The Equines of ESS

Bindy
Bindy is an adorable, sweet, loveable little mini-donkey that was donated to ESS in 2005. After spending most of the first 6 years of his life as a companion to his equine friends, little Bindy embarked on a new career with the equine assisted activities for the disabled and as an ambassador for the Equine Spirit Sanctuary. He has made many friends, both children and adults, at ESS. His manners are excellent, especially with little people. He's proving to be very patient and friendly, and is very polite. He's not quite as serious as he used to be, and occasionally cuts loose and runs and bucks and jumps just for the fun of it.

Talitha
In May 2010 Talitha arrived. "Tali" was born on May 1, 2009. She has a few problems due to birth complications but she is getting stronger as she grows up. She is a very happy, friendly little donkey who loves to meet and greet visitors.

Mateo
Mateo came to ESS in the fall of 2009. He is a sweet little Arab/Quarter horse gelding, in his mid to late 20s. He had become extremely emaciated due to dental issues. He simply has no teeth in the back of his mouth that are in good enough shape to chew hay. He was put on a diet of soft mashes - soaked beet pulp pellets and alfalfa pellets, electrolytes and pre- and probiotics. After his system became adjusted to this, we added Triple Crown equine senior grain, corn oil and rice bran also. He also now eats several pounds of an extruded complete horse feed, Nature's Select, which is made up of soft enough pellets that he can chew these.
Mateo is now the self-appointed Keeper of the Donkeys. He is like a mother hen, keeping watch over his little friends. He also enjoys being a program horse for the grooming and leading exercises with kids and disabled persons.

Klassy Kat
Kat is a purebred Arabian mare that was donated to ESS in October of 2007. She enjoys greeting visitors and enjoys being brushed and loves all the attention she gets as an ESS program horse.

Kat loves to be groomed, and is very gentle with children and the disabled persons who brush her and take her for walks. She is such a pretty horse (and she knows it!), she really enjoys posing for photographers and artists.

Kat has become a valued member of our team of therapeutic riding horses and is one of the favorite horses in the equine-assisted therapy and activities programs. She has grown from being a very insecure, nervous mare to a solid, dependable lesson horse. Her beauty and spirit is an inspiration to all!

Scribbles
Scribbles is a very handsome, athletic buckskin paint horse. Scribbles has overcome some serious soundness issues and has a lot to offer back to ESS.

Scribbles was donated to ESS to be a program horse. He is enjoys being included in the Arc program with the advanced participants, who take him for walks and do leading exercises, and is a wonderful therapeutic riding horse.

Mandy
Mandy came to ESS along with Dustee and Ruth. Ruth raised Mandy from a baby. Prior to moving to New Mexico, Mandy was a competitive trail horse and was shown in dressage schooling shows.

A leg injury put an end to her competitive career, but now at age 24 she is a valued program horse for the equine-assisted activities with disabled persons and a wonderful therapeutic riding lesson horse.

Dustee
Dustee is Mandy's baby brother. Ruth raised Dustee also, and he too had a career as a lower level dressage horse and in competitive trail.

Dustee is ESS's number one lesson horse for kids and a solid, steady therapeutic riding horse for persons of all ages.

Hava
Hava, our delightful little pony, was donated to ESS in 2010. She has a fantastic dispostion and loves getting all the attention she can from kids. She enjoys giving pony rides and works hard as a therapuetic riding pony also.


Gypsy
Gypsy is a beautiful buckskin mare that came to ESS in 2010. She is in her mid-teens, is sound and healthy, and very gentle. She is just green broke, but has a great start as a riding horse.

Soxy
Soxy is a beautiful little bay mare that came to ESS in May of 2006. She was pregnant, at 1 1/2 years of age, and 11 months later gave birth to a healthy baby boy, who was named Baylee. Soxy is in training now for riding and is available for adoption.

Baylee
Baylee, Soxy's colt, is now five years old and has grown up to be a fine, handsome horse. Baylee has never known a day of hunger, neglect, or need of any kind. You might say he's spoiled rotten! Every horse should be so lucky. Baylee loves attention and wants to be in on everything that's going on here at ESS. Last July Baylee participated in a training clinic with Julie Phillips. Julie taught him some ground manners and by the end of the 2-day clinic she had him saddled and bridled, and was riding him at a walk, trot and canter. He seemed to thoroughly enjoy himself.

Comet
Comet, formerly known as Comanche, was donated to ESS in 2006. She has been adopted out twice and come back to ESS twice. This lovely mare has a few "quirks" that require an experienced, understanding handler. She is now working well under saddle and is coming along nicely.

If you would like to help out with sponsorships for any of the ESS equines, please contact ruth@equinespiritsanctuary.org. A full month's sponsorship for each horse is $150. For the donkeys and pony, it's just $75. The equines will be most grateful for your generous contributions!

The Equine Spirit Sanctuary - For Horses and People!

Contact ESS: info@equinespiritsanctuary.org