10/20/2026
UPDATE: Handsome’s in depth vet appointment scheduled for today and we will have a very detailed update about what’s going on with him in vet terms. Post should be out about 4:00 pm TODAY! He had his dental appt on 10/16. 1200 left for his goal
Updated: We do have a home offer for him!
On September 21, we purchased hip tag 762 through the auction. He was announced as “sound” and listed as “sound” on his bill of sale. But the horse we looked at after the bid was won was lame.
For three weeks, we have given him stall rest and hoped that time would bring improvement. His hock swelling has gone down but his lameness has not. Our veterinarian has examined him, and a capped hock and other issues are suspected.
Handsome is approximately 20 years old. We have been told there is a possibility he could become sound with a year or more of rest.
There is an ugly side of this work that I rarely put on this page. Sometimes bringing a horse home means discovering that the happy ending we hoped for is beyond our reach. I need to be honest with you, I cannot keep carrying these costs alone. I have already spent more than $5,000 on purchase costs, X-rays, humane euthanasia, etc for horses whose stories I have kept off social media. I do not regret helping a single one. Those horses mattered, even when nobody here knew their names.
Handsome matters, too.
Our goal is 1,500 to cover Handsome’s auction purchase & vet costs. Please consider gifting whatever you comfortably can toward his care vet bills.
We are not a nonprofit rescue. We are people trying to do right by horses who arrive with needs far greater than anyone disclosed, and we need help to keep doing that.
Handsome deserved an owner who would protect him when he needed it most. We are trying to be that for him.
Please help us help handsome. Paypal link to chip in will be in comments!
