Current Horses
Current equines at MVHR are in various stages of the recovery.
The ultimate goal for all horses at MVHR is adoption into loving homes of their own. Adoption fees for horses are listed once MVHR has had opportunity to evaluate and get to know the horses after their intake. Those whom we are still in the process of getting to know, or who have an issue we are still helping them with have adoption fees listed as TBD, BUT they ARE still available for adoption to just the right home willing to take on the rewarding care of an equine still in its recovery process.
Please read through our Adoption Process and fill out our adoption interest form if you are interested in adopting! We will follow up to schedule a ranch visit so you can meet the horses in person!
In order to provide outstanding care for each and every member of the herd, whether they are just beginning their recovery journey, or are likely to spend the rest of their lives with us, MVHR seeks sponsors for each equine in our care. Sponsors help cover the annual expense of caring for your special equine, and sponsorships can be partial (every penny helps!), or a full annual underwriting at our Equine Advocate level of giving. This is a great way to make a meaningful difference in the life of an equine, even if you’re not quite ready to take one home! See someone you’d like to sponsor? Click HERE to start helping your special equine today!
Ready to adopt? Click Adoption Process to begin the adoption process with your forever horse!
LUCKY
Beautiful light palomino mare in her twenties. She is friendly and easy to handle on the ground, loves attention and scratches. Smart and willing, she is started and is gentle and easy under saddle and is going to be an amazing mount for someone!
Adoption Fee: $1000
GINGER
Sweet, broke to ride, gentle mustang mare in her mid twenties. Quiet and gentle, but with some get up and go too, she would be an awesome kids horse! She likes to go and enjoys both arena work and riding around the ranch.
Adoption Fee: $1000
RUSTY
This handsome well broke ranch horse is looking for a lighter riding situation as he moves into his twenties, and possibly could even be a children's horse. He likes to be on the trail, and could go on hours long adventures at a walk.
Adoption Fee: $1200
CLEMENTINE
This beautiful, SMART 10 year old Mustang mare is an outstanding prospect. Built to be the ultimate mountain horse, she is handleable and good with her feet. Has had extensive groundwork training, and has started her riding training and is doing great! Just needs the right person to take her the rest of the way. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity for an awesome horse!
Adoption Fee: $1500
CHEECH
10 year old OTTB comes to us from a hunter jumper career but has not done much in a few years. This big guy is being restarted to help him gain comfort and confidence in whatever new role he finds will suit. Would be an outstanding prospect for someone with experience to bring him along.
Adoption Fee: $1500
GEM
This beautiful mid-twenties mare has “been there and done that” and is a wise soul. A little shy at first, she quickly warms up with some good scratches. She is energetic and willing and would be up for some light riding, but is mostly hoping for a loving retirement home that will spoil her the rest of her life!
She truly is a Gem 🙂!
Adoption Fee: $800
Gem is generously sponsored by Marcy Spector - but still available for adoption!
BELLE
Belle is a sweet and lovely Arab mare in her twenties. She has previously been a broodmare and although might have had some riding training, we have learned she will no longer be ridden due to hip and hind leg issues. She is comfortable and would make a wonderful companion as she is gentle, easy to handle and loves to be groomed.
Adoption Fee: $500
BIG
His name says it all. This big gelding is handsome & sweet and about 12 years old. He has some back issues, so can be very lightly ridden at most and stays most comfortable through massage and acupuncture.
Adoption Fee: $500
BABE
This outstanding mare is beautiful and well mannered on the ground. After a recent procedure to improve her comfort, Babe is being further evaluated for what she’d like the rest of her life to look like. Don’t miss this beauty
Adoption Fee: $1000
FREDDIE
Freddie is a 20 something year old mustang who is a little nervous but very polite. He has some musculoskeletal discomfort which makes him non rideable, but he is very pasture sound. He is incredibly sweet to be around and would make a wonderful groundwork horse. How cute is he?! 😉
Freddie is available for Sponsorship!
Adoption Fee: $500
LATIGO
Latigo came to MVHR from a local outfitter, after a head injury made him unable to work for a living. Latigo currently receives weekly stretching, light workouts and monthly acupuncture to help with his neurological deficits. And best of all, regular visits and love from his sponsor and friend Mary. He also loves spending time with the volunteers and program participants, and is sweet and gentle for everyone he is around. This handsome guy would be a beautiful and friendly addition to your pasture!
Latigo is underwritten with generous support from Mary Wolf (but still available for adoption!).
Adoption Fee $500
CONCHO
This old girl has “been there, done that” for everyone in town! Definitely old enough to vote, she is looking for a loving retirement home (some light riding would be fine) and some TLC for her golden years.
Adoption Fee: $500
Concho is currently being fostered, just down the road in McCoy but still available for adoption!
ELVIS
Elvis is a gaited Paint Missouri Fox Trotter. This sweet gentlemen came with Suede when their owner passed away. We expect him to be late twenties and been there done that, but is experiencing arthritis in his hind end, as expected with his age. He would make an amazing companion or cuddle buddy. Come meet Elvis!
Adoption Fee: $500
Adoption Pending!
BO
Bo came all the way from Louisiana where he battled severe allergies and presenting asthmatic. He made amazing progress during the Summer being in dryer Colorado, and his breathing has improved, so much so that we have started his riding evaluation to build back his stamina under saddle. So far he is doing great for walk trot and we’ll continue to slowly increase work with him. He is midteens and presents to have some amazing training under saddle but will need time and patience to get back in shape.
Adoption Fee: $2500
Adoption Pending
MOON
Moon is a 24 year old Arabian Gelding who has seen it all. Broke to ride both English and Western, wants to please his rider and enjoys a job. Potential adopters will truly have to meet and spend time with Moon, as he is a horse who will choose his next person not the other way around. Don’t let his age fool you, this guy can go for hours and if we didn’t have his paperwork, we’d estimate him to be early teens!
Adoption Fee: $1800
Adoption Pending
HARLEY
This older sweet gentleman fell on hard times, and needed lots of groceries to get back to good health but he is doing great! We recently started evaluating his riding abilities, and he is so fun! Easy going, been there done that, and an amazing babysitter. Great beginner horse for a small child looking to learn more! He is in his mid twenties, and does need to continue to be on additional feed besides hay to maintain his healthy weight.
Adoption Fee: $1000
Adoption Pending!
PATRON
This handsome boy is an 8 year old Andalusian in need of training, as he has been unhandled for most of his life. He is shy and nervous but does enjoy to be around people. Now that he is back at a healthy weight he has started his groundwork training, and doing great! Check back in on Patron’s Journey of Hope soon!
Adoption Fee: $1000
Adoption Pending
ARCHER - aka ARCHIE
Sweet coming 3 year old gelding, cute as a button and friendly on the ground. Ready to learn any direction you might like to take him!
Adoption Fee: $1000
SUEDE
Gorgeous champagne colored Missouri Fox trotter mare. Sweet, kind, and well broke. She has lots of get up and go and is ready to go on adventures with you! Come meet Suede because she won’t be at the rescue for long!
Adoption Fee: $2500
VERN
Vern is an 8 year old Belgian Gelding. He is gentle, easy to handle, and as handsome as he can be! And even after loosing sight in both eyes, he was part of a working team. This wise horse knows a lot, and he gets around just fine. He would make the most amazing pasture ornament, but would also be up for a job! Feed team? Recreational driving? Here’s you guy!
Adoption Fee: $1000
TOREC
Torec is a retired dressage horse and a real handsome gentlemen! Lovely to be around on the ground, and handsome as can be in the pasture. Torec is non-rideable but is a wonderful groundwork horse. Just look at the fun you can have with him! He is being lunged with side reins regularly, and he enjoys this exercise a lot and also excels at liberty work in the roundpen. Who is ready for some horse games? Torec wants to play!!!
Adoption Fee $500
DARCY
This phenomenal 10 year old off the track thoroughbred won hundreds of thousands of dollars in his running days. He has since been diagnosed with kissing spines, so he cannot be ridden, but he loves a good gallop in the pasture! Looking for a magnificent lawn ornament, full of personality and fun to play with in the round pen? You’ve found him!
Adoption Fee $500
Darcy is underwritten (but still available for adoption) with generous support from Alexandra Mastriana and is currently in rehabilitation for his kissing spines on the Front Range to see if riding might be in his future after all! He is still available for adoption, and you can meet him there! Contact us if you are interested.
BOOMER
This cool paint gelding is mid teens and was a previous trail horse. He can no longer be ridden as he has navicular. With special shoes he is pasture sound and a beauty to look at. Are you looking for a pasture mate for your horse? He would love to be your lawn ornament.
Adoption Fee: $500
STARDUST
Stardust ("Star") is one of our four mustangs rescued from Lantry South Dakota, and mother to sweet Woodrow, born to her four months after she arrived at MVHR. Stardust’s independent mustang nature has persisted, even with extensive training hours under her belt. Ideally, Stardust would like to find a pasture situation where she could be a companion horse, or even an “auntie” to help raise young ones.
Adoption fee $500
Stardust is underwritten (but still available for adoption) with generous support from Alexandra Mastriana.
TANGO
This handsome mare is in her late teens and welcomed a foal with us on April 2, 2021 - a sweet filly: Cora B. Tango has become much more trusting of humans, and would love a companion home where she could help be an “auntie” to youngsters, or be a good friend to other horses of any age!
Adoption Fee $500
SAGE
A handsome, well broke ranch horse is in his late teens. He has a front end lameness issues which resulted in him no longer being ridden however he is pasture sound. He is lovely to be around and an amazing companion to other geldings.
Sage currently is at a private foster home, but still available for adoption! Interested in Sage as a companion for your horse? Contact us to meet him
Adoption Fee: $500
HAMMER
Hammer is a retired ranch horse in his mid twenties. He is gentle and kind, loves attention and wants to please. A wonderful guy to be around on the ground, who would love a retirement home that can offer him some TLC.
Adoption Fee: $500
REBEL
Handsome, lovely to handle gelding. Rebel came to us with significant issues, but is feeling better now!!! A wonderful guy to be around on the ground if you are looking for a friend who would love some extra TLC in his later years.
Adoption Fee: $500
CASSIDY
Cassidy is a gelding in his mid-twenties with one eye, but that does not stop him from going for rides! He is in need of supplemental feed due to missing a few teeth. He is a sweetheart and we are getting to know him more! Check back in on updates on Cassidy and what he might be up for in his next adventure!
Adoption Fee: $500
DOLLY
Dolly came together with Catillac and is in her mid twenties. A former barrel racing horse, with some amazing winnings to her name, fell on hard times and was severely emaciated. She is looking for a loving retirement home and will repay doting treatment with loving loyalty.
Adoption Fee: $500
UNDER EVALUATION: DAKOTA
Recent arrival Dakota is a sweet gentleman and former dude horse, after which he spend time with a family where children rode him. We are looking forward to getting to know him. First Up is getting him to gain weight! Follow his Journey of Hope here.
Adoption Fee: TBD
UNDER EVALUATION: ROCKET AKA ROCKY
Rocky was wandering around town with his companion Daisy, when law enforcement contacted MVHR to see if we have room. Always for emergency cases like these. Rocky is expected to be late teens, he is a sweet soul once he gets to know you a little. His weight is in better condition than Daisy, but his feet need some additional help. We look forward to getting to know Rocky, and see what he might be up for in his next phase of life.
Adoption Fee: TBD
UNDER EVALUATION: MIDNIGHT
Midnight is a registered Standardbred that has had quite the career path for a 21 year old. From being on the track to working for an Amish family, to being at a reigning barn and multiple private owners, this guy has seen it all and you can see it in his sweet eyes. The last two years he had a wonderful owner who helped him feel his best on a special diet and different supplements. We are looking forward to unpacking this special guy and seeing what the remainder of his Journey will look like. Check back in on Midnight soon!
Adoption Fee: TBD
IN RECOVERY: DAISY
This sweet and curious paint mare was found wandering around Oak Creek with her buddy Rocky for approximately 6 months. Law enforcement contacted MVHR, when they learned their owner could no longer care for them, to see if we could help. Daisy is older, probably late teens and needs a lot of groceries. Her hooves are in poor shape and it looks like she might have a cancerous growth on her hind end. We will first work to get her to a normal weight before we tackle anything else for this sweet girl. She is loving her 3 warm grain meals a day, so it is a good sign she likes eating!
IN RECOVERY/EVLUATION: CATILLAC
One year old colt is a sweetheart with a significant hip injury, likely due to a dislocated hip when he was younger. We are exploring options for this injury to be repaired, and hope we can help Catillac be comfortable while he grows up.