Horse Sponsorship

Beau is in his mid teens Thoroughbred gelding who lives in a paddock at our ranch with his best friends Harry, Wayne and Tristan. Beau was born at Castleton Ranch after we rescued his mother Joan when she was pregnant from a breeding farm that closed down. Beau will be a permanent resident as he was born with a conformation error in his front legs calling toeing out, which means his front legs turn out from the knee down. Although this does not cause him any pain, he would not be comfortable to be ridden. He has a very laid back personality and enjoys playing with his buddies in a large paddock.

Meet Kauri, in her early 20’s Thoroughbred mare. Kauri was at the racetrack until fracturing her knee. Kauri had nowhere to go until Castleton stepped up and gave her a forever home. Kauri is a very sweet mare and is enjoying her life along with her new friends. Lets hope we can find her a sponsor.

Meet Spenser, he is in his mid teens Thoroughbred gelding. Spenser severely injured a front leg tendon whilst at the racetrack. It has taken sometime to heal and there are still days when he is sore. He is very much in charge of his paddock.

Stephanie is in her mid teens Thoroughbred and she is a permanent resident at Castleton Ranch due to an injury to her hip which prevents her from being ridden. After a lot of rest in her own corral, she became comfortable enough to join some of the other retired mares in a large pasture. She has settled in well and enjoys just being a part of the herd.

Bobby is in his late teens Thoroughbred and he is a permanent resident at Castleton Ranch due to severe injury to his tendons and ligaments in both front legs. Bobby resided in his own corral for a long period of time during the healing process, but we are happy to say that he has recovered enough to now share a paddock with a few other horses. Bobby has settled in to his new paddock very well and he enjoys the companionship of his new friends.

“We would like to say a big thank you to Elliott Kleinberg and family from Los Angeles for kindly sponsoring Bobby. Thank you so much.”

Bryan is a very sweet, in his mid teens Thoroughbred. Bryan requires his own corral due to a fracture sustained to his knee and a damaged tendon which overlies the knee joint. Bryan has healed very well and although he is a little restricted as far as bending the joint, he is much more comfortable. Since arriving, his very sweet but mischievous personality has really come out. He especially enjoys sneaking up behind you when you are cleaning his corral, grabbing your hood or your sleeve and then running away again very proud of himself.

Thank you so much to Debbi from Niceville in Florida for sponsoring  Bryan. We are very grateful for your kind support.

Poppy is in her early teens Thoroughbred mare and she arrived at Castleton Ranch after sustaining a fracture to her cannon bone. Poppy required the best part of a year in her own corral to limit her movement to a walk, but in that time she has healed very well. Although she can never be a riding horse due to the strain it would put on her weakened leg, she is able to share a larger paddock with her companion Amber.

Narnia is in her early teens Quarter horse cross mare. After she started some basic training to help her be comfortable around people, it was noticed that her movement was not as smooth and easy as it should be. After examination, it was determined that she has an issue with her back and would benefit from being turned out with a few of the retired mares for a while so she can take things at her own pace. Narnia has really grown to love attention and would let you scratch and groom her for hours if you have the stamina.

Many thanks to Cynthia from Newbury Park for very kindly sponsoring Narnia.

This handsome Arabian is called Nero. He is in his early 20’s. He was rescued from an auction in January. He was a stallion, however we have since had him gelded. He is a very sweet horse and loves lots of attention. He is living out his retirement at our sanctuary and seems to be loving every minute of it.

We hope that Nero can find a sponsor.

This handsome guy is called Robin. Sadly he only has one ear. He was rescued from an auction in February. It appears that he had been through the same auction twice. The auctioneer told us that it looks like he was used as a tripping horse because of all the rope burn marks on his legs. He also said that Robin had lost his ear in an incident involving barbed wire. This poor guy has had a very rough time of it, but now he is safe forever and will want for nothing.

We wish to say many thanks to Candace from Encinitas for kindly sponsoring Robin. We and Robin are very grateful. Many thanks.