
Age: 1/1/1995
Breed: Appaloosa
Residence Status: Sanctuary
History: Lucky originally came to EI in a boarding capacity until his owner passed away and wished for Lucky to live out his remaining days with us. Lucky has been part of EI since 2004. He is our first go to when teaching new volunteers the way around a horse. He has a very inquisitive personality and keeps us on our toes. We have to make sure each gate is double latched as he tends to have other plans to let all of his friends out and get into mischief.
Tally
Name: Tally Man "Tally"
Age: 3/11/2008
Breed: Thoroughbred
Residence Status: Sanctuary
History: Tally has been part of Equestrian Inc since 2010 after coming from another organization, TROT. Tally sustained a bowed tendon during his two year old year of training. After a year of rehabilitation, Tally began retraining and became the “spokeshorse” for EI at horse shows. Now he spends his days teaching new volunteers how to be groomed, lunged etc. His very sweet personality has made him a barn favorite.
Victoria
Name: Victoria
Age: 5/1/2000
Breed: Arabian
Residence Status: Sanctuary
History: Victoria has been part of Equestrian Inc since 2002. It took Victoria a very long time to eventually become comfortable with those who worked with her. In her older years we refer to her as the “Queen” as all of the other horses developed an unwritten respect for her in the pasture. Her closest buddy is Tally; she cannot be out of his sight.
Archie
Name: Archibald "Archie"
Age: 1/1/2011
Breed: Miniature Donkey
Residence Status: Sanctuary
History: Archie came to EI on Christmas Day in 2018. Archie was pulled from an auction in Northern Florida where he was basically feral. After settling in at EI, he was gelded and paired with one of our senior horses at the time. Within a couple of weeks, Archie quickly grew to become comfortable with the herd and now resides with Victoria every night. He has definitely earned the title of “Mayor of the Barn.”
Zeus
Name: Sacred Oath “Zeus”
Age: 3/12/2016
Breed: Thoroughbred
Residence Status: Rehabilitation
History: Zeus retired from racing due to an osselet on his right front fetlock. He proudly lives up to his nickname as he stands at a stout 16.3 hands. He is currently going out in a small herd of three other geldings and he loves it! His ideal home would be to have a pasture buddy with the understanding of being able to possibly be lightly ridden. He is currently barefoot and pasture sound.
Birdie
Name: Knight's Bird "Birdie”
Age: 4/24/2019
Breed: Thoroughbred
Residence Status: Rehabilitation
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History: Birdie retired from racing after 4 career starts due to arthritis in the upper joint of his left knee. The vet felt confident he can have a moderate work load (flatwork only). He is currently in front shoes as he offers a flat foot and has remained sound. He is 16.1 hands. He goes out in a small herd of three other geldings and does not offer any studish behavior.
Sponsor a Friend
All of our residents are very special. If you would like to help with their individual needs we invite you to sponsor a friend. We can let you know the needs of each horse and if you would like to donate to help see to those needs, that would make you very special to us and your horse as well.
