Raven was abandoned by her owner with a neighbor in Napa. She lived with the neighbor for 2 years, alone in a small pen most of the time. The neighbor realized that the owner was not returning and it was not sustainable to keep her.
Roxy came to us in 2015 after being diagnosed with narcolepsy. She was a lesson horse, but had become increasingly unsafe to be ridden due to her condition. Lesson programs typically cannot afford to keep horses that can't be ridden, a system that we hope will be changed one day to be more humane.
Echo Raine was an Arabian who was imported from Canada, together with another Arabian, to be endurance horses (long-distance riding). They were abandoned at a stable in Dixon for five years. The stable owners took care of them but they were in a small space and needed new homes that could provide more room and attention.
Pippin, a 29 year old Welsh Pony, was a championship show jumping pony for many years but the pressures of training and competing got to be too much for him and he had a nervous breakdown. When he arrived at Sunrise, Pippin couldn’t be approached by men without attempting to bolt for safety. It took many years and his special friendship with Cupcake for him to learn to trust people.
Sunrise Horse Rescue is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization, # 42-1746834
