Announcing Brennan Equine Welfare Fund's

2015 Grant Recipients

Fifteen exceptional equine rescue, rehabilitation, retirement, retraining and/or placement facilities across the USA have been awarded grants in 2015.

Thoroughbred-focused grant recipients include: 

Bright Future’s Farm, Cochranton, PA

CANTER Kentucky

Equine Encore Foundation, Tucson, AZ

Friends of Ferdinand, Indianapolis, IN

Glen Ellen Vocational Academy, Sonoma Valley, CA

The Exceller Fund, Lexington, KY

Thoroughbred Athletes, Guthrie, OK

Non-breed-specific grant recipients include:

Cincinnati Therapeutic Riding and Horsemanship, Cincinnati, OH

Days End Farm Horse Rescue, Woodbine, MD

Duchess Sanctuary, Oakland, OR

Heaven Can Wait Equine Rescue and Sanctuary, San Miguel, CA

Kentucky Equine Humane Center, Nicholasville, KY

Longhopes Donkey Shelter, Bennett, CO

Mitchell Farm Equine Retirement, Inc., Salem, KY

Speak Up For Horses, Falmouth, KY

ONE SUCCESS STORY

Friends of Ferdinand and “Malcolm”

Friends of Ferdinand’s (FFI) grant benefited Malcolm, a young Thoroughbred gelding who, despite a myriad of injuries and ailments, is blossoming under their care. FFI took him in after he was discovered abandoned at an auction house in Indiana in late 2014. Frightened and unstable, Malcolm had a body score of 2-2.5 (on a scale of 1-9), evidence of a previous broken pelvic wing, an infection in his right fetlock, a respiratory illness, and an inability to right himself without human assistance due to severe muscular atrophy. FFI and their veterinarian doubted Malcolm would bounce back, but through dedication, perseverance and Malcolm’s will, Malcolm has now gained over 450 pounds, re-built muscle through electro-magnetic stimulation, and has graduated to full pasture turnout where he has learned his limitations but, nonetheless, is fully intent on pestering his pasture-mate.

Marla was Malcolm's foster mom during his rehabilitation and she said, "Malcolm was a great joy to have on our farm. For a horse with a broken pelvis, foot infection, lung problems, and being nothing but skin over bones, his rehabilitation was nothing short of amazing. He looks wonderful now and I am so glad he was adopted! He would do this running thing once a day (click the button below to see the video from May 2015). I guess you can take the horse out of the race, but you can't take the race out of the horse."

Friends of Ferdinand and “Malcolm”

(Malcolm, Before and After)

Friends of Ferdinand, Inc.

P.O. Box 262, Mooresville, IN 46158

Email: contact@friendsofferdinand.com