As well as adoption horses, we also have an
exceptional selection of registered Thoroughbred horses available for purchase.
Rare
Thunder
DOB: 3/1/04
Sex: Gelding
Price:
Call or e-mail for pricing
Rare Thunder's dam is Miss
Masserti and his sire is Rare Brick. He was Parelli colt-started
and is good to ride, racing or not. Inquire for his sale price.
He is still actively racing and is sound as can be.
We call her Sin. Her sire
is Hadif, and she is a granddaughter of Spend a Buck, the 1985 Kentucky
Derby winner! She does look like the daughter of a champion now. She has
more size on her since her maiden win at Sam Houston Park. She is 15.2
and five years old.
Her dam Pagin Paige Leigh
won four races, is out of Two Timin Toni by Thanks To Tony.
Sin's mare tail line goes back to the great mare Busanda.
Sin just had a foal sired by Stephen
Got Even, who sired I want Revenge, the favorite going in to the
Kentucky Derby 2009 (see foal video below). She looks
wonderful! She has a very sweet disposition and is a really pretty
mare, with strong white blaze face, a classic looking TB! She was
imprinted at birth. So she is very sociable to people and good to get
along with. However she was a very aggressive race mare. Loves to be out
front. Her mom is too and raced liked that. She passes that down to all
of her foals.
Sin retired due to a slab
fracture on her right front knee. She did have surgery and is totally
recuperated. She would be fine for light riding, and a great broodmare
prospect.
Texas born, Freedom Eagle
is out of Talc Control, by Rare Brick.
Her dam was a hard knocking
mare, who won six races and raced until she was six years old. She
retired because of ankle chips.
Freedom raced like her mom,
very aggressive will to win. She broke her maiden at Sam Houston Park
March 14, 2008. Then won an allowance race wire to wire on March 28 at
Sam Houston Park. She retired after a slab fracture on her front left
knee. She is fully recovered and in excellent condition to do light
riding now. She would be a fine broodmare prospect. Her dam was a very
aggressive runner, and a winner and Freedom should pass that on to her
foals as well.
Freedom is an A nick to top
Texas sire Valid Expectation and an A+ nick to Noble Causeway.
Freedom is 15 hands and all
muscle!
The Gold Horse Ranch Adoption Program
Help give a new lease on life to an
ex-racehorse. These horses have been retired from the track for various
reasons, ranging from injury to simply not making the cut. MarVeena has made it her
mission to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome these wonderful creatures.
MarVeena has several trainers that she uses to
help retrain these horses with new skills, giving them a new careers and a shot
at happy and productive lives.
The Thoroughbred is renowned for its majesty, speed, beauty, versatility and
athleticism. Unfortunately, these services are not free. Your donations help ensure, one horse at a time, that these
horses never get thrown away.
We have sponsorships
available for those that wish to help make a difference for these wonderful
animals. There are several ways you can become a sponsor.
You can become a regular
monthly sponsor for $10, $25, $50 or $100 per month, which can be applied
automatically to
your credit card every month.
One-time donations
of any amount can be made using your credit card or PayPal account and are
greatly appreciated.
A selection of paintings created by MarVeena for the sole
purpose of providing for the care and training of these ex-racehorses are
available for purchase on the
Artwork page of this
website.
Gold Horse Ranch also offers the option of
making a memorial donation. If you would like to make a memorial donation
in the name of a loved one or pet, please
contact us with the details of your
memorial donation and we will post it to our
Memorials page. You can make
your donation by clicking on the PayPal button provided below.
The Gold Horse Ranch has
various horses available for adoption. MarVeena has some retired
Thoroughbreds that are not sound enough to ride, however they make wonderful
companions, broodmares and a few that can be used for light riding horses. We have a rigid screening process
to ensure all of our horses are matched with appropriate homes.
Fill out our Application Form. You will be required to provide
information regarding your previous experience with horses, stabling
facilities, available veterinary care and personal references.
If your application is
approved, an in-person interview will be conducted and inspection of the
prospective stabling facilities is performed.
Available adoption horses
are listed below. An appointment will be scheduled for you to visit
with our adoption horses, where we will be glad to help you find a suitable
match based on the information gleaned from your application and interview.
Adoption fees range
anywhere from $500-$900 depending on the physical limitations and amount, if
any, of rehabilitative care required.
In the event that
circumstances change and you need to find a new home for the adopted horse,
The Gold Horse Ranch can help you in placing the horse. The Gold Horse Ranch reserves first right of refusal
on all adoptions and purchases.
We call her
Beauty, she is black with a little white on one leg and a pretty Silver
Moon shape on her forehead. She is a Texas bred mare with Jockey
Club papers and has raced twice (too slow for Lone Star Park). She
had a leg injury in 2006. The vet said she stripped a nerve under
her right foreleg. I think that is what kept her from being
competitive as a race horse. Her dam won races, her sire is
Rare Brick also a multi-race winner, and she has a brother racing
now who has won races.
She has had
natural horsemanship training with Meg Ellis for about a year, is very good-natured and would love to be a partner. She is not very
confident, so she needs a confident leader/partner. A very easy
keeper, she stays in good flesh without a lot of feed. Beauty is
very easy to handle for the farrier and vet and is very affectionate.
Her dam was a very good mother, and I have no doubt Beauty would be a
good mom as well.
Former OTTB (Off Track Thoroughbred) Junior now a successful police mount in
Houston, Texas.
Junior is a 17.1 seven year old
Thoroughbred whose registered name is Frosty's Halo. He came to the Houston
Mounted Patrol in May of 09. He was donated by Rebecca Rather who had purchased
him after his career on the track did not work out. Rebecca loves Junior but
found she was on the road quite a bit promoting her books and wanted him to have
a job.
By donating him to the Houston Mounted Patrol, Rebecca is still able to visit
Junior anytime she wants and knows she will get him back when he is retired.
Junior is a very loving and great minded horse. He is not afraid of anything and
has progressed rather quickly through our training program. We use Parelli
Natural Horsemanship techniques and have turned what people have labeled as
crazy horses, especially if they come off the track, into steady Mounted Patrol
Horses.
Leslie G. Wills
Sergeant, Houston Police Department
Mounted Patrol
Caren & Twilight
Former OTTB (Off Track
Thoroughbred) Twilights Coming now a competitive dressage horse.
The Gold Horse Ranch
